Floods and Diarrhea Risk in Young Children in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Climate change is associated with more frequent and intense floods. Current research on the association between flood exposure and diarrhea risk is limited mainly to short-term and event-specific analyses. Moreover, how prior drought or water, sanitation, and hygiene (WaSH) practices influence this association remains largely unknown.

Objective

To examine the association between flood exposure and diarrhea risk among children younger than 5 years and to evaluate the compounding influence of prior drought and effect modification by WaSH.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study included multicluster surveys conducted by the Demographic and Health Surveys Program in 43 low- and middle-income countries during 2009 through 2019. This study i

SUBMITTER: Wang P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10546297 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature