دورية أكاديمية
Climate Change and Occurrence of Diarrheal Diseases: Evolving Facts from Nepal
| العنوان: | Climate Change and Occurrence of Diarrheal Diseases: Evolving Facts from Nepal |
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| المؤلفون: | Gp Bhandari, S Gurung, M Dhimal, C L Bhusal |
| المصدر: | Journal of Nepal Health Research Council (2013) |
| بيانات النشر: | Nepal Health Research Council, 2013. |
| سنة النشر: | 2013 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Public aspects of medicine |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270 |
| الوصف: | Background: Climate change is becoming huge threat to health especially for those from developing countries. Diarrhea as one of the major diseases linked with changing climate. This study has been carried out to assess the relationship between climatic variables, and malaria and to find out the range of non-climatic factors that can confound the relationship of climate change and human health. Methods: It is a Retrospective study where data of past ten years relating to climate and disease (diarrhea) variable were analyzed. The study conducted trend analysis based on correlation. The climate related data were obtained from Department of Hydrology and Meteorology. Time Series analysis was also being conducted. Results: The trend of number of yearly cases of diarrhea has been increasing from 1998 to 2001 after which the cases remain constant till 2006.The climate types in Jhapa vary from humid to per-humid based on the moisture index and Mega-thermal based on thermal efficiency. The mean annual temperature is increasing at an average of 0.04 °C/year with maximum temperature increasing faster than the minimum temperature. The annual total rainfall of Jhapa is decreasing at an average rate of -7.1 mm/year. Statistically significant correlation between diarrheal cases occurrence and temperature and rainfall has been observed. However, climate variables were not the significant predictors of diarrheal occurrence. Conclusions: The association among climate variables and diarrheal disease occurrence cannot be neglected which has been showed by this study. Further prospective longitudinal study adjusting influence of non-climatic factors is recommended. Keywords:climate change; diarrhea; Jhapa district; Nepal. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1727-5482 1999-6217 |
| Relation: | https://www.jnhrc.com.np/index.php/jnhrc/article/view/328; https://doaj.org/toc/1727-5482; https://doaj.org/toc/1999-6217 |
| DOI: | 10.33314/jnhrc.v0i0.328 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/6f1d1fb026564d14959750f3c00a925e |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.6f1d1fb026564d14959750f3c00a925e |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 17275482 19996217 |
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| DOI: | 10.33314/jnhrc.v0i0.328 |