Transdisciplinary Online Health Assessment of an Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Community during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar
| Autor: | Masayuki Sakakibara, Win Thiri Kyaw, Yee Mon Myint, Xiaoxu Kuang |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Gold mining
Service (systems architecture) business.industry mining community Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Case Report Disease Myanmar medicine.disease Geography Health assessment coronavirus disease Environmental health Scale (social sciences) Community health Pandemic medicine Medicine business online health assessment Malaria artisanal and small-scale gold mining |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 11206, p 11206 (2021) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
| ISSN: | 1661-7827 1660-4601 |
| Popis: | Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) has a known negative effect on the community’s health; therefore, assessment to monitor community health is essential to detect any issues and enable early treatment. Because ASGM-related health issues are complex and cannot be addressed effectively with a traditional one-time health assessment alone, both long-term and regular health assessments using a transdisciplinary approach should be considered. In response to this need, we designed an online health assessment tool as a reference for a future long-term health assessment system. An online video interview was conducted with 54 respondents living in the ASGM area of Chaung Gyi Village, Thabeikkyin Township, Mandalay Region, Myanmar, via a social networking service application. The tool was used to evaluate community health during the coronavirus 2019 pandemic, including mercury intoxication symptoms, mining-related diseases, and other diseases. Results show that persons working in mining versus non-mining occupations had a greater prevalence of pulmonary diseases, such as pulmonary tuberculosis, silicosis, and bronchial asthma, in addition to malaria. Based on these findings, online health assessment using a transdisciplinary approach can be recommended as an effective tool for sustainable and long-term health assessment of ASGM-related disease and should be performed regularly following physical health surveys. |
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