6 results on '"Berrang-Ford, Lea"'
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2. Multiple non-climatic drivers of food insecurity reinforce climate change maladaptation trajectories among Peruvian Indigenous Shawi in the Amazon
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Zavaleta Cortijo, Claudia Carol, Berrang-Ford, Lea, Ford, James, Llanos Cuentas, Elmer Alejandro, Cárcamo Cavagnaro, César Paul Eugenio, Ross, Nancy A., Lancha, Guillermo, Sherman, Mya, Harper, Sherilee L., Edge, Victoria, Lwasa, Shuaib, and Namanya, Didacus B.
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Male ,Atmospheric Science ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Physiology ,Vulnerability ,lcsh:Medicine ,Marine and Aquatic Sciences ,010501 environmental sciences ,Forests ,01 natural sciences ,Food Supply ,Amazon--Perú ,Flooding ,purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#5.00.00 [https] ,Peru ,Medicine and Health Sciences ,Climate change ,Non-climatic drivers ,lcsh:Science ,Socioeconomics ,Maladaptation ,2. Zero hunger ,Climatology ,education.field_of_study ,Multidisciplinary ,Food security ,Ecology ,1. No poverty ,Agriculture ,Terrestrial Environments ,Peruvian Indigenous Shawi ,Geography ,Food systems ,Female ,Seasons ,Research Article ,Freshwater Environments ,Adult ,Climate Change ,Population ,Crops ,purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#1.05.08 [https] ,Indigenous ,Ecosystems ,Rivers ,Deforestation ,Humans ,education ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Nutrition ,purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#4.04.01 [https] ,business.industry ,Indians, South American ,lcsh:R ,Ecology and Environmental Sciences ,Food Consumption ,Biology and Life Sciences ,Aquatic Environments ,15. Life on land ,Bodies of Water ,Diet ,Food ,Earth Sciences ,lcsh:Q ,Hydrology ,business ,Physiological Processes ,Crop Science - Abstract
Background: Climate change is affecting food systems globally, with implications for food security, nutrition, and the health of human populations. There are limited data characterizing the current and future consequences of climate change on local food security for populations already experiencing poor nutritional indicators. Indigenous Amazonian populations have a high reported prevalence of nutritional deficiencies. This paper characterizes the food system of the Shawi of the Peruvian Amazon, climatic and non-climatic drivers of their food security vulnerability to climate change, and identifies potential maladaptation trajectories. Methods and findings: Semi-structured interviews with key informants (n = 24), three photovoice workshops (n = 17 individuals), transect walks (n = 2), a food calendar exercise, and two community dissemination meetings (n = 30 individuals), were conducted within two Shawi communities in Balsapuerto District in the Peruvian Loreto region between June and September of 2014. The Shawi food system was based on three main food sub-systems (forest, farming and externally-sourced). Shawi reported collective, gendered, and emotional notions related to their food system activities. Climatic and non-climatic drivers of food security vulnerability among Shawi participants acted at proximal and distal levels, and mutually reinforced key maladaptation trajectories, including: 1) a growing population and natural resource degradation coupled with limited opportunities to increase incomes, and 2) a desire for education and deforestation reinforced by governmental social and food interventions. Conclusion: A series of maladaptive trajectories have the potential to increase social and nutritional inequities for the Shawi. Transformational food security adaptation should include consideration of Indigenous perceptions and priorities, and should be part of Peruvian food and socioeconomic development policies.
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3. Seasonality, climate change, and food security during pregnancy among indigenous and non-indigenous women in rural Uganda: Implications for maternal-infant health.
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Bryson, Julia M., Patterson, Kaitlin, Berrang-Ford, Lea, Lwasa, Shuaib, Namanya, Didacus B., Twesigomwe, Sabastian, Kesande, Charity, Ford, James D., and Harper, Sherilee L.
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INFANT health ,MATERNAL health ,FOOD security ,RURAL women ,INDIGENOUS women ,CLIMATE change ,WOMEN'S programs ,RURAL health - Abstract
Background: Climate change is expected to decrease food security globally. Many Indigenous communities have heightened sensitivity to climate change and food insecurity for multifactorial reasons including close relationships with the local environment and socioeconomic inequities which increase exposures and challenge adaptation to climate change. Pregnant women have additional sensitivity to food insecurity, as antenatal undernutrition is linked with poor maternal-infant health. This study examined pathways through which climate change influenced food security during pregnancy among Indigenous and non-Indigenous women in rural Uganda. Specific objectives were to characterize: 1) sensitivities to climate-associated declines in food security for pregnant Indigenous women; 2) women's perceptions of climate impacts on food security during pregnancy; and 3) changes in food security and maternal-infant health over time, as observed by women. Methods: Using a community-based research approach, we conducted eight focus group discussions—four in Indigenous Batwa communities and four in non-Indigenous communities—in Kanungu District, Uganda, on the subject of climate and food security during pregnancy. Thirty-six women with ≥1 pregnancy participated. Data were analysed using a constant comparative method and thematic analysis. Results: Women indicated that food insecurity was common during pregnancy and had a bidirectional relationship with antenatal health issues. Food security was thought to be decreasing due to weather changes including extended droughts and unpredictable seasons harming agriculture. Women linked food insecurity with declines in maternal-infant health over time, despite improved antenatal healthcare. While all communities described food security struggles, the challenges Indigenous women identified and described were more severe. Conclusions: Programs promoting women's adaptive capacity to climate change are required to improve food security for pregnant women and maternal-infant health. These interventions are particularly needed in Indigenous communities, which often face underlying health inequities. However, resiliency among mothers was strong and, with supports, they can reduce food security challenges in a changing climate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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4. Whether weather matters: Evidence of association between in utero meteorological exposures and foetal growth among Indigenous and non-Indigenous mothers in rural Uganda
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MacVicar, Sarah, primary, Berrang-Ford, Lea, additional, Harper, Sherilee, additional, Huang, Yi, additional, Namanya Bambaiha, Didacus, additional, and Yang, Seungmi, additional
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- 2017
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5. Is the effect of precipitation on acute gastrointestinal illness in southwestern Uganda different between Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities?
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Busch, Johanna, Berrang-Ford, Lea, Clark, Sierra, Patterson, Kaitlin, Windfeld, Emma, Donnelly, Blanaid, Lwasa, Shuaib, Namanya, Didacus, Harper, Sherilee L., and null, null
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ACUTE diseases , *METEOROLOGICAL precipitation , *INDIGENOUS peoples , *PANEL analysis , *HEALTH equity , *CLIMATE change & health - Abstract
Acute gastrointestinal illness (AGI) is a global public health priority that often disproportionately effects Indigenous populations. While previous research examines the association between meteorological conditions and AGI, little is known about how socio-cultural factors may modify this relationship. This present study seeks to address this research gap by comparing AGI prevalence and determinants between an Indigenous and non-Indigenous population in Uganda. We estimate the 14-day self-reported prevalence of AGI among adults in an Indigenous Batwa population and their non-Indigenous neighbours using cross-sectional panel data collected over four periods spanning typically rainy and dry seasons (January 2013 to April 2014). The independent associations between Indigenous status, precipitation, and AGI are examined with multivariable multi-level logistic regression models, controlling for relative wealth status and clustering at the community level. Estimated prevalence of AGI among the Indigenous Batwa was greater than among the non-Indigenous Bakiga. Our models indicate that both Indigenous identity and decreased levels of precipitation in the weeks preceding the survey period were significantly associated with increased AGI, after adjusting for confounders. Multivariable models stratified by Indigenous identity suggest that Indigenous identity may not modify the association between precipitation and AGI in this context. Our results suggest that short-term changes in precipitation affect both Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations similarly, though from different baseline AGI prevalences, maintaining rather than exacerbating this socially patterned health disparity. In the context of climate change, these results may challenge the assumption that changing weather patterns will necessarily exacerbate existing socially patterned health disparities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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6. A Longitudinal Analysis of Mosquito Net Ownership and Use in an Indigenous Batwa Population after a Targeted Distribution.
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Clark, Sierra, Berrang-Ford, Lea, Lwasa, Shuaib, Namanya, Didacus, Twesigomwe, Sabastian, null, null, and Kulkarni, Manisha
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INSECTICIDES , *MOSQUITO nets , *BATWA (African people) , *SOCIOECONOMICS , *CROSS-sectional method - Abstract
Major efforts for malaria prevention programs have gone into scaling up ownership and use of insecticidal mosquito nets, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa where the malaria burden is high. Socioeconomic inequities in access to long lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) are reduced with free distributions of nets. However, the relationship between social factors and retention of nets after a free distribution has been less studied, particularly using a longitudinal approach. Our research aimed to estimate the ownership and use of LLINs, and examine the determinants of LLIN retention, within an Indigenous Batwa population after a free LLIN distribution. Two LLINs were given free of charge to each Batwa household in Kanungu District, Uganda in November 2012. Surveyors collected data on LLIN ownership and use through six cross-sectional surveys pre- and post-distribution. Household retention, within household access, and individual use of LLINs were assessed over an 18-month period. Socioeconomic determinants of household retention of LLINs post-distribution were modelled longitudinally using logistic regression with random effects. Direct house-to-house distribution of free LLINs did not result in sustainable increases in the ownership and use of LLINs. Three months post-distribution, only 73% of households owned at least one LLIN and this period also saw the greatest reduction in ownership compared to other study periods. Eighteen-months post distribution, only a third of households still owned a LLIN. Self-reported age-specific use of LLINs was generally higher for children under five, declined for children aged 6–12, and was highest for older adults aged over 35. In the model, household wealth was a significant predictor of LLIN retention, controlling for time and other variables. This research highlights on-going socioeconomic inequities in access to malaria prevention measures among the Batwa in southwestern Uganda, even after free distribution of LLINs, and provides critical information to inform local malaria programs on possible intervention entry-points to increase access and use among this marginalized population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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