占領下のパレスチナの子どもたちの水へのアクセスと死亡率,2000〜14年:繰り返し実施された横断的な研究
Hugo Legge1, Amira Shaheen2, Ghassan Shakhshir3
1London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Lancet (London, England)
|March 20, 2018
まとめ
ガザ地区の水不足は2000年から2014年にかけて 子どもの下痢率を大幅に増加させました 安全な飲料水へのアクセスを改善することは この地域の子どもの健康にとって 極めて重要です
科学分野:
- 公衆衛生
- 環境 健康
- 小児科
背景:
- 水不足は 病気の大きな危険因子です
- パレスチナ人は飲料水へのアクセスに 制限が強くなっています
- この研究は,占領下のパレスチナの小さな子供たちの健康への影響と,水へのアクセスにおける変化を調査しています.
研究 の 目的:
- 2000年から2014年にかけて,占領下のパレスチナの5歳未満の子どもたちの飲料水へのアクセスを説明する.
- 5歳未満の子供における飲用水源と腹および発育不全の流行の関連性を調べる.
- 地域における水へのアクセスに関する公衆衛生政策の情報提供
主な方法:
- 人口調査と健康調査 (2000年−2014年) を用いた横断調査を繰り返した.
- 年次,地域,自治区ごとに集約したデータです.
- 多重回帰モデルで,改善された水源と子供の健康状態 (下痢,発育不全) の関連性を評価した.
主要な成果:
- 改善された水源へのアクセスはガザで急激に減少した (98%から11%) が,西岸では安定した (94%).
- ガザとヨルダン川西岸の両方で腹の発生率が増加しました (それぞれ7%から11%と6%から11%).
- 発育不全の発生率は2つの地域で減少しました (ガザでは12%,西岸では11%から8%).
結論:
- 改善された水源へのアクセスが限られ ガザで下痢の発生率が高かった.
- 改善された水源へのアクセスを強化する政策は,ガザ地区にとって不可欠です.
- 発育阻害が減った一方で 下痢の増加は 水に関する健康上の課題を強調しています
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