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Selected indicators and determinants of women’s health in the vicinity of a copper mine development in northwestern Zambia

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Women's Health, May 2018
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Title
Selected indicators and determinants of women’s health in the vicinity of a copper mine development in northwestern Zambia
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BMC Women's Health, May 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12905-018-0547-7
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Astrid M. Knoblauch, Mark J. Divall, Milka Owuor, Gertrude Musunka, Anna Pascall, Kennedy Nduna, Harrison Ng’uni, Jürg Utzinger, Mirko S. Winkler

Abstract

Large projects in the extractive industry sector can affect people's health and wellbeing. In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), women's health is of particular concern in such contexts due to potential educational and economic disadvantages, vulnerability to transactional sex and unsafe sex practices. At the same time, community health interventions and development initiatives present opportunities for women's and maternal health. Within the frame of the health impact assessment (HIA) of the Trident copper mining project in Zambia, two health surveys were conducted (baseline in 2011 and follow-up in 2015) in order to monitor health and health-related indicators. Emphasis was placed on women residing in the mining area and, for comparison, in settings not impacted by the project. All measured indicators improved over time, regardless of whether communities were affected by the project or not. Additionally, the percentage of mothers giving birth in a health facility, the percentage of women who acknowledge that HIV cannot be transmitted by witchcraft or other supernatural means and the percentage of women having ever tested for HIV showed a significant increase in the impacted sites but not in the comparison communities. In 2015, better health, behavioural and knowledge outcomes in women were associated with employment by the project (or a sub-contractor thereof), migration background, increased wealth and higher educational attainment. Our study reveals that natural resource development projects can positively impact women's health, particularly if health risks are adequately anticipated and managed. Hence, the conduct of a comprehensive HIA should be a requirement at the feasibility stage of any large infrastructure project, particularly in LMICs. Continued monitoring of health outcomes and wider determinants of health after the initial assessment is crucial to judge the project's influence on health and for reducing inequalities over time.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 101 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 27 27%
Researcher 9 9%
Other 7 7%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 7%
Student > Bachelor 6 6%
Other 11 11%
Unknown 34 34%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 14 14%
Nursing and Health Professions 13 13%
Social Sciences 11 11%
Psychology 4 4%
Environmental Science 4 4%
Other 18 18%
Unknown 37 37%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 May 2018.
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#5,816,262
of 23,045,021 outputs
Outputs from BMC Women's Health
#584
of 1,854 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#100,357
of 326,177 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Women's Health
#21
of 37 outputs
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