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abstract: 'Maternal and newborn health disparities and the health impacts of
climate change present grand challenges for global health equity, and
there remain knowledge gaps in our understanding of how these challenges
intersect. This study examines the pathways through which mothers are
affected by seasonal and meteorological factors in sub-Saharan Africa in
general, and Kanungu District (Uganda), in particular. We conducted a
community-based study consisting of focus group discussions with mothers
and interviews with health care workers in Kanungu District. Using a
priori and a posteriori coding, we found a diversity of perspectives on
the impacts of seasonal and weather exposures, with reporting of more
food available in the rainy season. The rainy season was also identified
as the period in which women performed physical labour for longer time
periods, while work conditions in the dry season were reported to be
more difficult due to heat. The causal pathways through which weather
and seasonality may be affecting size at birth as reported by Kanungu
mothers were consistent with those most frequently reported in the
literature elsewhere, including maternal energy balance (nutritional
intake and physical exertion output) and seasonal illness. While both
Indigenous and non-Indigenous mothers described similar pathways,
however, the severity of these experiences differed. Non-Indigenous
mothers frequently relied on livestock assets or opportunities for less
taxing physical work than Indigenous women, who had fewer options when
facing food shortages or transport costs. Findings point to specific
entry points for intervention including increased nutritional support in
dry season periods of food scarcity, increased diversification of wage
labour opportunities, and increased access to contraception.
Interventions should be particularly targeted towards Indigenous mothers
as they face greater food insecurity, may have fewer sources of income,
and face greater overall deprivation than non-Indigenous mothers. (C)
2017 Published by Elsevier Ltd.'
affiliation: 'MacVicar, S (Corresponding Author), McGill Univ, Dept Geog, Burnside
Hall Bldg,Room 705, Montreal, PQ H3A 0B9, Canada.
MacVicar, Sarah; Berrang-Ford, Lea; Ross, Nancy, McGill Univ, Dept Geog, Burnside
Hall Bldg,Room 705, Montreal, PQ H3A 0B9, Canada.
Harper, Sherilee; Steele, Vivienne, Univ Guelph, Sch Populat Med, Ontario Vet Coll,
Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.
Lwasa, Shuaib, Makerere Univ, Coll Agr \& Environm Sci, Sch Forestry Environm \&
Geog Sci, Dept Geog Geoinformat \& Climat Sci, POB 7062,Arts Bldg, Kampala, Uganda.
Bambaiha, Didacus Namanya, Ugandan Minist Hlth, Dept Community Hlth, Plot 6,Lourdel
Rd,POB 7272, Kampala, Uganda.
Twesigomwe, Sabastien, Batwa Dev Programme, Kinkizi, Kanungu, Uganda.
Asaasira, Grace, IHACC Res Team, Kinkizi, Uganda.'
author: MacVicar, Sarah and Berrang-Ford, Lea and Harper, Sherilee and Steele, Vivienne
and Lwasa, Shuaib and Bambaiha, Didacus Namanya and Twesigomwe, Sabastien and Asaasira,
Grace and Ross, Nancy and Team, IHACC Res
author-email: 'sarah.macvicar@mail.mcgill.ca
lea.berrangford@mcgill.ca
harpers@uoguelph.ca
vivienne@uoguelph.ca
lwasa\_s@caes.mak.ac.ug
didamanya@yahoo.com
twesigomwe.sabastian@yahoo.com
graceasaasira@gmail.com
nancy.ross@mcgill.ca'
author_list:
- family: MacVicar
given: Sarah
- family: Berrang-Ford
given: Lea
- family: Harper
given: Sherilee
- family: Steele
given: Vivienne
- family: Lwasa
given: Shuaib
- family: Bambaiha
given: Didacus Namanya
- family: Twesigomwe
given: Sabastien
- family: Asaasira
given: Grace
- family: Ross
given: Nancy
- family: Team
given: IHACC Res
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.06.021
files: []
issn: 0277-9536
journal: SOCIAL SCIENCE \& MEDICINE
keywords: 'Uganda; Perinatal health; Climate change; Weather; Season; Indigenous
health'
keywords-plus: 'LOW-BIRTH-WEIGHT; CLIMATE-CHANGE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; PARTICIPATORY
RESEARCH; CRITICAL REALISM; FETAL ORIGINS; PRETERM BIRTH; VULNERABILITY;
DETERMINANTS; TEMPERATURE'
language: English
month: AUG
number-of-cited-references: '98'
orcid-numbers: 'Lwasa, Shuaib/0000-0003-4312-2836
Ford, James/0000-0002-2066-3456'
pages: 39-48
papis_id: e4b90e0579b674cf9d5f8de0b0508ab0
ref: Macvicar2017howseasonality
researcherid-numbers: 'Lwasa, Shuaib/G-3723-2014
Ford, James/A-4284-2013'
times-cited: '13'
title: 'How seasonality and weather affect perinatal health: Comparing the experiences
of indigenous and non-indigenous mothers in Kanungu District, Uganda'
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000407405100005
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '22'
volume: '187'
web-of-science-categories: 'Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health; Social Sciences,
Biomedical'
year: '2017'