Vulnerability of indigenous health to climate change: A case study of Uganda's Batwa Pygmies

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1067-1077

  Berrang Ford, Lea ^a   Dingle, Kathryn ^a   Ford, James D ^a   Lee, Celine ^b   Lwasa, Shuaib ^c   Namanya, Didas B ^d   Henderson, Jim ^a   Llanos, Alejandro ^e   Carcamo, Cesar ^e   Edge, Victoria ^f  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^e UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Batwa; Climate change; Health; Indigenous peoples; PhotoVoice; Uganda; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH IMPACT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; RURAL SOCIETY; SOCIAL STATUS; VULNERABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MALARIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOVOICE; RAPID RURAL APPRAISAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RURAL AREA; STOMACH DISEASE; UGANDA;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UGANDA; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

UGANDA;

EID: 84863534373     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.04.016     Document Type: Article

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