Dumping site and health risks to urban neighborhood, India: A cross-sectional case-control study
Abstract
Introduction: Growing issues of open dumping site particularly among developing countries affects largely to its proximate communities. Objectives: To assess the exposure of dumping site by analyzing prevalence of specific... [ view full abstract ]
Introduction: Growing issues of open dumping site particularly among developing countries affects largely to its proximate communities.
Objectives: To assess the exposure of dumping site by analyzing prevalence of specific morbidities viz. respiratory illness, eye infections and gastro-intestine problems among people residing near dumping ground. The study attempts to understand the risk factors for selected morbidities.
Design: A cross-sectional household survey was conducted using a case-control design. The exposure of dumping ground on selected morbidities has been analyzed using the PSM method. Multivariate logistic regression model is employed to analyze the potential risk factors for morbidities.
Participants: The study population consisted of exposed group (n=200) who had been staying in the vicinity of dumping ground for at least a year and a distant community (considered as unexposed) control group (n=200) was selected with same socio-economic and living conditions. Propensity score matching (PSM) method is used to assess the impact of the dumping site.
Results: The study findings suggest a relatively higher prevalence of selected morbidities among exposed group than non-exposed group particularly for respiratory illness (23% v 10%), eye irritation (20% v 9.5%) and for stomach problem (27% v 20%) respectively. Results from propensity score matching suggest that exposure to the dumping site leads to a higher prevalence of respiratory illness (12%), eye disease (8%) and stomach problem (7%). After adjustment for confounding variables and effect modifiers, results of multivariate analysis suggest respondents from exposed group were significantly more likely to suffer from respiratory illness (OR 3.06, p<0.01), eye infection (OR 2.39, p<0.01) and stomach problems (OR 1.66, p<0.05) compared to unexposed group.
Authors
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Praveen Chokhandre
(International Institute for Population Sciences,)
Topic Area
II. Environmental Health 2.1 Disease mapping 2.2 Assessment of the impact of environmental
Session
UH-EH-O-03 » Urban Health - Environmental Health - 03 (14:00 - Saturday, 2nd April, TBA)
Paper
Praveen_abstract_ICUH2016.docx
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