1. COMBINING REMOTELY SENSED ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS WITH SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL CONDITIONS THAT AFFECT SURFACE WATER USE IN SPATIOTEMPORAL MODELLING OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS IN GHANA
- Author
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Karen C. Kosinski, Yvonne Walz, Alexandra V. Kulinkina, Alexander Liss, Elena N. Naumova, and Nana-Kwadwo Biritwum
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lcsh:Applied optics. Photonics ,0301 basic medicine ,Sanitation ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,030231 tropical medicine ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,Schistosomiasis ,02 engineering and technology ,Human behavior ,lcsh:Technology ,01 natural sciences ,law.invention ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,law ,medicine ,Recreation ,021101 geological & geomatics engineering ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Schistosoma haematobium ,Hydrology ,biology ,lcsh:T ,business.industry ,Environmental resource management ,lcsh:TA1501-1820 ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,030104 developmental biology ,Transmission (mechanics) ,Geography ,Habitat ,lcsh:TA1-2040 ,lcsh:Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) ,business ,Surface water - Abstract
Schistosoma haematobium transmission is influenced by environmental conditions that determine the suitability of the parasite and intermediate host snail habitats, as well as by socioeconomic conditions, access to water and sanitation infrastructure, and human behaviors. Remote sensing is a demonstrated valuable tool to characterize environmental conditions that support schistosomiasis transmission. Socioeconomic and behavioral conditions that propagate repeated domestic and recreational surface water contact are more difficult to quantify at large spatial scales. We present a mixed-methods approach that builds on the remotely sensed ecological variables by exploring water and sanitation related community characteristics as independent risk factors of schistosomiasis transmission.
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- 2016