Chronic Stress and Severe Water Insecurity During the Historic 2022 Drought in Northern Kenya Were Associated With Inflammation Among Daasanach Seminomadic Pastoralists
This study provides evidence for how chronic stress and severe water insecurity may impact inflammation levels among pastoralists during drought. Since inflammation is central to cardiometabolic disease etiology, this is an additional reason to mitigate the negative health impacts of droughts and water insecurity exacerbated by climate change.
Authors
- Samuel S. Urlacher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6489-4117)
- Srishti Sadhir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3689-5892)
- Kedir Teji Roba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6227-9594)
- David R. Braun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7300-2635)
- Amanda McGrosky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1110-4310)
- Miles J. Pfaff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2344-6294)
- Asher Y. Rosinger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9587-1447)
- Amelia M Douglass (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5398-6473)
- Leslie B. Ford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3904-5105)
- Emmanuel Ndiema (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1335-2924)
- Herman Pontzer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2397-6543)
- Rosemary Nzunza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0900-3833)
- L. Kim Pack (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4752-5272)
- H R Jacobson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9845-4515)
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- University of Nebraska–Lincoln (US)
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Haramaya University (ET)
- Baylor University (US)
- Elon University (US)
- Duke University (US)
- George Washington University (US)
- Kenya Medical Research Institute (KE)
- Duke Institute for Health Innovation (US)
- National Museums of Kenya (KE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Human Biology
- Published
- 2025-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.70009
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Dietary Effects on Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.16
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- University of Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania State University
- National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development