多维结构性种族主义和与交通有关的空气污染估计的癌症风险
Emily B White1, Christine C Ekenga1
1Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Cancer
|August 26, 2024
概括
结构性种族主义与交通污染导致的癌症风险更高有关. 这项研究使用了一种新的测量方法来显示格鲁吉亚的这种联系,强调了解决环境不平等问题的政策的必要性.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会流行病学 社会流行病学
背景情况:
- 与交通有关的空气污染与包括癌症在内的不良健康结果有关.
- 美国记录了与交通有关的空气污染暴露的种族不平等现象.
- 结构性种族主义可能会影响邻居的空气污染物暴露,但研究往往只集中在住宅隔离上.
研究的目的:
- 开发一个结构性种族主义的多维测量.
- 检查结构性种族主义与格鲁吉亚空气污染物估计的癌症风险之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 利用美国环境保护局2019年空气毒素查评估数据对致癌性空气毒素.
- 纳入美国社区调查的社会人口统计数据用于县级分析.
- 创建了一个多维结构性种族主义指数,使用有关隔离,教育,就业,监禁,经济地位,政治参与和房屋所有权的数据.
主要成果:
- 发现多维结构性种族主义与暴露于与交通有关的致癌空气污染物之间存在显著的关联.
- 结构性种族主义最高四分之一的社区显示,与较低水平的社区相比,与交通相关的空气污染物导致的癌症风险增加 (RR,7.84).
- 多层次分析证实了结构性种族主义与空气污染相关的癌症风险之间的联系.
结论:
- 多维结构性种族主义与格鲁吉亚交通相关空气污染的估计癌症风险有关.
- 调查结果支持政策干预的必要性,以解决环境暴露中的种族不平等问题.
- 这项研究为未来关于结构性种族主义和环境健康差异的研究提供了框架.
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