Social and Spatial Processes Associated with Childhood Diarrheal Disease in Matlab, Bangladesh

Citation

Perez-Heydrich, Carolina; Furgurson, Jill M.; Giebultowicz, Sophia; Winston, Jennifer Jane; Yunus, Mohammad; Streatfield, Peter Kim; & Emch, Michael E. (2013). Social and Spatial Processes Associated with Childhood Diarrheal Disease in Matlab, Bangladesh. Health & Place, 19, 45-52. PMCID: PMC3537872

Abstract

We develop novel methods for conceptualizing geographic space and social networks to evaluate their respective and combined contributions to childhood diarrheal incidence. After defining maternal networks according to direct familial linkages between females, and road networks using satellite imagery of the study area, we use a spatial econometrics model to evaluate the significance of correlation terms relating childhood diarrheal incidence to the incidence observed within respective networks. Disease was significantly clustered within road networks across time, but only inconsistently correlated within maternal networks. These methods could be widely applied to systems in which both social and spatial processes jointly influence health outcomes.

URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.10.002

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year Published

2013

Journal Title

Health & Place

Author(s)

Perez-Heydrich, Carolina
Furgurson, Jill M.
Giebultowicz, Sophia
Winston, Jennifer Jane
Yunus, Mohammad
Streatfield, Peter Kim
Emch, Michael E.

PMCID

PMC3537872

ORCiD

Emch - 0000-0003-2642-965X