K. Balasubramani|Kumar Arun Prasad|Naveen Kumar Kodali|Nishadh Kalladath Abdul Rasheed|Savitha Chellappan|Devojit Kumar Sarma|Manoj Kumar|Rashi Dixit|Meenu Mariya James|Sujit Kumar Behera|Sulochana Shekhar|Praveen Balabaskaran Nina
Spatial epidemiology of acute respiratory infections in children under 5 years and associated risk factors in India: District-level analysis of health, household, and environmental datasets
Central University of Tamil Nadu|Central University of Tamil Nadu|Central University of Tamil Nadu|IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Center|National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health|Central University of Tamil Nadu|Central University of Tamil Nadu|Central University of Tamil Nadu|Central University of Tamil Nadu|Central University of Kerala|Central University of Tamil Nadu
india acute respiratory infections aris leading cause mortality children 5 years mapping hotspots aris associated risk factors help understand association district level across indiadata aris children 5 years household variables unclean fuel improved sanitation mean maternal bmi mean household size mean number children median months breastfeeding children percentage poor households diarrhea children low birth weight tobacco use immunization status children obtained national family health survey4 surface groundmonitored pm25 pm10 datasets collected global estimates national ambient air quality monitoring programme population density illiteracy data extracted census india geographic information system used mapping ari hotspots identified using getisord gi spatial statistic quasipoisson regression model used estimate association ari household children maternal environmental demographic factorsacute respiratory infections hotspots predominantly seen north indian statesuts uttar pradesh bihar delhi haryana punjab chandigarh also border districts uttarakhand himachal pradesh jammu kashmir substantial overlap among pm25 pm10 population density tobacco smoking unclean fuel use hotspots ari quasipoisson regression analysis showed pm25 illiteracy levels diarrhea children maternal body mass index associated arito decrease ari children urgent interventions required reduce levels pm25 pm10 major environmental pollutants hotspot districts furthermore improving sanitation literacy levels using clean cooking fuel curbing indoor smoking may minimize risk ari children