饮用水的不足影响了南非开普敦低收入地区的早期儿童发展
Caradee Y Wright1,2, Thandi Kapwata3,4, Caylee Cook5
1Environment and Health Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Pretoria, ZA.
Annals of global health
|November 29, 2023
概括
家庭内有室内水龙头和安全的水储存的儿童的发育情况更好. 这项研究突出了南非水资源获取与幼儿发展之间的联系.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 儿童发展 儿童发展
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 水和环境卫生对于健康至关重要,但在儿童发育方面缺乏研究.
- 关于环境风险因素的研究有限,例如家庭获取水和儿童发展.
- 这项研究重点关注南非开普敦的低收入社区.
研究的目的:
- 确定儿童家庭的水获取和储存实践.
- 通过使用标准化工具来评估幼儿发展.
- 研究水资源获取/储存与儿童发育之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 一个问卷评估了家庭用水的风险因素.
- 国际发展和早期学习评估 (IDELA) 工具评估了儿童的发展.
- 从大约4岁的192名儿童收集的数据.
主要成果:
- 没有室内水龙头或储存水的家庭的孩子的发育分数较低.
- 大约70%的家庭有室内水龙头;50%的家庭储存了水,通常是在未盖的容器中.
- 较高的IDELA分数表明更好的认知,社会情感和运动发育.
结论:
- 家庭获取和储存水的做法与早期儿童发展结果有关.
- 需要进一步的研究,以告知健康儿童发展的干预措施,特别是考虑到气候变化风险.
- 确保安全饮用水的获取对于支持弱势群体儿童发展至关重要.
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