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SKIN DISEASE AND SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN RURAL AFRICA: TANZANIA
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Background. Many skin diseases in developing countries are associated with socioeconomic factors. It is generally agreed that a public health approach to dermatology in this setting is particularly appropriate; but, there has been little epidemiologic research done to examine which particular socioeconomic factors are important determinants of the prevalence of skin disease. This is especially true in sub‐Saharan Africa. Methods. A survey of two villages in Ngara district, North West Tanzania, involved 254 randomly selected households using a questionnaire, measurements of houses and water quality, and examination of the skin of 1114 household members. Results. Significant skin disease was encountered in 300 individuals (26.9%). Transmissible diseases comprised the bulk of skin disease (73.9%) with younger age groups being affected most. Socioeconomic conditions were poor, with low quality, crowded housing, low levels of literacy, unsatisfactory water sources, and few households with a regular cash income. Household density was significantly associated with transmissible skin disease. Other indicators of poverty (e.g., no regular cash income and illiteracy) did not correlate with the prevalence of skin disease. Conclusions. Skin disease was highly prevalent in the villages surveyed, especially transmissible diseases in the younger age groups. Household density was the only socio‐economic factor significantly associated with skin disease. Reduction of household density is an attainable intervention that could reduce the prevalence of skin disease in rural African populations. Simple studies like this one should be the first step in community dermatology, assessing the burden of skin disease in communities and looking for particular factors with which public health interventions could effectively reduce the prevalence of skin disease.
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“Prevalence studies from different continents have pointed to a high prevalence of SDs, especially in children, at an average of 30% (range 6 to 87%) [2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10].”
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“High household density, for example, is especially associated with transmissible skin disease—this factor was more important than salary, literacy, the use of shoes, distance to a water source, and quality of home construction in a Tanzanian study”
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“Social factors such as poverty, affluence, inequality, education, and access to health care all have an important role in the epidemiology of skin disease (NHANES, 1978;Williams et al., 1994;Gibbs, 1996;Figueroa et al., 1998;Scholfield et al., 2009).”
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- Authors
- GIBBS, S.
- Corresponding author
- GIBBS, SAM
- Venue
- International Journal of Dermatology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1996-09
- Volume
- 35
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 633-639
- ISSN
- 0011-9059 (ISSN-L)
- 1365-4632
- OpenAlex
- W2087589809
- Cited by
- 225
- References
- 18
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 1.31
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Journal of Dermatology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Dermatological diseases and infestations
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Dermatology › Dermatology and Skin Diseases
- Social Sciences › Health › Public Health and Social Inequalities
- Keywords
- skin diseases, socioeconomic factors, rural Africa, household density, poverty, household crowding, water quality, illiteracy, sub-Saharan Africa, Tanzania
- MeSH terms
- Africa, Data Collection, Developing Countries, Humans, Risk Factors, Rural Population, Skin Diseases, Socioeconomic Factors, Tanzania, Incidence
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