Air pollution as a social and structural determinant of health
| Autor: | Stephanie Alexandra Johannes, Sarah E. Schear, Haley Grace O'Brien, Stephanie Sophie Lee, Elizabeth Friedman, Lisa Patel |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Chronic exposure
Poverty media_common.quotation_subject Psychological intervention Air pollution Public policy medicine.disease_cause Racism complex mixtures Framing (social sciences) Political science Meteorology. Climatology Development economics medicine Climate change Social determinants of health Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 QC851-999 Environmental justice Health equity media_common |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Climate Change and Health, Vol 3, Iss, Pp 100035-(2021) |
| ISSN: | 2667-2782 |
| Popis: | Both short-term and chronic exposure to fine particulate matter air pollution (PM2.5) are known to cause a host of adverse health outcomes, including premature death. Exposure to PM2.5 in the United States is inequitable due to public policies rooted in structural racism, which have situated polluting industries intentionally in communities of color. Understanding variable exposure to PM2.5 is critical to understanding the disproportionate burden of chronic disease in US populations made vulnerable due to racism and poverty. This paper will review sources, health impacts and health inequities associated with PM2.5, and will frame PM2.5 as both a social and structural determinant of health. Based upon this framing, we will propose interventions that acknowledge individual counseling alone will be inadequate to protect our patients; community and policy level efforts to address structural determinants of health are needed. |
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