Kandala, Ngianga-Bakwin, Ji, Chen, Stallard, Nigel, Stranges, Saverio and Cappuccio, Francesco (2007) Spatial analysis of risk factors for childhood morbidity in Nigeria. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Vol.77 (No.4). pp. 770-779. ISSN 0002-9637.
![[thumbnail of WRAP_Kandala_770.pdf]](https://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png) Preview |
PDF
WRAP_Kandala_770.pdf - Requires a PDF viewer. Download (407kB) |
Abstract
Recent Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) from Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) indicate a decline in
childhood vaccination coverage but a high prevalence of childhood diarrhea, cough, and fever. We used Nigerian DHS
data to investigate the impact of geographical factors and other important risk factors on diarrhea, cough, and fever using
geoadditive Bayesian semiparametric models. A higher prevalence of childhood diarrhea, cough, and fever is observed
in the northern and eastern states, while lower disease prevalence is observed in the western and southern states. In
addition, children from mothers with higher levels of education and those from poor households had a significantly lower
association with diarrhea; children delivered in hospitals, living in urban areas, or from mothers having received prenatal
visits had a significantly lower association with fever. Our maps are a novel and relevant tool to help local governments
to improve health-care interventions and achieve Millennium Development Goals (MDG4).
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics > RJ101 Child Health. Child health services |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Population, Evidence & Technologies (PET) > Warwick Evidence Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Children -- Death -- Nigeria |
| Journal or Publication Title: | American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
| Publisher: | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
| ISSN: | 0002-9637 |
| Official Date: | 2007 |
| Dates: | Date Event 2007 Published |
| Volume: | Vol.77 |
| Number: | No.4 |
| Page Range: | pp. 770-779 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons open licence) |
| Description: | Final version (published as open access). |
| Funder: | Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC) |
| Grant number: | RES-000-22-1221 |
| URI: | https://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/159/ |
Request changes or add full text files to a record
Repository staff actions (login required)
 |
View Item |