Assessing socioeconomic vulnerability to dengue fever in Cali, Colombia: statistical vs expert-based modeling

International Journal of Health Geographics

Stefan Kienberger²  Irene Casas¹  Eric Delmelle³  Michael Hagenlocher² 

[1] Department of Social Sciences, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA 71272, USA;Interfaculty Department of Geoinformatics – Z_GIS, University of Salzburg, Schillerstraße 30, Salzburg 5020, Austria;Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA

关键词: Colombia;    Vector-borne diseases;    Geovisualization;    GIS;    Expert-based vs. statistical modeling;    Composite indicators;    Vulnerability;    Dengue fever;   

Others  :  810081
DOI  :  10.1186/1476-072X-12-36

 received in 2013-06-05, accepted in 2013-08-08,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

As a result of changes in climatic conditions and greater resistance to insecticides, many regions across the globe, including Colombia, have been facing a resurgence of vector-borne diseases, and dengue fever in particular. Timely information on both (1) the spatial distribution of the disease, and (2) prevailing vulnerabilities of the population are needed to adequately plan targeted preventive intervention. We propose a methodology for the spatial assessment of current socioeconomic vulnerabilities to dengue fever in Cali, a tropical urban environment of Colombia.

Methods

Based on a set of socioeconomic and demographic indicators derived from census data and ancillary geospatial datasets, we develop a spatial approach for both expert-based and purely statistical-based modeling of current vulnerability levels across 340 neighborhoods of the city using a Geographic Information System (GIS). The results of both approaches are comparatively evaluated by means of spatial statistics. A web-based approach is proposed to facilitate the visualization and the dissemination of the output vulnerability index to the community.

Results

The statistical and the expert-based modeling approach exhibit a high concordance, globally, and spatially. The expert-based approach indicates a slightly higher vulnerability mean (0.53) and vulnerability median (0.56) across all neighborhoods, compared to the purely statistical approach (mean = 0.48; median = 0.49). Both approaches reveal that high values of vulnerability tend to cluster in the eastern, north-eastern, and western part of the city. These are poor neighborhoods with high percentages of young (i.e., < 15 years) and illiterate residents, as well as a high proportion of individuals being either unemployed or doing housework.

Conclusions

Both modeling approaches reveal similar outputs, indicating that in the absence of local expertise, statistical approaches could be used, with caution. By decomposing identified vulnerability “hotspots” into their underlying factors, our approach provides valuable information on both (1) the location of neighborhoods, and (2) vulnerability factors that should be given priority in the context of targeted intervention strategies. The results support decision makers to allocate resources in a manner that may reduce existing susceptibilities and strengthen resilience, and thus help to reduce the burden of vector-borne diseases.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Hagenlocher et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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