对COVID-19污水监测道德的范围审查
Krystal Ni1, Katrina Smith Korfmacher
1Author Affiliations: Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA (Ms Ni and Dr Korfmacher).
Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP
|August 21, 2025
概括
废水监测 (WWS) 的道德要求公众对可持续性的信任. 这一审查强调了隐私和公平等伦理考虑, 确定了未来公共卫生监测的缺口.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生
- 环境科学
- 生物伦理学
背景情况:
- 在COVID-19大流行期间,污水监测 (WWS) 成为重要的公共卫生工具.
- 水系统的可持续性在很大程度上依赖于公众的信任和卫生和废水机构的自愿参与.
- 以道德为基础的实践对于促进公众支持和将WWS扩展到各种公共卫生应用至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 对现有关于COVID-19污水监测的伦理考虑的文献进行范围审查.
- 描述当前关于WWS伦理的研究,并确定知识缺口.
- 在传染病监测之外,为WWS应用提供未来的伦理准则.
主要方法:
- 从2020年1月到2023年12月的出版物的综合范围审查.
- 在Scopus和PubMed中使用关键词进行了搜索:废水,监控,道德和COVID-19.
- 包括31个出版物 (期刊,报告,书籍),按方法,地区,学科和类型进行主题编码.
主要成果:
- 大多数出版物强调制定道德准则,以确保长期的公共支持WWS.
- 确定的主要伦理主题包括隐私保护,防止社区污名化,有效沟通,公平,社区参与和数据质量.
- 在研究不同群体的偏好和特定环境的伦理差异的经验研究中存在很大的差距.
结论:
- 提供了新兴的伦理WWS实践原则的概述,以及识别的知识差距.
- 结果可以指导未来的研究和伦理考虑,以扩大WWS到制药,非法药物和一般人口健康指标等新领域.
- 对WWS的伦理考虑是动态的,具体的,需要不断适应不断发展的技术和应用.
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