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Wang, Xia 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6915-2588 and Hunter, Paul R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5608-6144
(2010)
A systematic review and meta-analysis of the association between self-reported diarrhoeal disease and distance from home to water source.
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 83 (3).
pp. 582-584.
ISSN 1476-1645
Abstract
The aim of this study was to identify whether there was a relationship between the distance that people have to carry water home and ill health. We conducted a systematic review for papers that reported on the association between diarrheal risk and distance. Six papers were identified for inclusion in the meta-analysis. These were all observational studies, and only two reported effect sizes that adjusted for possible confounding. Multiple different types of water sources supplied the study communities. The combined odds ratio (OR) showed a significant increase in illness risk in people living farther away from their water source (OR = 1.45; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.04–1.68). There is a need for better designed studies to further elucidate the health impacts on having to carry water home.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Public Health and Health Services Research (former - to 2023) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Epidemiology and Public Health Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Water Security Research Centre Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Population Health |
| Depositing User: | EPrints Services |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Nov 2010 11:13 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Nov 2024 07:30 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/15351 |
| DOI: | 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0215 |
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