title: Recurrent floods and prevalence of diarrhea among under five children: observations from Bahraich district, Uttar Pradesh, India.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Diarrhea is an important problem among the under-five children in India.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The paper examines long-term impacts of recurrent floods on diarrhea among under-five children in Uttar Pradesh, India.
  
  
  METHODS
  A two stage stratified cluster survey was conducted in flood affected (exposed) and non-flood affected areas (unexposed).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The long-term impact of the floods was not clearly marked in the overall prevalence of diarrhea with the exposed group having prevalence of 55.1% as against 56.2% in the unexposed group of children under five. Economic condition of the household is associated with the prevalence of diarrhea in both exposed and unexposed strata. Anemia was found to be a significant risk factor for diarrhea among children in both the flood exposed and non-flood exposed populations. The recurrent floods did not have any significant effect on the prevalence of diarrhea in relation to gender, religion, caste, and household size.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study indicates that the long-term impacts of floods are very differently manifested than the immediate impacts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, India. pcjoshi@anthro.du.ac.in
authors.forename: Pooran C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Joshi
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaushal
authors.forename: Bijaya S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Aribam
authors.forename: Prashant
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Khattri
authors.forename: Olivia
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: D'Aoust
authors.forename: Mongjam M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marx
authors.forename: Debarati
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Guha-Sapir
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003625:Data Collection; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D055868:Floods; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013997:Time Factors