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Population profile and residential environment of an urban poor community in Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Source :
- Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- BioMed Central, 2017.
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Abstract
- Objectives A population survey was conducted in an urban shantytown in Bangladesh, as a baseline study of future epidemiological studies. This paper aims to describe the findings of the study, including the population profile and residential environment of the urban poor. Methods We conducted a complete count household survey in an urban poor community in Dhaka. Using a brief structured questionnaire in Bengali language, trained interviewers visited each household and asked questions such as: duration of residence; ownership of house, toilet and kitchen; water supply; number of family members; age, sex, education, occupation, tobacco use, and history of diseases of each family member. Results We found that there were 8604 households and 34,170 people in the community. Average number of household members was 4.0. Most people had access to safe water, but only 16% lived in the house with a toilet. Based on the proxy indicators of household wealth levels, we identified that about 39% were relatively well-off, while the rest were very poor. Tobacco use was prevalent in men regardless of age and in women aged over 35 years. Prevalence of self-reported hypertension and diabetes was slightly higher in women than in men, although over 70% of the respondents didn’t know if they had such diseases. Incidences of diarrhea in the last one month were relatively low. Conclusions The study showed population profile and sanitation environment in an urban poor community by a complete count survey. We expect the study to serve as a baseline for future epidemiological studies.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Sanitation
Urban Population
Population
Baseline population survey
Population Dynamics
Water supply
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
The urban poor
Proxy (climate)
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Residence Characteristics
Risk Factors
Environmental health
Epidemiology
medicine
Residential environment
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Non-communicable diseases
education
Noncommunicable Diseases
Poverty
Toilet
education.field_of_study
Bangladesh
business.industry
Public health
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Regular Article
General Medicine
Geography
Residence
Self Report
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13474715 and 1342078X
- Volume :
- 22
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e2d545c0214dabb550e681b5f08801b2