The Drivers of Child Mortality During the 2012–2016 Drought in La Guajira, Colombia

作     者：Diana Contreras Alex Voets Jana Junghardt Srirama Bhamidipati Sandra Contreras Diana Contreras;Alex Voets;Jana Junghardt;Srirama Bhamidipati;Sandra Contreras

作者机构：Research Center for Integrated Disaster Risk Management(CIGIDEN)Pontifical Catholic University of Chile7820436 MaculSantiagoChile School of EngineeringNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneNorthumbria NE17RUUK Caritas SwitzerlandBogotaD.C.110231Colombia Caritas Switzerland6002 Luzern LucernaSwitzerland Faculty of TechnologyPolicy and ManagementDelft University of Technology2628 BX DelftThe Netherlands Communication and LanguagePontifical Xavierian UniversityBogotaD.C.110231Colombia 

出 版 物：《International Journal of Disaster Risk Science》 (国际灾害风险科学学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2020年第11卷第1期

页      面：87-104页

核心收录：

学科分类：1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 07[理学] 070601[理学-气象学] 0706[理学-大气科学] 100404[医学-儿少卫生与妇幼保健学] 10[医学] 

基　　金：the framework of the Resilience Academy (RA 2013-2014) “Exploring Livelihood Resilience” the project “Social Vulnerability to Natural Hazards and dependence to Urban Critical Infrastructure: Spatial Model for Drinking Water and Healthcare Systems” sponsored by CONICYT/ FONDAP/15,110,017, Research Center for Integrated Disaster Risk Management (CIGIDEN) the Munich Re Foundation for the sponsorship of the RA and Capstone Conference (2017) the United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) for co-organizing this event 

主　　题：Child mortality Climate change Drought Socioeconomic vulnerability Water management Wayuu indigenous community 

摘      要：During the 2012–2016 drought in La Guajira,Colombia, child mortality rates rose to 23.4 out of *** of these children belonged to the Wayuu indigenous community, the largest and one of the most vulnerable in Colombia. At the municipal level, this study found a significant positive correlation between the average child mortality rate and households with a monthly income of less than USD 100, the number of people without access to health insurance, being part of the indigenous population,being illiterate, lacking sewage systems, living in rural areas, and large households with members younger than5 years old and older than 65 years old. No correlation was found with households without access to a water *** stepwise regression analysis showed that households with a monthly income of less than USD 100, no members older than 65 years old, but several children younger than5 years old, account for 90.4% of the child mortality *** study concludes that, if inhabitants had had better incomes or assets, as well as an adequate infrastructure,they could have faced the drought without the observed increase in child mortality.