Mobility ideation due to water problems during historic 2022 drought associated with livestock wealth, water and food insecurity, and fingernail cortisol concentration in northern Kenya
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.Climate change drives thoughts of moving due to water scarcity, increasing chronic stress biomarkers in Kenyan pastoralists. Mobility ideation, a precursor to migration, reflects climate distress and resource insecurity.
Area Of Science
- Environmental Science
- Human Ecology
- Biomedical Science
Background
- Climate change is increasing environmental mobility through water problems.
- Mobility ideation, or thinking about moving, precedes migration.
- Droughts in the Horn of Africa impact pastoralist communities.
Purpose Of The Study
- Examine how drought affects water-related mobility ideation.
- Investigate the link between mobility ideation and fingernail cortisol concentration (FCC).
- Assess the impact on Daasanach semi-nomadic pastoralists in Kenya.
Main Methods
- Survey, anthropometric, water quality, and biomarker data from 175 adults.
- Mixed-effects ordered logistic regression for mobility ideation factors.
- Generalized linear models for association between mobility ideation and FCC.
Main Results
- Mobility ideation increased from 55% (2019) to 92% (2022) during drought.
- Water insecurity, food insecurity, and anxiety/depression increased mobility ideation.
- Higher mobility ideation correlated with increased fingernail cortisol concentration (FCC).
Conclusions
- Extreme climate events can increase mobility ideation via resource insecurity.
- Mobility ideation serves as an indicator of climate distress and adversity.
- Droughts exacerbate stress by triggering thoughts of relocation.
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