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- Project title:
- Canada Graduate Scholarships - Master's Competition (CIHR)
- Principal investigator(s):
- Marcus, Hannah G
- Co-investigator(s):
- N/A
- Supervisors:
- N/A
- Institution paid:
- University of Alberta
- Research institution:
- University of Alberta
- Department:
- School of Public Health
- Program:
- Master's Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships
- Competition (year/month):
- 202012
- Assigned peer review committee:
- Special Cases - Awards Programs
- Primary institute:
- N/A
- Primary theme:
- N/A
- Term (yrs/mths):
- 1 yr 0 mth
- CIHR contribution:
- Contributors:
- Amount:
- $17,500
- Equipment:
- $0
- External funding partner(s):
- Partner Name:
- N/A
- Amount:
- N/A
- Equipment:
- N/A
- External applicant partner(s):
- Partner Name:
- N/A
- Amount:
- N/A
- Equipment:
- N/A
- External in-kind partner(s):
- Partner Name:
- N/A
- Amount:
- N/A
- Equipment:
- N/A
- Keywords:
- And Hygiene; Climate Adaptation; Climate Change; Climate Vulnerability; Food Security; Global Health Program Planning; Sanitation; Water; Water Resource Management; Waterborne Diseases
- Abstract/Summary:
- Project Title: Water Resource Management for Food Security and Waterborne Disease Control in Climate-Vulnerable Settings: A Review of the Literature and Case Study from Mabinju, Kenya Collaborating Institutions: University of Alberta School of Public Health, Canada; Kar Geno Center for Hope, Kenya; Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya. Researchers: Hannah Marcus (MSc student), Dr. Stephen Hodgins (SPH faculty supervisor) Summary: As climate change disrupts global water cycles, intensifying floods and droughts will pose a dire threat to human health. While drought will threaten crop yields and increase rates of malnutrition, flooding will cause pollution of local waterways and increase incidence of waterborne diseases. Recognizing the health importance of adopting new strategies of water-resource management (WRM) in climate-vulnerable settings, this project will seek to determine which WRM strategies are most effective for food security promotion and waterborne disease control in such settings and how WRM interventions can be designed to maximize synergies with pre-existing local water use adaptations. This will involve a) a synthesis of current literature on impacts on food security and waterborne disease incidence of tested WRM interventions, and b) an analysis of the effect of a multi-pronged WRM approach, in combination with indigenous water use adaptations, on food security and waterborne disease incidence in the climate-vulnerable community of Mabinju, Kenya. Through a mixed-methods approach, data generated from existing literature, community interviews, and village-level health data will be used to generate valuable evidence on which to base strategic planning by global health practitioners for improved WRM in climate-vulnerable settings.
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- 20250311.1