Sub-district level correlation between tuberculosis notifications and socio-demographic factors in Dhaka City corporation, Bangladesh

We developed a novel method to align two data sources (TB notifications and the Demographic Health Survey, DHS) captured at different geographic scales. We used this method to identify sociodemographic indicators - specifically population density - that were ecologically correlated with elevated TB notification rates across wards (~100 000 people) in Dhaka, Bangladesh. We found population density was the variable most closely correlated with ward-level TB notification rates (Spearman's rank correlation 0.45). Our approach can be useful, as publicly available data (e.g. DHS data) could help identify factors that are ecologically associated with disease burden when more granular data (e.g. ward-level TB notifications) are not available. Use of this approach might help in designing spatially targeted interventions for TB and other diseases in settings of weak existing data on disease burden at the subdistrict level.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:149

Enthalten in:

Epidemiology and infection - 149(2021) vom: 02. Sept., Seite e209

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jo, Youngji [VerfasserIn]
Baik, Yeonsoo [VerfasserIn]
Shrestha, Sourya [VerfasserIn]
Pennington, Jeffrey [VerfasserIn]
Gomes, Isabella [VerfasserIn]
Reja, Mehdi [VerfasserIn]
Islam, Shamiul [VerfasserIn]
Roy, Tapash [VerfasserIn]
Hussain, Hamidah [VerfasserIn]
Dowdy, David [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Dhaka
Gravity model
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Sociodemographic risk factors
Spatial analysis
Tuberculosis

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 06.05.2022

Date Revised 02.06.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1017/S0950268821001679

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM340356189