Environmental Health in Latin America and the Caribbean
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 44926
Special Issue Editors
Interests: health impact assessment; risk assessment; burden of disease; public health; health in all policies; sustainable development goals; environmental epidemiology; environmental risk factors; urban health; built environment and health; transport and health; air pollution; physical activity; green spaces; aging and child health
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The World Health Organization defines Environmental Health as all the physical, chemical, and biological factors external to a person and all the related factors impacting behaviors. It encompasses the assessment and control of those environmental factors that can potentially affect health. It is targeted towards preventing disease and creating health-supportive environments. This definition excludes behavior not related to the environment, as well as behavior related to the social and cultural environment and genetics.
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have more than 600 million inhabitants, a number which is expected to grow to more than 760 million by 2050. LAC is facing rapid economic growth that challenges the environment and the health of its citizens. Urbanization rates in LAC are among the highest in the world, and climate change is one of the most important threats in the region. Environmental health has been suggested as a key element to support healthy and sustainable economic and social development in the region. Compared with other regions around the world, lack of scientific evidence on environmental health has been a common issue in LAC.
This Special Issue seeks papers on environmental health in Latin America and the Caribbean, including studies focused, though not exclusively, on environmental determinants of health, exposure assessment, environmental epidemiology, environmental justice, climate change, one health, eco-health, urban health, toxicology, risk assessment, health impact assessment, and environmental health policy (see keywords section for a detailed description). We also welcome high-quality reviews, methodological papers, best practices, and critical analyses. We invite contributors from the academia, education, and policy sectors. We expect that this Special Issue will serve as a showcase of current research on Environmental Health in Latin America and the Caribbean, triggering future collaborations, research topics, and policy interventions.
Prof. David Rojas
Dr. Daniel Buss
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)
- Environmental exposure assessment
- Environmental epidemiology
- Environmental health
- Environmental justice
- Climate change and health
- One health
- Ecology, ecosystems, and health
- Eco-health
- Planetary health
- Urban health
- Rural health
- Housing and health
- Transport and health
- Energy and health
- Toxicology
- Risk assessment
- Health impact assessment
- Environmental burden of disease
- Environmental policy and health
- Environmental health indicators
- Risk communication/management
- Complex systems
- Citizen science
- Environmental psychology
- Food environment and health
- Outdoor/indoor air pollution
- Heavy metals
- Pesticides
- Chemicals/plastics
- Endocrine disruptors
- Water/soil pollution
- Water, sanitation, and hygiene
- Waste/e-waste
- Extreme weather/temperatures
- Natural disasters Green/blue spaces
- Biodiversity and health
- Sustainable development goals
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