Distance threshold for the effect of urban agriculture on elevated self-reported malaria prevalence in Accra, Ghana
Stoler, Justin, Weeks, John R., Getis, Arthur and Hill, Allan G. (2009) Distance threshold for the effect of urban agriculture on elevated self-reported malaria prevalence in Accra, Ghana. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 80, (4), 547-554. (PMID:18298857).
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Description/Abstract
Irrigated urban agriculture (UA), which has helped alleviate poverty and increase food security in rapidly urbanizing sub-Saharan Africa, may inadvertently support malaria vectors. Previous studies have not identified a variable distance effect on malaria prevalence from UA. This study examines the relationships between self-reported malaria information for 3,164 women surveyed in Accra, Ghana, in 2003, and both household characteristics and proximity to sites of UA. Malaria self-reports are associated with age, education, overall health, socioeconomic status, and solid waste disposal method. The odds of self-reported malaria are significantly higher for women living within 1 km of UA compared with all women living near an irrigation source, the association disappearing beyond this critical distance. Malaria prevalence is often elevated in communities within 1 km of UA despite more favorable socio-economic characteristics than communities beyond 1 km. Neighborhoods within 1 km of UA should be reconsidered as a priority for malaria-related care.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0002-9637 (print) |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social and Human Sciences > Social Sciences > Social Statistics & Demography |
| Item ID: | 340399 |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Jun 2012 14:29 |
| Last Modified: | 29 May 2013 01:09 |
| Contributors: | Stoler, Justin (Author) Weeks, John R. (Author) Getis, Arthur (Author) Hill, Allan G. (Author) |
| Date: | April 2009 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/340399 |
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