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GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION
Volume 4, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v4i0.6355
Keywords
diarrhea; recurrent flood; under-five children; Uttar Pradesh
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- European Union [GOCT-CT-2007-036877]
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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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