The drivers of child mortality during the 2012–2016 drought in La Guajira, Colombia.

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dc.contributor.authorContreras, Diana
dc.contributor.authorVoets, Alex
dc.contributor.authorJunghardt, Jana
dc.contributor.authorBhamidipati, Srirama
dc.contributor.authorContreras, Sandra
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-05T14:49:56Z
dc.date.available2020-03-05T14:49:56Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.date.updated2020-02-23T01:02:52Z
dc.description.abstractAbstract During the 2012–2016 drought in La Guajira, Colombia, child mortality rates rose to 23.4 out of 1000. Most of these children belonged to the Wayuu indigenous community, the largest and one of the most vulnerable in Colombia. At the municipal level, this study found a significant positive correlation between the average child mortality rate and households with a monthly income of less than USD 100, the number of people without access to health insurance, being part of the indigenous population, being illiterate, lacking sewage systems, living in rural areas, and large households with members younger than 5 years old and older than 65 years old. No correlation was found with households without access to a water source. The stepwise regression analysis showed that households with a monthly income of less than USD 100, no members older than 65 years old, but several children younger than 5 years old, account for 90.4% of the child mortality rate. This study concludes that, if inhabitants had had better incomes or assets, as well as an adequate infrastructure, they could have faced the drought without the observed increase in child mortality.
dc.fuente.origenBiomed Central
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s13753-020-00255-0
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/28486
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000516458400001
dc.issue.numeroNo. 1
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesocontenido completo
dc.pagina.final104
dc.pagina.inicio87
dc.revistaInternational Journal of Disaster Risk Sciencees_ES
dc.rightsacceso abierto
dc.rights.holderThe Author(s)
dc.subjectChild mortalityes_ES
dc.subjectClimate changees_ES
dc.subjectDroughtes_ES
dc.subjectSocioeconomic vulnerabilityes_ES
dc.subjectWater managementes_ES
dc.subjectWayuu indigenous communityes_ES
dc.subject.ddc304.64
dc.subject.deweyCiencias socialeses_ES
dc.subject.ods01 No poverty
dc.subject.odspa01 Fin de la pobreza
dc.titleThe drivers of child mortality during the 2012–2016 drought in La Guajira, Colombia.es_ES
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumenVol. 11
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