Overcrowding and health in two impoverished suburbs of Johannesburg, South Africa
| العنوان: | Overcrowding and health in two impoverished suburbs of Johannesburg, South Africa |
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| المؤلفون: | Angela Mathee, Nisha Naicker, Tanya Haman, Vusumuzi Nkosi |
| المصدر: | BMC Public Health, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2019) BMC Public Health |
| بيانات النشر: | BMC, 2019. |
| سنة النشر: | 2019 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Developing country, Overcrowding, 03 medical and health sciences, South Africa, 0302 clinical medicine, Poverty Areas, Surveys and Questionnaires, Urbanization, Environmental health, Epidemiology, Humans, Medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, Cities, Family Characteristics, 030505 public health, business.industry, Public health, lcsh:Public aspects of medicine, Urban Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, lcsh:RA1-1270, Crowding, Health, Housing, Female, Chills, Biostatistics, medicine.symptom, 0305 other medical science, business, Research Article |
| الوصف: | Background Rapid urbanization, unmatched by an associated supply of housing, has resulted in overcrowding in the cities of many developing countries, including in Johannesburg, South Africa. Household overcrowding has been associated with a range of ill-health outcomes, including acute respiratory infections and diarrhoeal diseases. The aim of this study was to describe the levels of household crowding, and examine associations with respiratory and gastrointestinal symptoms in selected two low-income neighbourhoods in Johannesburg. Methods Questionnaire data from a panel study conducted over an 11-year period between 2006 and 2016 were extracted to conduct the analyses. Structured questionnaires, designed to collect information on housing conditions, socio-economic and health status were administered to adult representatives of households occupying the primary dwelling on pre-selected study sites. Results Over the 11-year study period, levels of overcrowding remained unchanged. Around 57.6% of dwellings in the study neighbourhoods were determined to be overcrowded in relation to international guidelines. Results from the multiple logistic regression analyses indicated that crowded dwellings were associated with elevated levels of acute respiratory and gastrointestinal symptoms, as well as fever/chills. Conclusion Respondent perceptions varied from objective measures of overcrowding. Crowded dwellings were associated with elevated reports of acute respiratory and gastrointestinal symptoms, as well as fever/chills. |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1471-2458 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::b5a8fddbf75309d5081d6c4a7e44c785 http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-019-7665-5 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....b5a8fddbf75309d5081d6c4a7e44c785 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
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