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SOCIAL DEPRIVATION INDEX AND LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS: A TOOL FOR MAPPING URBAN AREAS AT RISK IN NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL
Fatores Socioeconômicos
Áreas de Pobreza
Desigualdades em Saúde
Análise Fatorial
Programas de Controle
Socioeconomic Factors
Poverty Areas
Health Inequalities
Factor Analysis
Control programs
Elefantíase filarial
Filariose linfática
Inquéritos Epidemiológicos
Análise Fatorial
Fatores de risco
Filariose linfática / transmissão
Filariose linfática / prevenção & controle
Fatores Socioeconômicos
Saúde Pública
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Aggeu Magalhães. Recife, PE, Brasil / Ministério da Educação. Fundação Joaquim Nabuco. Recife, PE, Brazil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Aggeu Magalhães. Recife, PE, Brasil.
Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. Recife, PE, Brazil / Universidade Católica de Pernambuco. Recife, PE, Brazil.
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco. Departamento de Estatística e Informática. Recife, PE, Brazil.
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. Departamento de Engenharia Cartográfica. Recife, PE, Brazil.
Prefeitura do Recife. Secretaria de Saúde do Recife. Recife, PE, Brazil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Aggeu Magalhães. Recife, PE, Brasil / Universidade de Pernambuco. Instituto de Ciências Biológicas. Recife, PE, Brazil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Aggeu Magalhães. Recife, PE, Brasil.
Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. Recife, PE, Brazil / Universidade Católica de Pernambuco. Recife, PE, Brazil.
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco. Departamento de Estatística e Informática. Recife, PE, Brazil.
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. Departamento de Engenharia Cartográfica. Recife, PE, Brazil.
Prefeitura do Recife. Secretaria de Saúde do Recife. Recife, PE, Brazil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Aggeu Magalhães. Recife, PE, Brasil / Universidade de Pernambuco. Instituto de Ciências Biológicas. Recife, PE, Brazil.
Abstract
This paper describes the construction and application of a social deprivation index that was created to explore the relationship between lymphatic filariasis and socioenvironmental variables in the municipality of Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Pernambuco, Brazil, thereby contributing towards identifying priority areas for interventions. This indicator was obtained from principal-component factor analysis. Variables available from the national census representing socioenvironmental conditions, household characteristics and urban services were used. Epidemiological data came from a parasitological survey on lymphatic filariasis. 23 673 individuals were examined and 323 were positive (1.4%). Two factors that together explained 80.61% of the total variance were selected. The social deprivation strata were capable of indicating a risk gradient, with 74.9% of the microfilaremia cases situated in the high-risk stratum. Principal-component factor analysis was shown to be sensitive for selecting indicators associated with the risk of lymphatic filariasis transmission and for detecting areas potentially at risk. The capacity of the social deprivation index for picking up social inequalities qualifies it as a new tool for use in planning interventions aimed at controlling lymphatic filariasis in urban spaces.
Keywords in Portuguese
Filariose LinfáticaFatores Socioeconômicos
Áreas de Pobreza
Desigualdades em Saúde
Análise Fatorial
Programas de Controle
Keywords
Lymphatic FilariasisSocioeconomic Factors
Poverty Areas
Health Inequalities
Factor Analysis
Control programs
DeCS
Brasil / epidemiologiaElefantíase filarial
Filariose linfática
Inquéritos Epidemiológicos
Análise Fatorial
Fatores de risco
Filariose linfática / transmissão
Filariose linfática / prevenção & controle
Fatores Socioeconômicos
Saúde Pública
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