Conducting epidemiological studies on snakebite in nomadic populations: A methodological paper.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Research on snakebite has mostly been conducted on settled populations and current risk factors and potential interventions are therefore most suited for these populations. There is limited epidemiological data on mobile and nomadic populations, who may have a higher risk of snakebite.

Methods and results

We conducted a scoping review to gather evidence on survey methods used in nomadic populations and compared them with contemporary survey methods used for snakebite research. Only 16 (10.5%) of 154 articles reportedly conducted on pastoralist nomadic populations actually involved mobile pastoralists. All articles describing snakebite surveys (n = 18) used multistage cluster designs on population census sampling frames, which would not be appropriate for nomadic

SUBMITTER: Oluoch GO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10754435 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature