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Climate variability and diarrheal diseases: patterns, vulnerability and trends in Caraguatatuba county - SP

Grant number: 10/09558-6
Support Opportunities:Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
Start date: October 01, 2010
End date: September 30, 2014
Field of knowledge:Humanities - Sociology - Other specific Sociologies
Principal Investigator:Sonia Regina da Cal Seixas
Grantee:Gabriela Farias Asmus
Host Institution: Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas Ambientais (NEPAM). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
Associated research grant:08/58159-7 - Urban growth, vulnerability and adaptation: social and ecological dimensions of climate change on the coast of São Paulo, AP.PFPMCG.TEM
Associated scholarship(s):12/21879-8 - Cultural determinants of diarrhea in coastal communities in the context of global environmental change, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

Diarrhoeal diseases account for about 1.5 million annual deaths of children worldwide. Studies associate such occurrences with low quality of the supplied water and poor sewage treatment. It is believed that changes in temperature, rainfall and the occurrence of floods due to climate change can enhance the incidence of diarrhoeal diseases, aggravating the epidemiology of populations. Caraguatatuba is a municipality located at the North coast of São Paulo, a region whose social characteristics, geographic and demographic characteristics suggest a high vulnerability to climate impacts on health. By using this city as a case study, this research aims to evaluate: (1) If the diarrhoeal illness of the resident population are historically related to meteorological factors recorded in this location (period: 2000-2010), (2) If socio-economic aspects influence the diarrhoeal diseases notifications, 3) If the instruments of epidemiological monitoring provided by the SUS are consistent with the epidemiological reality of the population. Therefore this PhD research, linked to FAPESP thematic project (file no. 2008/58159-7), proposes to determine the epidemiological vulnerability degree of a representative population of the coast of São Paulo. Ultimately the aim is to contribute with discussions and suggestions of guidelines for mitigating the impacts of climate change on the public health sector. (AU)

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ASMUS, Gabriela Farias. Health vulnerability in the context of environmental changes: the case of waterborne diseases in Caraguatatuba, North Coast - SP. 2014. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas Campinas, SP.