Multidimensional poverty and the co-occurrence of undernutrition and intestinal parasitic infections in Ecuadorian infants: a geospatial analysis
Our findings suggest that undernutrition and intestinal parasitic infections in children under 5 years of age tend to co-cluster, and their joint occurrence serves as an indicator of social inequity. High-high incidence clusters were concentrated in the nation's poorest regions, particularly the Amazon. To overcome this double burden, public-health measures must go beyond biomedical interventions and address its underlying social and structural determinants.
Authors
- Estephany Carolina Tapia Veloz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1603-1077)
- María Fernanda Vinueza‐Veloz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2493-0769)
- Tannia Valeria Carpio-Arias (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2989-1751)
- Gabriela Tapia-Veloz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3170-1008)
- Andrés Fernando Vinueza Veloz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7657-2975)
- Pamela Vinueza-Veloz
Institutions
- Universitat de València (ES)
- University of Oslo (NO)
- Universidad Cardenal Herrera CEU (ES)
- Escuela Superior Politécnica del Chimborazo (EC)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2025-11-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1668303
- Primary Topic
- Parasites and Host Interactions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00