Using satellite data to study the relationship between rainfalland diarrheal diseases in a Southwestern Amazon basin / O uso de dados de satélite para estudar a relação entre chuvae doenças diarreicas em uma bacia na Amazônia Sul-Ocidental
Fonseca, Paula Andrea Morelli; Hacon, Sandra de Souza; Reis, Vera Lúcia; Costa, Duarte; Brown, Irving Foster.
Ciênc. saúde coletiva
; 21(3): 731-742, 2016. graf, tab, mapas
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The North region is the second regionin Brazil with the highest incidence rate of diarrhealdiseases in children under 5 years old. Theaim of this study was to investigate the relationshipbetween rainfall and water level during therainy season principally with the incidence rateof this disease in a southwestern Amazon basin.Rainfall estimates and the water level were correlatedand both of them were correlated with thediarrheal incidence rate. For the Alto Acre region,2 to 3 days time-lag is the best interval to observethe impact of the rainfall in the water level (R =0.35). In the Lower Acre region this time-lag increased(4 days) with a reduction in the correlationvalue was found. The correlation betweenrainfall and diarrheal disease was better in theLower Acre region (Acrelândia, R = 0.7) andrainfall upstream of the city. Between water leveland diarrheal disease, the best results were foundfor the Brasiléia gauging station (Brasiléia, R =0.3; Epitaciolândia, R = 0.5). This studys resultsmay support planning and financial resourcesallocation to prioritize actions for local Civil Defenseand health care services before, during andafter the rainy season (AU)
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