Health gender gap in Uganda: do weather effects and water play a role?

Vulnerabilities of men and women to adverse health effects due to weather variability and climate change are not equal. Uganda was among the countries in the world most affected by extreme weather events during the last decade. However, there is still limited gendered empirical evidence on the links...

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Autores principales: Amondo, Emily Injete, Kirui, Oliver K., Mirzabaev, Alisher
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Springer 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141146
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author Amondo, Emily Injete
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description Vulnerabilities of men and women to adverse health effects due to weather variability and climate change are not equal. Uganda was among the countries in the world most affected by extreme weather events during the last decade. However, there is still limited gendered empirical evidence on the links between weather variability and health and the possible pathways through which these health effects occur. Therefore, this study analyses the effect of weather variability on illness, and the extent to which water collection ‘time burden’ mediates the relationship between weather anomalies and illness among men and women of working age in Uganda. The study also quantifies the health inequalities to be eliminated if resources are equalized.
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spelling CGSpace1411462025-04-08T18:26:25Z Health gender gap in Uganda: do weather effects and water play a role? Amondo, Emily Injete Kirui, Oliver K. Mirzabaev, Alisher weather hazards gender resources vulnerability water water scarcity rain water harvesting inequality weather variability men weather time climate change women Vulnerabilities of men and women to adverse health effects due to weather variability and climate change are not equal. Uganda was among the countries in the world most affected by extreme weather events during the last decade. However, there is still limited gendered empirical evidence on the links between weather variability and health and the possible pathways through which these health effects occur. Therefore, this study analyses the effect of weather variability on illness, and the extent to which water collection ‘time burden’ mediates the relationship between weather anomalies and illness among men and women of working age in Uganda. The study also quantifies the health inequalities to be eliminated if resources are equalized. 2022-12-05 2024-04-12T13:37:22Z 2024-04-12T13:37:22Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141146 en Open Access Springer Amondo, Emily Injete; Kirui, Oliver; and Mirzabaev, Alisher. 2022. Health gender gap in Uganda: do weather effects and water play a role? International Journal for Equity in Health 21: 173. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-022-01769-3
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gender
resources
vulnerability
water
water scarcity
rain water harvesting
inequality
weather variability
men
weather
time
climate change
women
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Kirui, Oliver K.
Mirzabaev, Alisher
Health gender gap in Uganda: do weather effects and water play a role?
title Health gender gap in Uganda: do weather effects and water play a role?
title_full Health gender gap in Uganda: do weather effects and water play a role?
title_fullStr Health gender gap in Uganda: do weather effects and water play a role?
title_full_unstemmed Health gender gap in Uganda: do weather effects and water play a role?
title_short Health gender gap in Uganda: do weather effects and water play a role?
title_sort health gender gap in uganda do weather effects and water play a role
topic weather hazards
gender
resources
vulnerability
water
water scarcity
rain water harvesting
inequality
weather variability
men
weather
time
climate change
women
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