Diarrheal disease and associations with water access and sanitation in Indigenous Shawi children along the Armanayacu River basin in Peru

Autor: Paola Torres-Slimming, Cesar Carcamo, Carlee Wright, Guillermo Lancha, Carol Zavaleta-Cortijo, Nia King, James Ford, Patricia Garcia, IHACC Research Team, Sherilee Harper

Publikováno v: Rural and Remote Health, Vol 23 (2023)

Introduction: Diarrheal disease, particularly in children under 5 years old, remains a global health challenge due to its high prevalence and chronic health consequences. Public health interventions that reduce diarrheal disease risk include improvin

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/c8018c2259f8466c9106771e59a12fe0

Do socio-demographic factors modify the effect of weather on malaria in Kanungu District, Uganda?

Autor: Katarina Ost, Lea Berrang-Ford, Katherine Bishop-Williams, Margot Charette, Sherilee L. Harper, Shuaib Lwasa, Didacus B. Namanya, Yi Huang, Aaron B. Katz, Bwindi Community Hospital, IHACC Research Team, Kristie Ebi

Publikováno v: Malaria Journal, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2022)

Abstract Background There is concern in the international community regarding the influence of climate change on weather variables and seasonality that, in part, determine the rates of malaria. This study examined the role of sociodemographic variabl

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/7bcb32074cb7425bbab2231eb4fea2eb

Socio-economic and environmental factors affecting breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices among Batwa and Bakiga communities in south-western Uganda.

Autor: Giulia Scarpa, Lea Berrang-Ford, Sabastian Twesigomwe, Paul Kakwangire, Maria Galazoula, Carol Zavaleta-Cortijo, Kaitlin Patterson, Didacus B Namanya, Shuaib Lwasa, Ester Nowembabazi, Charity Kesande, IHACC Research Team, Janet E Cade

Publikováno v: PLOS Global Public Health, Vol 2, Iss 3, p e0000144 (2022)

Improving breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices is needed to support good health, enhance child growth, and reduce child mortality. Limited evidence is available on child feeding among Indigenous communities and in the context of environm

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/454eced88ca34eb9b84fde0c8424abbf

Place, displacement, and health-seeking behaviour among the Ugandan Batwa: A qualitative study.

Autor: Brubacher LJ; Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada., Berrang-Ford L; School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom., Clark SN; Environmental and Social Epidemiology Section, Population Health Research Institute, St. George's, University of London, London, United Kingdom., Patterson K; Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada., Lwasa S; Department of Geography, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda., Namanya D; Ugandan Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda.; Faculty of Health Sciences, Uganda Martyrs University, Kampala, Uganda., Twesigomwe S; Batwa Development Program, The Kellermann Foundation, Kanungu District, Uganda., Harper SL; Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.; School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Publikováno v: PLOS global public health [PLOS Glob Public Health] 2024 Jun 12; Vol. 4 (6), pp. e0003321. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jun 12 (Print Publication: 2024).

Acute gastrointestinal illness in an African Indigenous population: the lived experience of Uganda's Batwa

Autor: Kaitlin Patterson, Sierra Clark, Lea Berrang-Ford, Shuaib Lwasa, Didacus Namanya, Fortunate Twebaze, IHACC Research Team, Sherilee Harper

Publikováno v: Rural and Remote Health, Vol 20 (2020)

Introduction: Indigenous populations in low-income regions are often the most acutely affected by social gradients that impact health, including high burdens of infectious disease. Using a mixed methods approach, this study characterized the lived ex

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/659dde1724a4457e87b1117ea2b9870a