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Five key Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda address the environmental determinants of health and contribute directly and indirectly to SDG 3 focused on “health” - ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages.
- Social Determinants of Health
The Social Determinants of Health (SDH) are defined by the...
- Climate Change and Health
Climate change is the biggest global health threat of the...
- Air Quality
Support integrating health in air quality policies and...
- Chemical Safety
Chemicals are part of our daily life. Paracelsus (1493 -...
- Communicable Diseases
The Pan American Health Organization promotes, coordinates,...
- Social Determinants of Health
Summary. Determinants are the factors that contribute to the start and spread of disease. With an increased awareness of environmental factors influencing the quality of life, epidemiologists now approach disease from a more holistic perspective considering the role of environmental determinants.
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the capacity of health actors to address environmental determinants of health, with a focus on air quality; chemical safety; climate change; water, sanitation, and hygiene; and their related behaviors.
- Sample of Reviewed Studies
- Evidence on Environmental Determinants and Associations
- Evidence on Health Outcomes
- Implications For Environmental Health Analyses and Policies in Urban Settings
- Strengths and Limitations
This systematic review was performed to elucidate the nature and state of current evidence on the relationship between environmental determinants and indicators and health outcomes in urban settings. It was based on 94 studies with a clear heterogeneity of methodological approaches, targeted populations and association measures which can explain wh...
The evidence presented in the studies included in this systematic review demonstrated the importance of understanding the complex interdependency of health, society, socioeconomic condition, built and natural environment [34,35,36,37], as well as an increasing consensus about the repercussions of surrounding environment on population health, and al...
Overall mortality and chronic diseases morbidity were the most studied outcomes in the reviewed studies. Associations with all the determinants evaluated were found, as well as for mental outcomes. Obesity outcomes appear as the fourth health consequence in population health more influenced by environmental determinants, followed by birth outcomes....
The health of people living in cities is deeply determined by their living conditions. While there are considerable inequalities across regions, there are also inequalities within cities among various dimensions. The health challenges that need to be tackled to reduce population health inequities in urban environments are different from the ones fo...
This review has several strengths. As the main aim of this review is to report on associations, not to prove or refute causality, it presents an analysis of a wide and exhaustive range of influences between environmental determinants and health outcomes in urban settings. This urban settings focus enables an up to date identification of potential r...
- Marta Salgado, Joana Madureira, Ana Sofia Mendes, Anália Torres, João Paulo Teixeira, Mónica Duarte ...
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Oct 4, 2024 · Evidence of health impacts focuses on environmental and social determinants related to: the transmission of agents of infectious disease from human and animal excreta (sanitation, hygiene and water-related); exposure to toxic chemicals in human and animal excreta; and in industrial wastes discharged into the environment;
- The determinants of health include: the social and economic environment, the physical environment, and the person’s individual characteristics and...
- An evidence base about the impact that projects, programmes and policies have had on health is required to carry out health impact assessment (HIA)...
- Evidence of health impact focus on: Accidents between motor vehicles, bicycles and pedestrians (particularly children and young people). Pollution...
- Agricultural production issues and manufacturing Tobacco farming and its impact on heart disease, stroke, certain cancers and chronic respiratory d...
- Evidence of health impacts focus on: Improvements in housing and improved mental health and general health The possibility of improved housing lead...
- Evidence of health impacts focus on health hazards such as: Fossil fuels Biomass fuels Hydropower and their impact on vector borne diseases, and po...
- Evidence of health impacts focus on industrial sectors such as: Asbestos and man made fibres Basic chemicals Cement, glass and ceramics Electronics...
- Evidence of health impacts focus on topics such as: Urban housing problems City environment and non-communicable diseases Communicable diseases Roa...
Introduction. The link between key environmental factors and health is undisputed with the World Health Orga-nization (WHO) claiming one in four global deaths (12.6 million) is attributable to unhealthy environments (WHO 2018a).
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