Recurrent floods and prevalence of diarrhea among under five children: observations from Bahraich district, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Glob Health Action
; 42011.
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| ID: mdl-21695069
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Diarrhea is an important problem among the under-five children in India.OBJECTIVE:
The paper examines long-term impacts of recurrent floods on diarrhea among under-five children in Uttar Pradesh, India.DESIGN:
A two stage stratified cluster survey was conducted in flood affected (exposed) and non-flood affected areas (unexposed).RESULTS:
The long-term impact of the floods was not clearly marked in the overall prevalence of diarrhea with the exposed group having prevalence of 55.1% as against 56.2% in the unexposed group of children under five. Economic condition of the household is associated with the prevalence of diarrhea in both exposed and unexposed strata. Anemia was found to be a significant risk factor for diarrhea among children in both the flood exposed and non-flood exposed populations. The recurrent floods did not have any significant effect on the prevalence of diarrhea in relation to gender, religion, caste, and household size.CONCLUSIONS:
The study indicates that the long-term impacts of floods are very differently manifested than the immediate impacts.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Diarreia
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Inundações
Tipo de estudo:
Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2011
Tipo de documento:
Article