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La zonificación del riesgo en salud: la fiebre amarilla desde una perspectiva geográfica en La Macarena, departamento del Meta, Colombia / Health risk zoning: yellow fever from a geographical perspective in La Macarena, Department of Meta, Colombia
Niño, Larry.
Affiliation
  • Niño, Larry; Ecodatum S A S. CO
Salud colect ; 14(1): 19-32, mar. 2018. tab, graf
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: biblio-962399
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RESUMEN
RESUMEN En este trabajo se zonifica el riesgo de fiebre amarilla en La Macarena (departamento del Meta, Colombia), en función de amenazas ambientales y vulnerabilidades socioeconómicas. Se realizó un estudio ecológico en el que se integraron, en un sistema de información geográfica, datos publicados entre 2007 y 2013 sobre las condiciones del municipio. A través de superposición de capas cartográficas se obtuvieron magnitudes de amenaza y vulnerabilidad proporcionales al grado de severidad. Como resultado se describe la heterogeneidad espacial del riesgo de fiebre amarilla, la cual sugiere que las áreas circundantes a centros poblados, vías y ríos presentan la mayor probabilidad de transmisión. Se concluye que la representación cartográfica de la distribución espacial del riesgo en el municipio constituye un aporte metodológico a la zonificación de riesgos en salud, en espacios geográficos concretos y en función de amenazas y vulnerabilidades, lo cual facilita la toma de decisiones en salud pública.
ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT This paper attempts to zone yellow fever risk in La Macarena (department of Meta, Colombia) in terms of environmental hazards and socio-economic vulnerabilities. An ecological study was carried out, in which data published from 2007 to 2013 on conditions of the municipality were integrated into a geographic information system. Through a superposition of map layers, magnitudes of hazard and vulnerability proportional to the degree of severity were obtained. As a result the spatial heterogeneity of the risk of yellow fever was described, suggesting that the areas surrounding populated centers, roads and rivers present the highest probability of transmission. It is concluded that the cartographic representation of the spatial distribution of risk in the municipality constitutes a methodological contribution to health risk zoning - in concrete geographical areas and based on hazards and vulnerabilities - which facilitates decision-making in public health.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Health context: Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas Health problem: Goal 6: Information systems for health Database: LILACS Main subject: Yellow Fever / Geographic Mapping Type of study: Etiology study / Prognostic study / Risk factors Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: South America / Colombia Language: Spanish Journal: Salud colect Journal subject: Medicina Social / Sa£de P£blica Year: 2018 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Colombia Institution/Affiliation country: Ecodatum S A S/CO

Full text: Available Collection: International databases Health context: Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas Health problem: Goal 6: Information systems for health Database: LILACS Main subject: Yellow Fever / Geographic Mapping Type of study: Etiology study / Prognostic study / Risk factors Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: South America / Colombia Language: Spanish Journal: Salud colect Journal subject: Medicina Social / Sa£de P£blica Year: 2018 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Colombia Institution/Affiliation country: Ecodatum S A S/CO
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