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Recurrent floods and prevalence of diarrhea among under five children: observations from Bahraich district, Uttar Pradesh, India

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 (ex...

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Main Authors: Joshi, P. C. (Author) , Kaushal, Sonia (Author) , Aribam, Bijaya S. (Author) , Khattri, Prashant (Author) , D'Aoust, Olivia (Author) , Singh, Mongjam M. (Author) , Marx, Michael (Author) , Guha-Sapir, Debarati (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 15 Jun 2011
In: Global health action
Year: 2011, Volume: 4, Pages: 1-9
ISSN:1654-9880
DOI:10.3402/gha.v4i0.6355
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.3402/gha.v4i0.6355
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Author Notes:Pooran C. Joshi, Sonia Kaushal, Bijaya S. Aribam, Prashant Khattri, Olivia D'Aoust, Mongjam M. Singh, Michael Marx and Debarati Guha-Sapir
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Summary: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.
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ISSN:1654-9880
DOI:10.3402/gha.v4i0.6355

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