Drought-compounded stress and immune function in Kenyan pastoralist boys and girls occupying contrasting climate zones
In spite of important differences between climate subregions, the common elements throughout the Samburu pastoralist leanscape include food and water insecurity and overall precarity exacerbated by drought and climate change. Community-driven interventions are needed to reduce precarity for young people pursuing pastoralist livelihoods.
Authors
- Charles E. Hilton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4316-7591)
- Lora Iannotti
- Theodore Zava
- Charles Owuor Olungah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2708-609X)
- Belinda L. Needham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5939-2027)
- Bilinda Straight (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1387-5514)
- Erica Tyler
- Eleanor Brindle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4272-0909)
- Mélanie Martin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0368-2791)
Institutions
- Albany State University (US)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- University of Nairobi (KE)
- Western Michigan University (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- University at Albany, State University of New York (US)
- Gender Studies (CZ)
- ZRT Laboratory (US)
- Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Human Biology
- Published
- 2025-02-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2025.2455698
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.00
Funders
- National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation
- Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology, University of Washington
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development