Application of key frameworks to an indicator-based evaluation of environmental health in Latin America and the Caribbean
Por:
Schütz G., Hacon S., Silva H., Sanchez, ARM, Nagatani K.
Publicada:
1 oct 2008
Categoría:
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Resumen:
The establishment of environmental health indicators for assessing the adverse effects of environmental changes on the population's health and quality of life is, as yet, a goal that has not been fully reached in Latin America and the Caribbean. As such, the United Nations Environment Program and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) have convened Region's institutions and experts to develop a comprehensive method for assessing environmental health. This paper evaluates several methodologies, comprehensive or otherwise, for assessing health and the environment, and describes the frameworks that have historically undergirded the key methods that have either structured or generated the environmental health indicators being used in Latin America and the Caribbean. The recurring, methodological limitations were identified: (a) relying heavily on secondary data, which points out the need for technological infrastructure that is rarely available in Latin America and the Caribbean today
Filiaciones:
Schütz G.:
Fundación Oswaldo Cruz, Escuela Nacional de Salud Pública, Departamento de Endemias Samuel Pessoa, Río de Janeiro, Brazil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Escola. Nacional de Saúde Pública, Rua Leopoldo Bulhões, 1480 Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro RJ 21.041-210, Brazil
Hacon S.:
Fundación Oswaldo Cruz, Escuela Nacional de Salud Pública, Departamento de Endemias Samuel Pessoa, Río de Janeiro, Brazil
Silva H.:
Museo Nacional, Universidad Federal de Río de Janeiro, Río de Janeiro, Brazil
Sanchez, ARM:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Med, Dept Salud Publ, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Nagatani K.:
Programa de Las Naciones Unidas Para el Medio Ambiente, Oficina Regional Para América Latina y el Caribe, Ciudad de Panamá, Panama
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