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02/03/2020
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Nguyen, X. T., Cong, N. L., Luu, Q. T., & Ha, V. N. (2021). Health impacts of drought: A literature review. Journal of Disaster Medicine and Burn Injuries, 1, 7-12. https://jbdmp.vn/index.php/yhthvb/article/view/56
Health impacts of drought: A literature review
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Health effects of drought in the complicated context of climate change are concerns of the health sector in many countries around the world. However, the recognition of the scientific evidence about the health effects of the drought in the world is very limited. This review was undertaken to synthesize information from studies in the world from 2000 to 2016 about the different health effects of drought. Two electronic resources (Pubmed and Science Direct) were used to identify 21 studies matching the selection criteria for inclusion in the review. The results of these studies show that the health impacts of drought include malnutrition and mortality, diseases related to water contaminated by feces/urine, the air-borne/dust-related diseases, the vector-borne diseases and mental health problems.
The process of review of the literature shows that many studies had limitations including lack of comparative analysis of the impact of drought to disease groups or different health problems. Therefore, there is a need to deploy additional studies analyzed the relationship between drought and the increase in the rate of diseases and different health problems.
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Drought, health impacts of drought, diseases, literature review
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3. Levac D, Colquhoun H, O’Brien KK. Scoping studies: Advancing the methodology. Implement Sci 2010; 5:69-73.
4. Landis JR, Koch GG. The measurement of observer agreement for categorical data. Biometrics 1977; 33:159-174.
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6. De Waal A, Taffesse AS, Carruth L. Child survival during the 2002-2003 drought in Ethiopia. Global public health. 2006; (2):125-132.
7. Renzaho AMN. Mortality rates, prevalence of malnutrition, and prevalence of lost pregnancies among the drought-ravaged population of Tete province Mozambique. Prehospital & Disaster Medicine 2007; 22 (1):26-34.
8. Singh MB, Fotedar R, Lakshminarayana J, Anand PK. Studies on the nutritional status of children aged 0-5 years in a drought-affected desert area of western Rajasthan, India. Public health nutrition 2006; 9 (8):961-967.
9. Arlappa N, Venkaiah K, Rao KM, et al. Prevalence of chronic energy deficiency in rural-dwelling older Indian adults during a period of severe drought. JNutrthe Elder2009; 28(3): 301-312.
10. Chotard S, Mason JB, Oliphant NP, Mebrahtu S, Hailey P. Fluctuations in wasting in vulnerable child populations in the Greater Horn of Africa. Food & Nutrition Bulletin 2010; 31 (3 Suppl):S219-233.
11. Arlappa N, Venkaiah K, Brahmam GNV. Severe drought and the vitamin A status of rural pre-school children in India. Disasters, 2011; 35(3):577-86.
12. Effler E, Isaacson M, Arntzen L, et al. Factors contributing to the emergence of Escherichia coli O157 in Africa. Emerg InfectDis 2001; 7(5):812-819.
13. CDC. Increase in coccidioidomycosis--Arizona, 1998-2001 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) 2003; 52 (6):109-112.
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18. Carnie T-L, Berry H, Blinkhorn S, Hart C. In their own words: Young people’s mental health in drought-affected rural and remote NSW. Australian JRural Health 2011; 19: 244-248.
19. Dean J, Stain H. Mental health impact for adolescents living with prolonged drought. Australian JRural Health 2010; 18:32-37.
20. Dean J, Stain H. The impact of drought on the emotional well-being of children and adolescents in rural and remote new South Wales. JRural Health 2007; 23 (4):356-364.
21. Rigby C, Rosen A, Berry H, Hart C. If the land’s sick, we’re sick:* The impact of prolonged drought on the social and emotional well-being of Aboriginal communities in rural New South Wales. Australian JRural Health 2011; 19:249-254.
22. Sartore G, Kelly B, Stain H, Albrecht G, Higginbotham N. Control, uncertainty, and expectations for the future: A qualitative study of the impact of drought on a rural Australian community. Rural and Remote Health 2008;8: 950.
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24. Stain H, Kelly B, Carr V, Lewin T, Fitzgerald M, Fragar L. The psychological impact of chronic environmental adversity: Responding to prolonged drought. Social Science & Medicine 2011;73, 1593-1599.
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26. Taye A, Mariam DH, Murray V. Interim report: review of evidence of the health impact of famine in Ethiopia. Perspectives in Public Health. 2010; 130 (5):222-226.
27. Shehane SD, Harwood VJ, Whitlock JE, Rose JB. The influence of rainfall on the incidence of microbial fecal indicators and the dominant sources of fecal pollution in a Florida river. Journal of Applied Microbiology 2005; 98 (5):1127-1136.
28. Kuntz J, Murray R. Predictability of swimming prohibitions by observational parameters: a proactive public health policy, Stamford, Connecticut, 1989-2004. environ Health 2009; 72 (1):17-22.
29. Cook B, Miller R, Seager R. Did dust storms make the dust bowl drought worse? Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, The Earth Institute at Colombia University, 2007. Available at: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu /res/div/OCP/drought/dust_storms.html
30. Chase J, Knight T. Drought-induced mosquito outbreaks in wetlands. Ecology Letters 2003; 6:1017-1024.
31. Yusa A, et al. Climate change, drought and human health in Canada, International Journal of Environmental research and public health, 2015;12:8359-8412
32. Cook A, Watson J, van Buynder P, Robertson A, Weinstein P. 10th anniversary review: natural disasters and their long-term impacts on the health of communities. environ Monitor 2008; 10:167-175.
33. National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC). Types of drought.2012. Available at: http://www.drought.unl.edu /DroughtBasics/TypesofDrought.aspx
34. Below R, Grover-Kopec E, Dilley M. Documenting drought-related disasters: A global reassessment. Journal of Environment and Development 2007; 16 (3):328-344.
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