Do socio-demographic factors modify the effect of weather on malaria in Kanungu District, Uganda?

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is concern in the international community regarding the influence of climate change on weather variables and seasonality that, in part, determine the rates of malaria. This study examined the role of sociodemographic variables in modifying the association between temperature and malaria in Kanungu District (Southwest Uganda).

Methods

Hospital admissions data from Bwindi Community Hospital were combined with meteorological satellite data from 2011 to 2014. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the distribution of malaria admissions by age, sex, and ethnicity (i.e. Bakiga and Indigenous Batwa). To examine how sociodemographic variables modified the association between temperature and malaria admissions, this study used negative binomial regression strat

SUBMITTER: Ost K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8939205 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature