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102. Equity in Adaptation: A Systematic Global Review
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Araos, Malcolm, primary, Jagannathan, Kripa, additional, Shukla, Roopam, additional, Ajibade, Idowu, additional, Coughlan de Perez, Erin, additional, Davis, Katy, additional, Ford, James D., additional, Galappaththi, Eranga K., additional, Grady, Caitlin, additional, Hudson, A. J., additional, Joe, Elphin Tom, additional, Kirchhoff, Christine J., additional, Lesnikowski, Alexandra, additional, Nagle Alverio, Gabriela, additional, Nielsen, Miriam, additional, Orlove, Ben, additional, Pentz, Brian, additional, Reckien, Diana, additional, Siders, A. R., additional, Ulibarri, Nicola, additional, van Aalst, Maarten, additional, Abu, Thelma Zulfawu, additional, Agrawal, Tanvi, additional, Berrang-Ford, Lea, additional, Bezner Kerr, Rachel, additional, Coggins, Shaugn, additional, Garschagen, Matthias, additional, Harden, Alexandra, additional, Mach, Katharine J., additional, Marshall Nunbogu, Abraham, additional, Pandey, Spandan, additional, Templeman, Sienna, additional, Turek-Hankins, Lynée L., additional, and Mapping Team, Global Adaptation, additional
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- 2021
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103. Development of an online food database for the Batwa and Bakiga communities living in south-western Uganda
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Scarpa, Giulia, primary, Berrang Ford, Lea, primary, and Cade, Janet, primary
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- 2020
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104. Editorial: Evidence synthesis for accelerated learning on climate solutions
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Berrang‐Ford, Lea, primary, Döbbe, Friederike, additional, Garside, Ruth, additional, Haddaway, Neal, additional, Lamb, William F., additional, Minx, Jan C., additional, Viechtbauer, Wolfgang, additional, Welch, Vivian, additional, and White, Howard, additional
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- 2020
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105. Canadian Federal Support for Climate Change and Health Research Compared With the Risks Posed
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Ford, James D, Smith, Tanya R, and Berrang-Ford, Lea
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- 2011
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106. Policy implementation styles and local governments: the case of climate change adaptation
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Lesnikowski, Alexandra, primary, Biesbroek, Robbert, additional, Ford, James D., additional, and Berrang-Ford, Lea, additional
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- 2020
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107. Climate change and COVID-19: reinforcing Indigenous food systems
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Zavaleta-Cortijo, Carol, primary, Ford, James D, additional, Arotoma-Rojas, Ingrid, additional, Lwasa, Shuaib, additional, Lancha-Rucoba, Guillermo, additional, García, Patricia J, additional, Miranda, J Jaime, additional, Namanya, Didacus B, additional, New, Mark, additional, Wright, Carlee J, additional, Berrang-Ford, Lea, additional, Harper, Sherilee L, additional, Carcamo, Cesar, additional, and Edge, Victoria, additional
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- 2020
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108. Acute gastrointestinal illness in an African Indigenous population: the lived experience of Uganda’s Batwa
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Patterson, Kaitlin, primary, Clark, Sierra, additional, Berrang-Ford, Lea, additional, Lwasa, Shuaib, additional, Namanya, Didacus, additional, Twebaze, Fortunate, additional, Research Team, IHACC, additional, and Harper, Sherilee, additional
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- 2020
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109. Dengue Incidence and Sociodemographic Conditions in Pucallpa, Peruvian Amazon: What Role for Modification of the Dengue–Temperature Relationship?
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Charette, Margot, primary, Berrang-Ford, Lea, additional, Coomes, Oliver, additional, Llanos-Cuentas, Elmer Alejandro, additional, Cárcamo, César, additional, Kulkarni, Manisha, additional, and Harper, Sherilee L., additional
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- 2020
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110. Systematic Mapping of Global Research on Climate and Health Using Machine Learning
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Berrang-Ford, Lea, primary, Sietsma, Anne J., additional, Callaghan, Max, additional, Minx, Jan, additional, Scheelbeek, Pauline, additional, Haddaway, Neal, additional, Haines, Andy, additional, and Dangour, Alan D., additional
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- 2020
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111. The effect of climatic factors on nutrients in foods: evidence from a systematic map
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Cade Janet Elizabeth, Sherilee L. Harper, Berrang Ford Lea, Marshall Lisa, Zavaleta Cortijo Carol, and Scarpa Giulia
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2. Zero hunger ,Estimation ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,Ecology ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Climate change ,15. Life on land ,010501 environmental sciences ,Seasonality ,medicine.disease ,Micronutrient ,01 natural sciences ,Malnutrition ,Nutrient ,13. Climate action ,Dry season ,medicine ,Environmental science ,Agricultural productivity ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,General Environmental Science - Abstract
Climate change is projected to negatively affect human health and nutrition. There is a growing literature on the effects of climatic changes on food availability, quantity, and agricultural production, but impacts on the nutritional content of foods has not been widely studied. The aim of this paper is to systematically characterise empirical literature exploring the effects of climatic drivers on macronutrients and micronutrients in foods causing malnutrition globally. 69 peer-reviewed empirical articles (excluding experimental and modelling studies) analysing the effect of climatic drivers on nutrients in foods were retrieved from Web of ScienceTM, Scopus® and PubMed® databases (2013–2019). Publication frequency and trends, and existing evidence of the extent of nutrient change associated with variation in climate-related conditions were assessed. There is relatively limited literature on associations between climate and nutrients in foods. Where it exists, only crude proxies of climate (e.g. wet/dry season) are used, with limited interrogation of the potential causal mechanisms linking climate to nutrient content. 98% of the articles showed a change in nutrient content in relation to a seasonal or meteorological variable. Most analysed the association of nutrient changes between seasons over 1–2 years, rarely over longer periods of time. Preliminary descriptive estimates point to variation in nutrient content by meteorological variability, particularly in ocean and freshwater food sources. Robust assessment of potential climate impacts on nutrient content of foods would benefit from more precise estimation of specific causal pathways and variables that mediate climate impacts on food, going beyond seasonal or crude proxies. There is need for clear articulation of how climate change might impact nutrient content given mechanisms linking meteorological and seasonal variation with nutrients. This research highlights emerging evidence that climate change may have impacts beyond agricultural productivity by affecting food nutrient content, an understudied but potentially important pathway for climate impact on global food and nutrition security.
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112. Policy implementation styles and local governments: the case of climate change adaptation.
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Lesnikowski, Alexandra, Biesbroek, Robbert, Ford, James D., and Berrang-Ford, Lea
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CLIMATE change ,ENVIRONMENTAL policy ,ENVIRONMENTAL management ,LOCAL government ,ENVIRONMENTAL protection ,ENVIRONMENTAL security - Abstract
Adaptation to impacts of climate change is a key pillar of climate change policy, and local governments have historically played a major role in the design and implementation of these policies. An array of political, economic, institutional, social, and individual factors influence adaptation policy instrument choice. At the local government level, these choices also reflect inter-governmental dynamics that can constrain or support local efforts. We analyze eight hypothesized drivers of local adaptation policy instrument choice using fractional regression analysis and multilevel modelling. Local governments are pursuing diverse adaptation policy implementation styles that are associated with different levels of internal capacity, local political economies and problem perception. Dependence on national governments, the presence or absence of national adaptation mandates, national decision-making traditions, and national adaptation policy approaches may also influence local policy instrument choices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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113. Developing an online food composition database for an Indigenous population in south-western Uganda.
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Scarpa, Giulia, Berrang-Ford, Lea, Bawajeeh, Areej O, Twesigomwe, Sabastian, Kakwangire, Paul, Peters, Remco, Beer, Sarah, Williams, Grace, Zavaleta-Cortijo, Carol, Namanya, Didacus B, Lwasa, Shuaib, Nowembabazi, Ester, Kesande, Charity, Rippin, Holly, Cade, Janet E, and IHACC Team
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FOOD composition , *INDIGENOUS peoples , *FOOD portions , *PACKAGED foods , *FOOD labeling , *ONLINE databases , *RESEARCH , *RESEARCH methodology , *DIET , *MEDICAL cooperation , *EVALUATION research , *COMPARATIVE studies , *MALNUTRITION , *RESEARCH funding , *MICRONUTRIENTS - Abstract
Objective: To develop an online food composition database of locally consumed foods among an Indigenous population in south-western Uganda.Design: Using a community-based approach and collaboration with local nutritionists, we collected a list of foods for inclusion in the database through focus group discussions, an individual dietary survey and markets and shops assessment. The food database was then created using seven steps: identification of foods for inclusion in the database; initial data cleaning and removal of duplicate items; linkage of foods to existing generic food composition tables; mapping and calculation of the nutrient content of recipes and foods; allocating portion sizes and accompanying foods; quality checks with local and international nutritionists; and translation into relevant local languages.Setting: Kanungu District, south-western Uganda.Participants: Seventy-four participants, 36 Indigenous Batwa and 38 Bakiga, were randomly selected and interviewed to inform the development of a food list prior the construction of the food database.Results: We developed an online food database for south-western Uganda including 148 commonly consumed foods complete with values for 120 micronutrients and macronutrients. This was for use with the online dietary assessment tool myfood24. Of the locally reported foods included, 56 % (n 82 items) of the items were already available in the myfood24 database, while 25 % (n 37 items) were found in existing Ugandan and Tanzanian food databases, 18 % (n 27 items) came from generated recipes and 1 % (n 2 items) from food packaging labels.Conclusion: Locally relevant food databases are sparse for African Indigenous communities. Here, we created a tool that can be used for assessing food intake and for tracking undernutrition among the communities living in Kanungu District. This will help to develop locally relevant food and nutrition policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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114. 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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115. Frontiers in data analytics for adaptation research: Topic modeling
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Lesnikowski, Alexandra, primary, Belfer, Ella, additional, Rodman, Emma, additional, Smith, Julie, additional, Biesbroek, Robbert, additional, Wilkerson, John D., additional, Ford, James D., additional, and Berrang‐Ford, Lea, additional
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- 2019
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116. 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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117. Civil conflict and sleeping sickness in Africa in general and Uganda in particular
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Berrang Ford Lea
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Special situations and conditions ,RC952-1245 ,Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid ,RC86-88.9 - Abstract
Abstract Conflict and war have long been recognized as determinants of infectious disease risk. Re-emergence of epidemic sleeping sickness in sub-Saharan Africa since the 1970s has coincided with extensive civil conflict in affected regions. Sleeping sickness incidence has placed increasing pressure on the health resources of countries already burdened by malaria, HIV/AIDS, and tuberculosis. In areas of Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Angola, sleeping sickness occurs in epidemic proportions, and is the first or second greatest cause of mortality in some areas, ahead of HIV/AIDS. In Uganda, there is evidence of increasing spread and establishment of new foci in central districts. Conflict is an important determinant of sleeping sickness outbreaks, and has contributed to disease resurgence. This paper presents a review and characterization of the processes by which conflict has contributed to the occurrence of sleeping sickness in Africa. Conflict contributes to disease risk by affecting the transmission potential of sleeping sickness via economic impacts, degradation of health systems and services, internal displacement of populations, regional insecurity, and reduced access for humanitarian support. Particular focus is given to the case of sleeping sickness in south-eastern Uganda, where incidence increase is expected to continue. Disease intervention is constrained in regions with high insecurity; in these areas, political stabilization, localized deployment of health resources, increased administrative integration and national capacity are required to mitigate incidence. Conflict-related variables should be explicitly integrated into risk mapping and prioritization of targeted sleeping sickness research and mitigation initiatives.
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118. Data, concepts and methods for large-n comparative climate change adaptation policy research : A systematic literature review
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Biesbroek, Robbert, Berrang-Ford, Lea, Ford, James D., Tanabe, Andrew, Austin, Stephanie E., Lesnikowski, Alexandra, Biesbroek, Robbert, Berrang-Ford, Lea, Ford, James D., Tanabe, Andrew, Austin, Stephanie E., and Lesnikowski, Alexandra
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Climate change adaptation research is dominated by in-depth, qualitative, single- or small-n case studies that have resulted in rich and in-depth understanding on adaptation processes and decision making in specific locations. Recently, the number of comparative adaptation policy cases has increased, focusing on examining, describing, and/or explaining how countries, regions, and vulnerable groups are adapting across a larger sample of contexts and over time. There are, however, critical empirical, conceptual and methodological choices and challenges for comparative adaptation research. This article systematically captures and assesses the current state of larger-n (n≥20 cases) comparative adaptation policy literature. We systematically analyze 72 peer-reviewed articles to identify the key choices and challenges authors face when conducting their research. We find among others that almost all studies use nonprobability sampling methods, few existing comparative adaptation datasets exist, most studies use easy accessible data which might not be most appropriate for the research question, many struggle to disentangle rhetoric from reality in adaptation, and very few studies engage in critical reflection of their conceptual, data and methodological choices and the implications for their findings. We conclude that efforts to increase data availability and use of more rigorous methodologies are necessary to advance comparative adaptation research. This article is categorized under: Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change > Learning from Cases and Analogies
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119. Do Administrative Traditions Matter for Climate Change Adaptation Policy? A Comparative Analysis of 32 High-Income Countries
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Biesbroek, Robbert, Lesnikowski, Alexandra, Ford, James D., Berrang-Ford, Lea, Vink, Martinus, Biesbroek, Robbert, Lesnikowski, Alexandra, Ford, James D., Berrang-Ford, Lea, and Vink, Martinus
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Although governments are developing and implementing policies to adapt to the impacts of climate change, it remains unclear which factors shape how states are developing these policies. This paper aims to assess whether or not administrative traditions matter for the formation of national climate change adaptation policy in 32 high-income countries. We operationalize administrative traditions based on five structural criteria: vertical dispersion of authority, horizontal coordination, interest mediation between state-society, role of public administrator, and how ideas enter bureaucracy. We construct a unique adaptation policy dataset that includes 32 high-income countries to test seven hypotheses. Our results indicate that countries’ adaptation policies align to some extent with their administrative structure, particularly dispersion of authority and horizontal coordination. However, we find limited evidence that other public bureaucracy factors are related to national adaptation policy. We conclude that administrative traditions matter, but that their influence should not be overestimated.
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120. Whether weather matters : Evidence of association between in utero meteorological exposures and foetal growth among Indigenous and non-Indigenous mothers in rural Uganda (Volume 12, Number 6)
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MacVicar, Sarah, Berrang-Ford, Lea, and Harper, Sherilee
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Pregnancy and birth outcomes have been found to be sensitive to meteorological variation, yet few studies explore this relationship in sub-Saharan Africa where infant mortality rates are the highest in the world. We address this research gap by examining the association between meteorological factors and birth weight in a rural population in southwestern Uganda. Our study included hospital birth records (n = 3197) from 2012 to 2015, for which we extracted meteorological exposure data for the three trimesters preceding each birth. We used linear regression, controlling for key covariates, to estimate the timing, strength, and direction of meteorological effects on birth weight. Our results indicated that precipitation during the third trimester had a positive association with birth weight, with more frequent days of precipitation associated with higher birth weight: we observed a 3.1g (95% CI: 1.0–5.3g) increase in birth weight per additional day of exposure to rainfall over 5mm. Increases in average daily temperature during the third trimester were also associated with birth weight, with an increase of 41.8g (95% CI: 0.6–82.9g) per additional degree Celsius. When the sample was stratified by season of birth, only infants born between June and November experienced a significant associated between meteorological exposures and birth weight. The association of meteorological variation with foetal growth seemed to differ by ethnicity; effect sizes of meteorological were greater among an Indigenous subset of the population, in particular for variation in temperature. Effects in all populations in this study are higher than estimates of the African continental average, highlighting the heterogeneity in the vulnerability of infant health to meteorological variation in different contexts. Our results indicate that while there is an association between meteorological variation and birth weight, the magnitude of these associations may vary across ethnic groups with differential socioeconomic resources, with implications for interventions to reduce these gradients and offset the health impacts predicted under climate change.
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121. Towards the assessment of adaptation progress at the global level
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Berrang-Ford, Lea, Wang, Frances M., Lesnikowski, Alexandra, Ford, James D., and Biesbroek, G.R.
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Public Administration and Policy ,Life Science ,WASS ,Bestuurskunde - Published
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122. Additional file 1: of A protocol for a systematic literature review: comparing the impact of seasonal and meteorological parameters on acute respiratory infections in Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples
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Bishop-Williams, Katherine, Sargeant, Jan, Berrang-Ford, Lea, Edge, Victoria, Cunsolo, Ashlee, and Sherilee Harper
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123. Cultural Values and the Coliform Bacterial Load of "Masato," an Amazon Indigenous Beverage.
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Bussalleu, Alejandra, Di-Liberto, Aldo, Carcamo, Cesar, Carrasco-Escobar, Gabriel, Zavaleta-Cortijo, Carol, King, Matthew, Berrang-Ford, Lea, Maurtua, Dora, Llanos-Cuentas, Alejandro, Indigenous Health and Adaption to Climate Change Research Group (IHACC), Garcia, Patricia, Harper, Sherilee L., Edge, Victoria, Ford, James, Lwasa, Shuaib, and Namanya, Didacus B.
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COLIFORMS ,CULTURAL values ,GENDER role ,FERMENTED beverages ,DRINKING water ,INDIGENOUS peoples - Abstract
Access to safe drinking water is limited in many isolated areas, such as the Amazon where Indigenous peoples frequently reside. Identifying safe forms of drinking water accepted by the communities could have positive health benefits for Indigenous peoples. Many Amazon Indigenous peoples traditionally prepare and consume a fermented beverage called masato, which is frequently the only form of water consumption. Despite its widespread consumption and evidence of the health benefits of fermentation, masato remains poorly investigated. We partnered with a Shawi Indigenous community in the Peruvian Amazon to conduct participatory photography to research masato preparation, and to characterize key cultural features and to assess the presence of total and fecal coliform bacteria by using a membrane filter technique. Pictures show that masato preparation is a key part of cultural practices and that there are clear gender roles in the preparation process. We found that 100% of communal water sources (26/26) were contaminated with coliform bacteria; by contrast, fewer, 18% of masato samples (2/11), were positive for coliform. This exploratory study suggests that fermented beverages like masato merit further investigation as they represent an Indigenous method to improve water quality in Amazonian communities where water safety cannot be assured. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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124. Neglected Tropical Diseases in the Context of Climate Change in East Africa: A Systematic Scoping Review.
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Bryson, Julia M., Bishop-Williams, Katherine E., Berrang-Ford, Lea, Nunez, Emily C., Lwasa, Shuaib, Namanya, Didacus B., and Harper, Sherilee L.
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125. Do Administrative Traditions Matter for Climate Change Adaptation Policy? A Comparative Analysis of 32 High-Income Countries
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Biesbroek, Robbert, primary, Lesnikowski, Alexandra, additional, Ford, James D., additional, Berrang-Ford, Lea, additional, and Vink, Martinus, additional
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- 2018
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126. Data, concepts and methods for large‐ n comparative climate change adaptation policy research: A systematic literature review
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Biesbroek, Robbert, primary, Berrang‐Ford, Lea, additional, Ford, James D., additional, Tanabe, Andrew, additional, Austin, Stephanie E., additional, and Lesnikowski, Alexandra, additional
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127. Assessing adaptation progress at the global level: conceptual and methodological issues
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Lesnikowski, Alexandra, Ford, James D., Berrang-Ford, Lea, Biesbroek, G.R., Lesnikowski, Alexandra, Ford, James D., Berrang-Ford, Lea, and Biesbroek, G.R.
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128. Climate change and COVID-19: reinforcing Indigenous food systems
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Carcamo, Cesar, Edge, Victoria, Zavaleta-Cortijo, Carol, Ford, James D, Arotoma-Rojas, Ingrid, Lwasa, Shuaib, Lancha-Rucoba, Guillermo, García, Patricia J, Miranda, J Jaime, Namanya, Didacus B, New, Mark, Wright, Carlee J, Berrang-Ford, Lea, and Harper, Sherilee L
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129. Drawing the line between adaptation and development: a systematic literature review of planned adaptation in developing countries
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Sherman, Mya, Berrang-Ford, Lea, Lwasa, Shuaib, Ford, James, Namanya, Didacus B., Llanos Cuentas, Elmer Alejandro, Maillet, Michelle, Harper, Sherilee, and Team, IHACC Res
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systematic review ,purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#5.07.00 [https] ,purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#1.05.09 [https] ,adaptation ,developing countries ,development - Abstract
Climate change adaptation is increasingly considered an urgent priority for policy action. Billions of dollars have been pledged for adaptation finance, with many donor agencies requiring that adaptation is distinct from baseline development. However, practitioners and academics continue to question what adaptation looks like on the ground, especially in a developing country. This study examines the current framing of planned adaptation amidst low socioeconomic development and considers the practical implications of this framing for adaptation planning. Three overarching approaches to planned adaptation in a developing country context emerged in a systematic review of 30 peer-reviewed articles published between 2010 and 2015, including: (1) technocratic risk management, which treats adaptation as additional to development, (2) pro-poor vulnerability reduction, which acknowledges the ability of conventional development to foster and act as adaptation, and (3) sustainable adaptation, which suggests that adaptation should only be integrated into a type of development that is socially and environmentally sustainable. Over half of sustainable adaptation' articles in this review took a critical adaptation approach, drawing primarily from political ecology and postdevelopment studies, and emphasizing the malleability of adaptation. The reviewed articles highlight how the different framings of the relationship between adaptation and development result in diverse and sometimes contradictory messages regarding adaptation design, implementation, funding, monitoring, and evaluation. This review illustrates the need to continually interrogate the multiple framings of adaptation and development and to foster a pragmatic and pluralistic dialogue regarding planned adaptation and transformative change in developing countries.
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130. 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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131. A protocol for a systematic literature review: comparing the impact of seasonal and meteorological parameters on acute respiratory infections in Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples
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Bishop-Williams, Katherine E., primary, Sargeant, Jan M., additional, Berrang-Ford, Lea, additional, Edge, Victoria L., additional, Cunsolo, Ashlee, additional, and Harper, Sherilee L., additional
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132. Climate change adaptation planning for Global South megacities: the case of Dhaka
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Araos, Malcolm, primary, Ford, James, additional, Berrang-Ford, Lea, additional, Biesbroek, Robbert, additional, and Moser, Sarah, additional
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- 2016
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133. What does the Paris Agreement mean for adaptation?
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Lesnikowski, Alexandra, primary, Ford, James, additional, Biesbroek, Robbert, additional, Berrang-Ford, Lea, additional, Maillet, Michelle, additional, Araos, Malcolm, additional, and Austin, Stephanie E., additional
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- 2016
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134. Examination of Antibody Responses as a Measure of Exposure to Malaria in the Indigenous Batwa and Their Non-Indigenous Neighbors in Southwestern Uganda
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Kulkarni, Manisha A., primary, Garrod, Gala, additional, Berrang-Ford, Lea, additional, Ssewanyana, Isaac, additional, Harper, Sherilee L., additional, Baraheberwa, Nestor, additional, Donnelly, Blanaid, additional, Patterson, Kaitlin, additional, Namanya, Didacus B., additional, Lwasa, Shuaib, additional, and Drakeley, Chris, additional
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135. Vulnerability to the health effects of climate variability in rural southwestern Uganda
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Labbé, Jolene, Ford, James D., Berrang-Ford, Lea, Donnelly, Blanaid, Lwasa, Shuaib, Namanya, Didacus Bambaiha, Twesigomwe, Sabastian, Harper, Sherilee L., and Indigenous Health Adaptation to Climate Change Research Group
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010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Kanungu ,Psychological intervention ,Vulnerability ,01 natural sciences ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Environmental health ,Photovoice ,Climate change ,Uganda ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Traditional knowledge ,Adaptation ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Bakiga ,Global and Planetary Change ,Adaptive capacity ,Ecology ,Land use ,Sub-Saharan Africa ,Agricultural diversification ,business.industry ,Environmental resource management ,Livelihood ,East Africa ,purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#1.06.13 [https] ,Geography ,Health ,business - Abstract
Vulnerability to the health impacts of climate change will be shaped by the existing burden of ill- health and is expected to be highest in poor and socio-economically marginalized populations. Sub-Saharan Africa, in particular, is considered a highly vulnerable region. This paper analyses the vulnerability and adaptive capacity of rural Bakiga communities in southwestern Uganda to climate-sensitive health risks. The objectives were threefold: i) identify key climate-sensitive, community-identified health priorities; ii) describe and characterize determinants of sensitivity to these health priorities at the individual, community and regional levels; and iii) assess the adaptive capacity of Bakiga. Data collection employed a combination of individual and key informant interviews, biographies, future storylines, and Photovoice. Three key health risks were identified by the study communities (malaria, food insecurity, and gastrointestinal illnesses) – all affected by local climatic and environmental conditions, livelihoods, land use changes, and socio-economic conditions. Adaptation within these communities is dependent on their capacity to reduce sensitivities to identified health challenges among the potential of increasing exposures. Crop diversification, reducing deforestation, expanding of livestock rearing, transfer of traditional knowledge, and access to affordable health services are among potential strategies identified. We demonstrate significant existing vulnerabilities to present day climate-related health risks and highlight the importance of non-climatic processes and local conditions in creating sensitivity to health risks. Our place-based understanding is useful to inform interventions or policies aimed to reduce exposure and sensitivity and support adaptive capacity as the conditions these communities face are consistent with many other sub-Saharan African countries.
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136. Additional file 1: of A systematic, realist review of zooprophylaxis for malaria control
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Blรกnaid Donnelly, Berrang-Ford, Lea, Ross, Nancy, and Michel, Pascal
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Articles excluded from review and reasons for exclusion.
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137. Doing More Than Asking for Opinions: A Framework for Participation and Ecohealth in Health Information System Evaluations
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Helwig, Jessica, Bishop-Williams, Katherine, Berrang-Ford, Lea, Lwasa, Shuaib, Namanya, Didacus, and Hospital, Bwindi Community
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Health information systems (HIS) are used to manage information related to population health. The goal of this research was to conduct an evaluation of a HIS used at a hospital in south-western Uganda using participatory approaches. The evaluation structure was based on guidelines generated by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and a series of theoretical and methodological concepts regarding participatory engagement that encouraged stakeholder participation throughout the evaluation. The primary objectives were to describe the areas of strength and limitations of the HIS, and develop potential system enhancements. Ultimately, engagement of local staff members throughout each stage of the evaluation resulted in the development of a series of recommendations considered relevant and feasible by local stakeholders. We build on these results by highlighting the value of stakeholder engagement and opportunities to apply participatory and community-based research methods and an Ecohealth framework to an HIS evaluation.
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138. 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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139. Public health adaptation to climate change in OECD countries
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Austin, Stephanie E., Biesbroek, Robbert, Berrang-Ford, Lea, Ford, James D., Parker, Stephen, Fleury, Manon D., Austin, Stephanie E., Biesbroek, Robbert, Berrang-Ford, Lea, Ford, James D., Parker, Stephen, and Fleury, Manon D.
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Climate change is a major challenge facing public health. National governments play a key role in public health adaptation to climate change, but there are competing views on what responsibilities and obligations this will—or should—include in different nations. This study aims to: (1) examine how national-level public health adaptation is occurring in Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries; (2) examine the roles national governments are taking in public health adaptation; and (3) critically appraise three key governance dimensions of national-level health adaptation—cross-sectoral collaboration, vertical coordination and national health adaptation planning—and identify practical examples suited to different contexts. We systematically reviewed publicly available public health adaptation to climate change documents and webpages by national governments in ten OECD countries using systematic web searches, assessment of self-reporting, and content analysis. Our findings suggest national governments are primarily addressing infectious disease and heat-related risks posed by climate change, typically emphasizing capacity building or information-based groundwork initiatives. We find national governments are taking a variety of approaches to public health adaptation to climate change that do not follow expected convergence and divergence by governance structure. We discuss practical options for incorporating cross-sectoral collaboration, vertical coordination and national health adaptation planning into a variety of contexts and identify leaders national governments can look to to inform their public health adaptation planning. Following the adoption of the Paris Agreement and subsequent increased momentum for adaptation, research tracking adaptation is needed to define what health adaptation looks like in practice, reveal insights that can be taken up across states and sectors, and ensure policy orientated learning.
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140. Relative undernourishment and food insecurity associations with Plasmodium falciparum among Batwa pygmies in Uganda: evidence from a cross-sectional survey
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Lewnard, Joseph A., Berrang-Ford, Lea, Lwasa, Shuaib, Namanya, Didacus Bambaiha, Patterson, Kaitlin A., Donnelly, Blánaid, Kulkarni, Manisha A., Harper, Sherilee L., Ogden, Nicholas H., Cárcamo Cavagnaro, César Paul Eugenio, Ford, J.D., Edge, V.L., and Llanos Cuentas, Elmer Alejandro
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Adult ,Falciparum ,Male ,Adolescent ,Cross-sectional study ,Plasmodium falciparum/physiology ,Plasmodium falciparum ,Nutritional Status ,Ethnic Groups ,Parasitemia ,Malaria, Falciparum/complications/ethnology/parasitology ,Food Supply ,Virology ,Environmental health ,Parasitemia/complications/ethnology/parasitology ,parasitic diseases ,medicine ,Ethnicity ,Prevalence ,Humans ,Uganda ,Malaria, Falciparum ,Child ,2. Zero hunger ,Food security ,biology ,business.industry ,Malnutrition ,Uganda/epidemiology ,Articles ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,Confidence interval ,3. Good health ,Malaria ,Infectious Diseases ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Relative risk ,Immunology ,Parasitology ,Female ,business ,Malnutrition/complications/ethnology/parasitology ,purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.06 [https] - Abstract
Although malnutrition and malaria co-occur among individuals and populations globally, effects of nutritional status on risk for parasitemia and clinical illness remain poorly understood. We investigated associations between Plasmodium falciparum infection, nutrition, and food security in a cross-sectional survey of 365 Batwa pygmies in Kanungu District, Uganda in January of 2013. We identified 4.1% parasite prevalence among individuals over 5 years old. Severe food insecurity was associated with increased risk for positive rapid immunochromatographic test outcome (adjusted relative risk [ARR] = 13.09; 95% confidence interval [95% CI] = 2.23–76.79). High age/sex-adjusted mid-upper arm circumference was associated with decreased risk for positive test among individuals who were not severely food-insecure (ARR = 0.37; 95% CI = 0.19–0.69). Within Batwa pygmy communities, where malnutrition and food insecurity are common, individuals who are particularly undernourished or severely food-insecure may have elevated risk for P. falciparum parasitemia. This finding may motivate integrated control of malaria and malnutrition in low-transmission settings.
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141. Incorporating scale dependence in disease burden estimates: the case of human African trypanosomiasis in Uganda
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Hackett, Finola, Berrang Ford, Lea, Fèvre, Eric, and Simarro, Pere
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Adult ,Male ,lcsh:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine ,Epidemiology ,lcsh:RC955-962 ,Global Health ,Social and Behavioral Sciences ,Human Geography ,African Trypanosomiasis ,Disease Mapping ,Cost of Illness ,parasitic diseases ,Humans ,Disabled Persons ,Uganda ,Spatial Analysis ,Geography ,lcsh:Public aspects of medicine ,lcsh:RA1-1270 ,Trypanosomiasis, African ,Infectious Diseases ,Medicine ,Female ,Quality-Adjusted Life Years ,Research Article ,Neglected Tropical Diseases - Abstract
Background The WHO has established the disability-adjusted life year (DALY) as a metric for measuring the burden of human disease and injury globally. However, most DALY estimates have been calculated as national totals. We mapped spatial variation in the burden of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) in Uganda for the years 2000–2009. This represents the first geographically delimited estimation of HAT disease burden at the sub-country scale. Methodology/Principal Findings Disability-adjusted life-year (DALY) totals for HAT were estimated based on modelled age and mortality distributions, mapped using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software, and summarised by parish and district. While the national total burden of HAT is low relative to other conditions, high-impact districts in Uganda had DALY rates comparable to the national burden rates for major infectious diseases. The calculated average national DALY rate for 2000–2009 was 486.3 DALYs/100 000 persons/year, whereas three districts afflicted by rhodesiense HAT in southeastern Uganda had burden rates above 5000 DALYs/100 000 persons/year, comparable to national GBD 2004 average burden rates for malaria and HIV/AIDS. Conclusions/Significance These results provide updated and improved estimates of HAT burden across Uganda, taking into account sensitivity to under-reporting. Our results highlight the critical importance of spatial scale in disease burden analyses. National aggregations of disease burden have resulted in an implied bias against highly focal diseases for which geographically targeted interventions may be feasible and cost-effective. This has significant implications for the use of DALY estimates to prioritize disease interventions and inform cost-benefit analyses., Author Summary Since the 1990s the World Health Organisation has established the disability-adjusted life year (DALY) as a metric for the burden of human disease and injury. However, disease burden has primarily been estimated at the national scale, which does not account for sub-country variations in burden levels. We used the case of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), a highly focal NTD, in Uganda to calculate and map burden in DALYs. Our results show that HAT burden is highly sensitive to under-reporting estimates, and is particularly high in heavily affected parishes and districts of Uganda. Some districts in southeastern Uganda had HAT burden rates comparable to the national burden rates of major infectious diseases such as malaria and HIV/AIDS. Thus, the spatial scale of burden estimation is crucial, especially for focal diseases such as HAT, and national-level estimates may not reflect the level of impact in afflicted communities. We recommend sub-country burden estimation to identify key areas for prioritization of disease surveillance and targeted interventions.
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142. Seasonal variation of food security among the Batwa of Kanungu, Uganda
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Patterson, Kaitlin, primary, Berrang-Ford, Lea, additional, Lwasa, Shuaib, additional, Namanya, Didacus B, additional, Ford, James, additional, Twebaze, Fortunate, additional, Clark, Sierra, additional, Donnelly, Blánaid, additional, and Harper, Sherilee L, additional
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143. Public Health Adaptation to Climate Change in OECD Countries
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Austin, Stephanie, primary, Biesbroek, Robbert, additional, Berrang-Ford, Lea, additional, Ford, James, additional, Parker, Stephen, additional, and Fleury, Manon, additional
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144. Public Health Adaptation to Climate Change in Large Cities
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Araos, Malcolm, primary, Austin, Stephanie E., additional, Berrang-Ford, Lea, additional, and Ford, James D., additional
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145. National-level progress on adaptation
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Lesnikowski, Alexandra, primary, Ford, James, additional, Biesbroek, Robbert, additional, Berrang-Ford, Lea, additional, and Heymann, S. Jody, additional
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146. Trypanososma brucei rhodesiense sleeping sickness, Uganda
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Berrang-Ford, Lea, Wamboga, Charles, and Kakembo, Abbas S.L.
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To the Editor: The past 2 decades have heralded notable success in efforts to control sleeping sickness (human African trypanosomiasis [HAT]) in Africa. HAT is a neglected tropical disease with [...]
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147. Intergovernmental relations for public health adaptation to climate change in the federalist states of Canada and Germany.
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Austin, Stephanie E., Ford, James D., Berrang-Ford, Lea, Biesbroek, Robbert, Tosun, Jale, and Ross, Nancy A.
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PUBLIC health ,LEARNING ,FEDERAL government ,CLIMATE change ,TECHNOLOGICAL innovations - Abstract
Highlights • Canadian and German intergovernmental relations for health adaptation are studied. • Federal-regional relationships for adaptation follow federalism patterns. • Regional-local relationships for adaptation deviate from federalism patterns. • Examining other countries' approaches to health adaptation can promote learning. Abstract Climate change is a significant threat to public health, and governments at all scales will need to adapt to protect the health of their populations. The impacts of climate change are highly localized and thus federal systems theoretically have the inherent advantage of allowing for regional diversity and policy experimentation in adaptation. However, there are also higher levels of conflict and stalemates in federal systems than in unitary systems, complicating intergovernmental relations and coordination necessary for public health adaptation. We examine how intergovernmental dynamics are patterned across national, regional and local levels of government for public health adaptation to climate change, drawing upon semi-structured interviews (n = 28) in comparative embedded case studies of Canada and Germany. We find that coordination between levels of government specifically for climate change and health is rare, but climate change issues are occasionally discussed through working groups or through existing methods of public health coordination. These findings have implications for national and regional governments in federal systems seeking to enable sub-national public health adaptation to climate change and create synergies between levels of government. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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148. Preparing for the health impacts of climate change in Indigenous communities: The role of community-based adaptation.
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Ford, James D., Sherman, Mya, Berrang-Ford, Lea, Llanos, Alejandro, Carcamo, Cesar, Harper, Sherilee, Lwasa, Shuaib, Namanya, Didacus, Marcello, Thomas, Maillet, Michelle, and Edge, Victoria
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Climate change presents substantial risks to the health of Indigenous peoples. Research is needed to inform health policy and practice for managing risks, with community based adaptation (CBA) emerging as one approach to conducting research to support such efforts. Few, if any, studies however, have critically examined the application of CBA in a health or Indigenous peoples context. We examine the strengths, challenges, and opportunities of health-related CBA research in Indigenous community settings, drawing on the experiences of the multi-nation interdisciplinary Indigenous Health Adaptation to Climate Change (IHACC) project. Data collection was guided by a framework developed to evaluate CBA projects. Semi-structured interviews (n = 114) and focus groups (n = 23, 177 participants) were conducted with faculty-based researchers, institutional partners, community members, students, and trainees involved in the IHACC project in Canada, Uganda, and Peru. Results illustrate the importance of CBA in co-generating knowledge on climate-health vulnerability and adaptation options, capacity building, and informing decision choices. There are also significant challenges of conducting CBA which can have unintended negative consequences, with results emphasizing the importance of managing the tension between health research and tangible and immediate benefits; developing a working architecture for collective impact, including team building, identification of common goals, and meaningful engagement of knowledge users; and the need to continuously monitor and evaluate progress. CBA holds significant promise in a health adaptation context, but only in the ‘right’ circumstances, where considerable time is spent developing the work with partners. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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149. A global assessment of adaptation investment from the perspectives of equity and efficiency.
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Chen, Chen, Hellmann, Jessica, Berrang-Ford, Lea, Noble, Ian, and Regan, Patrick
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CLIMATE change ,INVESTMENTS ,ECONOMIC development ,ECONOMIC decision making ,STOCKS (Finance) ,RESOURCE allocation - Abstract
Equity and efficiency should be considered when allocating resources for climate change adaptation. More than a decade after the Least Developed Countries Fund approved adaptation funds for 18 countries in 2003, it is possible to take the stock of investment data and to test empirically whether equity and efficiency have been factored into adaptation investment decision-making. To evaluate equity, one must determine if resources were distributed to areas of greatest need. Vulnerability assessments provide information on the global distribution of the need for adaptation. To evaluate efficiency, one must compare cost and benefit of an investment. Although it is difficult to assess ex-ante the cost and benefit of investment strategies, it is possible to measure efficient use of expenditures with readiness assessment, as a metric of capacity to deploy adaptation resources. We used vulnerability and readiness measures of the Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN) Country Index as proxies of equity and efficiency. This article quantitatively interrogates-through the lens of public fund allocation-the roles of vulnerability and readiness in shaping adaptation investment decisions. Our findings suggest that countries facing increasing impacts from climate change have received more adaptation investments from international sources than countries with less vulnerability. Further, international investments also preferentially flow to countries that are more ready to deploy adaptation resources. Since the most vulnerable countries are likely to be less ready for investment, our findings support the efforts to improve the investment potential of the most vulnerable countries by investing first to enhance their readiness, in order to unlock adaptation solutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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150. Indigenous Shawi communities and national food security support: Right direction, but not enough.
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Zavaleta, Carol, Berrang-Ford, Lea, Llanos-Cuentas, Alejandro, Cárcamo, César, Ford, James, Silvera, Rosa, Patterson, Kaitlin, Marquis, Grace S., and Harper, Sherilee
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Food insecurity is a major challenge facing Peru’s Indigenous Shawi communities, who receive food support through national level programs. There is limited research, however, on how national food and social programming support is perceived, received and used among Indigenous communities. We address this research gap by characterizing the preferred diet and coping mechanisms among Shawi Indigenous households, and investigating community perspectives on the national food program and national social supports. We used a mixed methods approach, including a quantitative survey among eleven Shawi communities in the Peruvian Amazon (n = 177 households), and semi-structured interviews with key informants (n = 24). We found that national food programs in Peru rarely provide foods that are desired and preferred among the Shawi, particularly familiar and locally-sourced protein sources such as bushmeat and fish. Food and social programming requirements do not integrate consideration of the remoteness of many vulnerable households, and are considered culturally or linguistically inaccessible to many families. In some cases, foods supplied by national programs are not consumed as they are perceived as unfamiliar. Key opportunities to improve food and social programing include: monitoring and revising eligibility requirements for remote and highly vulnerable households; increasing provision of locally-preferred protein food and familiar food types; avoiding use of written Spanish as a sole source of information to support programming; extending food provision outside of school months; developing contingency plans during education sector strikes; considering hiring of staff with working knowledge of local languages for community distributions; using visual or oral communication rather than written communication to increase accessibility of programs; increasing knowledge on the use and nutritional value of external food; and considering exemptions to school and health eligibility requirements during the rainy season and during sector strikes. Nationally-developed programming that does not consider Indigenous and cultural contexts risks inefficiency, limited improvement of health outcomes, and the potential to increase inequities in Indigenous health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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