Background : Diarrhea is an important problem among the under-five children in India. Objective : The paper examines long-term impacts of recurrent floods on diarrhea among under-five children in Uttar Pradesh, India. Design : A two stage stratified cluster survey was conducted in flood affected (exposed) and non-flood affected areas (unexposed). Results :The long-term impact of the floods was not clearly marked in the overall prevalence of diarrhea with the exposed group having prevalence of 55.1% as against 56.2% in the unexposed group of children under five. Economic condition of the household is associated with the prevalence of diarrhea in both exposed and unexposed strata. Anemia was found to be a significant risk factor for diarrhea among children in both the flood exposed and non-flood exposed populations. The recurrent floods did not have any significant effect on the prevalence of diarrhea in relation to gender, religion, caste, and household size. Conclusions : The study indicates that the long-term impacts of floods are very differently manifested than the immediate impacts.
Joshi, Pooran C. ; Kaushal, Sonia ; Aribam, Bijaya ; Khattri, Prashant ; D'Aoust, Olivia ; et. al. Recurrent floods and prevalence of diarrhea among under five children : observation from Bahraich district, Uttar Pradesh, India. In: Global Health Action, Vol. 4, no. 6335, p. [1-8] (2011)
