Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, India.
Glob Health Action. 2011;4. doi: 10.3402/gha.v4i0.6355. Epub 2011 Jun 15.
Diarrhea is an important problem among the under-five children in India.
The paper examines long-term impacts of recurrent floods on diarrhea among under-five children in Uttar Pradesh, India.
A two stage stratified cluster survey was conducted in flood affected (exposed) and non-flood affected areas (unexposed).
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.
The study indicates that the long-term impacts of floods are very differently manifested than the immediate impacts.
腹泻是印度五岁以下儿童的一个重要问题。
本文研究了印度北方邦反复洪灾对五岁以下儿童腹泻的长期影响。
在受洪水影响（暴露）和未受洪水影响（未暴露）地区进行了两阶段分层聚类调查。
暴露组的腹泻总患病率为 55.1%，而非暴露组的患病率为 56.2%，洪水的长期影响在总体腹泻患病率中并不明显。家庭经济状况与暴露和未暴露两组儿童腹泻的患病率有关。贫血被发现是暴露和未暴露于洪水的儿童腹泻的一个重要危险因素。反复发生的洪水对腹泻的患病率在性别、宗教、种姓和家庭规模方面没有任何显著影响。
研究表明，洪水的长期影响与直接影响表现得非常不同。
