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ISEE Commentaries

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2022) | Viewed by 6051

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Jaime Hart

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1. Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
2. Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Interests: environmental epidemiology; spatial and contextual exposures; geographic information systems; air pollution; greenness; external exposome
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Dr. Tanya Alderete

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Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Interests: Type 2 diabetes; environmental epidemiology; human microbiome
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Dr. Kenza Khomsi

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National Climate Center, Air Quality Department, General Directorate of Meteorology, B.P. 8106, Casablanca 20000, Morocco
Interests: atmosphere
Dr. Laura Corlin

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Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Interests: epidemiology; health equity; vaccination coverage
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue invites International Society of Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) members to submit commentaries and policy statements. Commentaries can be on any topic of broad interest to ISEE members and the readership of IJERPH. ISEE/IJERPH would like to publish commentaries that represent a diversity of perspectives and build the capacity of the ISEE/IJERPH global community. The goal is to create a public forum in order to generate scientific discourse.

ISEE policy statements are welcomed from the ISEE Executive Council, any of the ISEE Committees, and any ISEE Chapter. The goal is to share ISEE internal best practices and create space for inspiration and improvement.

Commentaries are short and focused articles that seek to communicate opinions on a key issue or provide an insight into an important development that is of interest to a large number of scientists. Commentaries encourage further exchange of ideas in the research community. Policy statements are documents that convey acceptable methods or behaviors within an organization.

Dr. Jaime Hart
Dr. Tanya Alderete
Dr. Kenza Khomsi
Dr. Laura Corlin
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Harmonization of Epidemiologic Research Methods to Address the Environmental and Social Determinants of Urban Slum Health Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa
by Adetoun Mustapha, A. Kofi Amegah and Eric Stephen Coker
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(18), 11273; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811273 - 8 Sep 2022
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Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has a significant proportion of populations living in urban slum conditions, where exposure to multiple environmental stressors and social inequalities is ubiquitous. This commentary synthesizes commonalities in recent environmental health studies from urban cities in East and West Africa, presented [...] Read more.
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has a significant proportion of populations living in urban slum conditions, where exposure to multiple environmental stressors and social inequalities is ubiquitous. This commentary synthesizes commonalities in recent environmental health studies from urban cities in East and West Africa, presented during a symposium sponsored by the Africa Chapter of the International Society of Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) in August 2020. A key takeaway from this symposium is the need for harmonization of epidemiologic and exposure data collection in three domains tailored to the SSA context: (1) improvements in socioeconomic status (SES) measurement through harmonization in the conceptualization and operationalization of SES indicators; (2) improvements in air pollution exposure assessment in resource-constrained contexts by better integration, validation, and harmonization of exposure data of air pollution and mitigating factors; and (3) harmonization in the assessment of health outcomes and biomonitoring of contaminants. Focusing on these three domains would galvanize environmental epidemiologists in SSA around shared data collection instruments and shared data platforms and facilitate the pooling of data across the continent. Fostering this collaborative research will enable researchers and decision-makers to glean new insights and develop robust environmental health interventions and policies for SSA urban slums and for improved population health. Full article
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Environmentally Just Futures: A Collection of Community-Driven African Environmental Education and Improvement Initiatives
by Onyemaechi Nwanaji-Enwerem, Andrea A. Baccarelli, Brian D. Curwin, Ami R. Zota and Jamaji C. Nwanaji-Enwerem
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(11), 6622; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19116622 - 29 May 2022
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Advocating for healthy environments is a matter of justice. Changes in environments have tremendous impacts on the health of communities, and oftentimes, individuals are unable to safeguard themselves through individual actions alone. Efforts frequently require collective action and are often most effective when [...] Read more.
Advocating for healthy environments is a matter of justice. Changes in environments have tremendous impacts on the health of communities, and oftentimes, individuals are unable to safeguard themselves through individual actions alone. Efforts frequently require collective action and are often most effective when led by the communities most impacted. In this spirit, we launched “Vibrations”, an African environment photo essay contest. Through funding and publicity, we aimed to support community-led environmental improvement and education initiatives presently taking place on the continent. We received nearly two dozen submissions and selected eight winners. The winners come from five countries (Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, and South Africa) and have taken on a range of projects aimed at improving environments across a variety of African regions. Projects included efforts to combat pollution, create environmentally conscious school curricula, utilize clean energy sources, and spread awareness about environmental justice concerns in local communities. It is our hope that this report highlights these transformative community-driven efforts, promotes continued conversations on environmental justice in Africa, and encourages meaningful action via policy changes and collaborations throughout the African continent and beyond. Full article
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