COVID-19流行病和社会环境不平等:一个叙事性回顾
Laleh R Kalankesh1, Zahed Rezaei1, Ali Mohammadpour1
1Social Determinants of Health Research Center Gonabad University of Medical Sciences Gonabad Iran.
Health science reports
|June 30, 2023
概括
COVID-19大流行突出了健康和环境的不平等,包括缺乏水,空气和卫生设施,不成比例地影响全球弱势群体. 解决这些社会环境差异至关重要.
科学领域:
- 全球环境健康环境健康
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会经济差异社会经济差异
背景情况:
- 随着COVID-19的流行,显著的健康,社会和环境不平等现象得到了强调.
- 缺乏水,环境卫生和清洁空气,以及有限的社会经济和教育机会,加剧了这种情况.
- 这些关键问题在疫情期间没有得到足够的关注.
研究的目的:
- 进行关于健康,社会和环境不平等现有文献的叙事审查和全面分析.
- 综合证据,了解大流行对这些差异的影响.
- 根据所提供的证据得出结论.
主要方法:
- 在PubMed,ScienceDirect,LILACS和谷歌学者 (2019-2023) 进行了全面的文献搜索.
- 关键词包括COVID-19,不平等和环境健康,使用布尔运算符"AND"进行组合.
- 该研究重点关注与这些主题相关的全球环境健康和社会方面.
主要成果:
- 在非洲,亚洲和拉丁美洲报告了对空气污染的不平等暴露.
- 疫情增加了医疗保健废物产生,加剧了固体废物对环境的影响.
- 在发展中国家和低收入地区之间存在卫生设施获取的显著差异,在水源中检测到SARS-CoV-2.
结论:
- 解决社会环境不平等问题至关重要.
- 优先考虑脆弱人群对于缩小现有差距至关重要.
- 需要采取综合方法来缓解大流行带来的不平等的健康和环境后果.
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