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DOI	10.4103/ijoem.IJOEM_270_20
	Health of farming communities prior to modification of the occupational environment through a watershed development project in Kolar, India
	Pradyumna, Adithya; Farnham, Andrea; Utzinger, Jurg; Winkler, Mirko S.
通讯作者	Pradyumna, A (corresponding author), Swiss Trop & Publ Hlth Inst, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland.
来源期刊	INDIAN JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE
ISSN	0973-2284
EISSN	1998-3670
出版年	2021
卷号	25 期号:2 页码:84-90
英文摘要	Background: Watershed development (WSD) projects, aimed primarily at enhancing soil and water conservation and supporting livelihoods in semi-arid areas, have the potential to impact health by modifying the occupational and household environments in agrarian communities. To identify and address potential health concerns arising from a planned WSD project in Kolar district, India, a health impact assessment (HIA) was conducted. This necessitated understanding the health status and concerns in the project villages. Objective: To characterize the health of farmers and their household members in close proximity of the planned WSD project. Methods: We carried out a cross-sectional survey between April and July 2019. The study comprised: (i) a household survey covering the four project villages and two comparison villages (e.g. socio-demographic characteristics, occurrence of vector-borne diseases (VBDs), access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene, and utilization of healthcare); and (ii) an anthropometric survey for children under the age of 5 years in the four project villages and four comparison villages. Results: Respondents (n = 333) reported household-level occurrences of VBDs (chikungunya, 3.3%; and dengue, 1.5%), consuming unsafe water (54.5%) and frequent pesticide application in fields (26.7%). The prevalence of child underweight was 23.8%. Conclusions: VBDs, poor water quality and child undernutrition were found to be important local health concerns, amenable for preventive and promotive measures through the planned WSD project. Occupational environments in agricultural settings affect the workers and their households, and comprehensive projects such as WSD can seize the opportunity for improving health of farming and other rural households.
英文关键词	Agriculture health impact assessment India nutrition vector-borne disease watershed development
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	ESCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000675016100007
WOS关键词	MALARIA
WOS类目	Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
WOS研究方向	Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/363579
作者单位	[Pradyumna, Adithya; Farnham, Andrea; Utzinger, Jurg; Winkler, Mirko S.] Swiss Trop & Publ Hlth Inst, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland; [Pradyumna, Adithya; Farnham, Andrea; Utzinger, Jurg; Winkler, Mirko S.] Univ Basel, CH-4003 Basel, Switzerland; [Pradyumna, Adithya] Azim Premji Univ, PES Campus,Hosur Rd, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Pradyumna, Adithya,Farnham, Andrea,Utzinger, Jurg,et al. Health of farming communities prior to modification of the occupational environment through a watershed development project in Kolar, India[J],2021,25(2):84-90.
APA	Pradyumna, Adithya,Farnham, Andrea,Utzinger, Jurg,&Winkler, Mirko S..(2021).Health of farming communities prior to modification of the occupational environment through a watershed development project in Kolar, India.INDIAN JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE,25(2),84-90.
MLA	Pradyumna, Adithya,et al."Health of farming communities prior to modification of the occupational environment through a watershed development project in Kolar, India".INDIAN JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE 25.2(2021):84-90.