教育斗争,学校区的有毒地点和人口变量之间的相关性,与地理信息系统预测
Junu Shrestha1, Raihan K Khan2, Shane McClintock3
1School of Integrated Sciences, Sustainability, and Public Health, University of Illinois, Springfield, IL 62703, USA.
International journal of environmental research and public health
|December 22, 2023
概括
靠近有毒地点的学校的孩子需要个性化教育计划 (IEP) 的比例更高. 这项研究将环境污染,特别是重金属污染与IEP招生增加以及弱势群体的差异联系起来.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 地理空间分析是什么
背景情况:
- 环境污染不成比例地影响低收入社区和有色人种社区.
- 儿童的神经发育可能会受到环境毒素暴露的影响.
- 个性化教育计划 (IEP) 对于支持具有不同学习需求的学生至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查学区环境神经毒素暴露与需要个性化教育计划 (IEP) 的儿童数量之间的相关性.
- 确定与这些相关性相关的人口和社会经济因素.
- 利用地理信息系统 (GIS) 技术对受污染地点和学生数据进行地理空间分析.
主要方法:
- 关联性研究分析了K-12学生的IEP和被污染地点的算法计算的神经毒素得分的数据.
- 使用ArcMap 10.5进行地理空间分析,绘制和设计相关性.
- 包括1个超级基金网站和39个CERCLA网站,重点关注重金属污染物,如,,和.
主要成果:
- 在受污染场所的毒性评分和学校区的IEP数量之间发现了显著的正相关性.
- 较高的毒性评分与10岁以下儿童的IEP数量增加以及更高比例的黑人学生相关.
- 在毒性得分和社会经济因素之间观察到显著的相关性,包括家庭收入,贫困,免费/减少午餐计划和较低的高等教育水平.
结论:
- 环境污染,特别是重金属污染,与需要个性化教育计划 (IEP) 有积极的关联.
- 存在差异,黑人学生和低社会经济地位指标与更高的毒素暴露和IEP招生有关.
- 该研究强调,在了解负面健康和教育结果时,需要考虑累积的环境暴露和社会经济因素.
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