Preventing disease through healthy environments: towards an estimate of the environmental burden of disease

Benetti, Antônio Domingues

doi:10.1590/s1413-41522007000200001

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“…Sabe-se que a saúde está interligada ao fornecimento adequado dos serviços de saneamento básico, contudo, as famílias pobres e indivíduos do gênero feminino são os grupos que sofrem maior impacto na saúde devido o saneamento básico inadequado. Além disso, a despesa de saúde gerada a partir do adoecimento contribui para a diminuição da renda do indivíduo (Prüss-Üstün & Corvalán, 2016). Conforme as características da amostra estudada, a maioria dos entrevistados (66,3 %), não possuíam acesso aos serviços de saneamento básico, assim como, são do gênero feminino e baixa renda.…”

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Qualidade de vida e saúde das pessoas acometidas por doença de Chagas

Magalhães

Souza

Prates

et al. 2020

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Objetivo: analisar a percepção da qualidade de vida em indivíduos com doença de Chagas crônica. Método: estudo quantitativo exploratório, realizado através de questionário com questões sociodemográficas, ambientais e clínicas e com o World Health Organization Quality of Life, para a avaliação da qualidade de vida, aplicados a 184 indivíduos com diagnóstico da doença, residentes em área endêmica de Malhada-Bahia em 2018. A análise dos dados ocorreu através do software estatístico SPSS 22®, aplicando os testes Qui-quadrado e teste exato de Fisher para avaliação da associação existente. As variáveis foram introduzidas no modelo de regressão logística múltipla por meio do procedimento stepwise com backward, foram mantidas no modelo aquelas que permaneceram significantes e os valores obtidos foram expressos em odds ratio. Resultados: na população estudada, houve predomínio de mulheres, em condições de vulnerabilidades socioambientais e socioeconômicas, exemplificadas pela baixa escolaridade, renda e acesso dificultado aos serviços públicos de saneamento básico. O percentual dos portadores de Chagas que não avaliam a qualidade de vida como boa foi de 56,5%. No modelo final de avaliação, esteve associado à redução da qualidade de vida o uso de medicações, hospitalização e o tabagismo. Considerações finais: a doença de Chagas está ligada as populações do campo, em vulnerabilidade socioeconômica, cuja dificuldade de acesso a serviços públicos interfere na qualidade de vida.

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Qualidade de vida e saúde das pessoas acometidas por doença de Chagas

Magalhães

Souza

Prates

et al. 2020

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“…This definition suggests that the environment includes anything that is not genetic. However, it can be argued that even genes are influenced by the environment in the short or long-term (Benetti, 2007). It can be considered to be the built or natural surroundings.…”

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Development and the Environment: Overview of the Development Planning Process in Agricultural Sector, in Uganda

Waaswa¹,

Satognon²

2020

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The social component of the environment associated mostly with human activities has significantly imposed a threat to the only life-support systems of the earth. Uganda made adjustments in its planning process to prioritize environment conservation. However, in the recent past years, mostly between 2013 and 2017, the country stretched its resources to increase agricultural production, both livestock and crops. The objective of this study was to establish and document the development and the environment conservation strategies at global and regional levels with an overview on the development planning process in agricultural sector, in Uganda. The results showed that the sustainable development plans with participatory approach at international, regional, national and local or community levels are the best methods to cope with and reduce the negative impacts of man’s activities on the environment. The understanding of the complexes of the environment is very important to ensure the relationship between the social, economic and environmental protection for a sustainable development. The results also indicated that in Uganda, the agriculture industry made consistent efforts to increase agricultural production by 431,161 hectares and livestock heads by 7,878,000 (cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, and poultry) between 2013 and 2017. This increased agricultural greenhouse gas emission due to the use of synthetic fertilizers, burning of the cleared grasses, and use of manures applied to boost soil fertility and the reduction in the trees that sequester CO2. This study recommended that the agricultural sector should opt for sustainable agriculture by adopting practices like use of multipurpose crops that can offer environmental services like binding soil particles together to control erosion as well as yielding more food products. Dual-purpose livestock breeds should be adopted to avoid immense numbers that serve different purposes that will probably lead to increased GHG emissions.

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“…Globally, about one third of CVD is attributable to ambient and household air pollution (13% and 17% respectively), second-hand tobacco smoke (3%), and exposure to lead (2%) (Prüss-Üstün et al, 2006;Riley et al, 2017). Various other environmental and workplace exposures increase the risk of CVDs, including arsenic (As) in drinking-water and high noise levels (Riley et al, 2017).…”

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Heavy metals as environmental risk factors for cardiovascular diseases: from the perspective of the renin angiotensin aldosterone system and oxidative stress

Akther

Nabi

Ebihara

2019

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Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are a group of disorders of the heart and blood vessels. CVDs were responsible for approximately 31% of all global deaths in 2016, and 85% of all CVD deaths are due to heart attack and stroke. The underlying process in the blood vessels that results in heart attack and stroke is atherosclerosis. A recent study indicated that exposure to environmental toxic heavy metals is associated with an increased risk of CVDs. In this review, we focus on several heavy metals as environmental risk factors for CVDs: arsenic, lead, cadmium, mercury, chromium and iron. The pathological contribution of these heavy metals to the alternation of two molecular mechanisms: the renin angiotensin aldosterone system (RAAS) and oxidative stress has been discussed. The etiology of heavy metal-induced CVDs is viewed from the perspective of RAAS and oxidative stress. The significance of environmental improvement for better health will also be considered.

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Preventing disease through healthy environments: towards an estimate of the environmental burden of disease

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Qualidade de vida e saúde das pessoas acometidas por doença de Chagas

Qualidade de vida e saúde das pessoas acometidas por doença de Chagas

Development and the Environment: Overview of the Development Planning Process in Agricultural Sector, in Uganda

Heavy metals as environmental risk factors for cardiovascular diseases: from the perspective of the renin angiotensin aldosterone system and oxidative stress

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