Enhancing community participation for environmental health improvement in rural Tanzania: Evidence from Bukombe district

Mketo, Ally Rajab; Ringo, Cliford J.; Nuhu, Said; Mpambije, Chakupewa Joseph

doi:10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2022.102152

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“…(12) Thus, other than improving maternal health literacy, community participation, including local authorities, employers and community members, should be aware of these health risks and collaborate to solve these health challenges. (30,31) This study encountered several limitations. Firstly, this constituted a descriptive epidemiology study in which we collected data from the Pediatric Cardiology Clinic at Ananda Mahidol Hospital; consequently, suspected pediatric patients with CHD attending other hospitals outside Lopburi Province would be excluded from the present study.…”

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Trends in the Incidence and Characteristics of Congenital Heart Disease in Lopburi Province, Central Thailand, 2017-2021

Narknok,

Sakboonyarat

2023

J Southeast Asian Med Res

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Background: Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the newborn’s most common congenital anomaly. Nevertheless, limited evidence is available of CHD incidence in Thailand. Therefore, we aimed to determine the trends in CHD incidence from 2017 to 2021. Methods: A descriptive epidemiology study was conducted using data from 2017-2021. We collected data from the medical records of pediatric patients with CHD at the Pediatric Cardiology Clinic at Ananda Mahidol Hospital, central Thailand. The pediatric cardiologist reviewed medical records to obtain participants’ characteristics and medical data, including CHD diagnosis, sex, child order and maternal risk factors during pregnancy. Results: In total, 27,882 live births were recorded between 2017 and 2021 in Lopburi Province, Thailand. The study included 584 pediatric patients with CHD born between 2017 and 2021. Of these, 312 (53.4%) were males, and 89 (15.2%) presented cyanotic CHD. Sex-adjusted CHD incidence was 22.4 per 1000 live-births (95% CI: 17.6-34.5) in 2017; then rose to 25.7 per 1000 live-births (95% CI 21.7- 30.2) in 2019 and dropped to 15.4 per 1000 live-births (95% CI 12.1-19.3) in 2021 (p for trend = 0.317). Two hundred and fourteen patients (36.6%) presented a ventricular septal defect. In 2017, the proportion of patients receiving a diagnosis of CHD before one year of age was 57.7% and continuously rose to 100% in 2021 (p-for trend <0.001). The proportion of alcohol consumption during pregnancy was consistently high, ranging from 61.6 to 74.8% (p for trend = 0.189). In addition, contraindicated drug use during the first trimester of pregnancy was also constantly high (73.1%) among study participants over five years (p for trend = 0.235). Conclusion: CHD incidence in Lopburi Province has been persistently high from 2017 to 2021. The average age at diagnosis with CHD in this study population continuously declined over five years. Characteristics of CHD risk factors during pregnancy constituted a constantly high proportion among these study participants over one half decade.

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Section: /17 Journal Of Southeast Asian Medical Research E0184mentioning

confidence: 96%

Trends in the Incidence and Characteristics of Congenital Heart Disease in Lopburi Province, Central Thailand, 2017-2021

Narknok,

Sakboonyarat

2023

J Southeast Asian Med Res

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“…Many scholars have conducted substantial research on the factors that influence farmers' participation in rural living environment improvement, mainly focusing on the following three aspects: first, as for the factors of government, some scholars have pointed out that insufficient government financial support [6], the promotion of urbanization and community harmony [7], community officials' conflicted roles [3], new social networks of trust at the local level [8], the inadequate institutional mechanism of rural environmental governance [9,10] and innovation and technology adoption effects of past environmental policies [11] are factors that affect farmers' participation in living environment improvement. Second, for the factors of the village, some scholars consider the improvement measures at a village level and community participation [12], the distance between villages and county towns [13,14], village scale and residential density as factors influencing farm households' participation in living environmental improvement. Third, for the factors of farmers, some studies based on the theory of planned behavior have explored that farmers' willingness to pay and the payment level to participate in environmental improvement [15], the level of farmers' per capita income [16] and the level of environmental protection awareness [17] can have a positive impact on farmers' participation in rural living environment improvement.…”

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The Influence of Farmers’ Clan Networks on Their Participation in Living Environment Improvement during the Time of Transition in Traditional Rural China

Xia

2023

Agriculture

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Farmers’ participation in public affairs is the combined effect of informal and formal institutions. In order to improve the current situation of low willingness of Chinese farmers to participate in living environment improvement, and to enhance the motivation of farmers and the effectiveness of living environment improvement, this paper incorporates the clan network in the informal institution and the perceivable authority of village chiefs in the formal institution into a unified analytical framework, divides the clan network into two dimensions (scale and strength) and explores the influence of the clan network and the perceivable authority of village chiefs on farmers’ participation in rural living environment improvement. Finally, an empirical test is conducted using survey data from 683 farming households in the provinces of Henan, Shaanxi and Sichuan. The results show that the strength of the clan network and the perceivable authority of the village chiefs have a significant positive effect on the farmers’ participation in rural living environment improvement, while the scale of the clan network does not have a significant effect on farmers’ behavior. The perceivable authority of the village chief has a positive moderating effect between the clan network and farmers’ participation in rural living environment improvement, while the heterogeneity analysis shows that the positive effect of the clan network on farmers’ participation in the rural living environment is reduced for those who have worked outside, far away from the village. It is suggested that the protection of traditional clan relations should be emphasized, and the positive role of clan agents and their influence should be effectively utilized in promoting the improvement of the rural living environment at the grassroots level. Moreover, it is necessary to carry out timely training of professional knowledge and skills for grassroots leaders, propagandize and interpret policies, thus increasing the enthusiasm of farmers to participate in the improvement of the rural living environment.

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“…found that the main factors affecting the quality of rural habitats are sewage and garbage. Ally Rajab Mketo et al [2] . argue that the importance of community participation in improving sanitation for rural development has not been given the importance it deserves.…”

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Research on Rural Human Settlement Environment Transformation Based on Participatory Design Concept

Rao,

Wu,

Wang

2024

Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications

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With social and economic development, the rural habitat is constantly improving and developing in terms of infrastructure, landscape style, environmental health, cultural heritage, and information technology. At the same time, rural human settlements are facing a number of problems and challenges, such as the urbanization of rural landscapes, the serious commercialization of rural landscapes, the weak awareness of environmental health protection, the reduction in the diversity of rural cultures, and the existence of the digital divide and the spread of technology. Based on the above problems, this paper takes Hongmiao Village, Mahe Town, Hubei Province, China, as the research object, and through the field research on the village, we understand the current situation of local development and potential problems. On this basis, the strategy of empowering participatory design in rural habitat transformation is proposed. Starting from the design of the public space in front of and behind the house, the field transformation is carried out mainly through digital technology to break the spatial limitation of traditional art, and mobilizing the joint participation of multiple subjects to enhance the villagers’ main consciousness. Finally, through the methods of return survey, corresponding questionnaire, and inductive analysis, this study proves that participatory design provides new theoretical support for the transformation of the rural habitat environment and has important reference value for the improvement of the rural habitat environment.

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Enhancing community participation for environmental health improvement in rural Tanzania: Evidence from Bukombe district

Cited by 5 publications

References 61 publications

Trends in the Incidence and Characteristics of Congenital Heart Disease in Lopburi Province, Central Thailand, 2017-2021

Trends in the Incidence and Characteristics of Congenital Heart Disease in Lopburi Province, Central Thailand, 2017-2021

The Influence of Farmers’ Clan Networks on Their Participation in Living Environment Improvement during the Time of Transition in Traditional Rural China

Research on Rural Human Settlement Environment Transformation Based on Participatory Design Concept

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