Ecosystem approaches and health in Latin America

Freitas, Carlos Machado de; Oliveira, Simone Santos; Schütz, Gabriel Eduardo; Freitas, Marcelo Bessa de; Camponovo, Mariana Panchita Gómez

doi:10.1590/s0102-311x2007000200004

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“…That being so it is comprehensible that the ecosystem approach to health is based on the presupposition that manifestations of sickness and health may occur in a variety of different social and ecological contexts. It is also an approach that prioritizes the collective construction of information and knowledge in which local actors involved in the process actively participate, presenting demands and making decisions (FREITAS et al, 2007). In that sense, Passos and Cutolo (2012) have reiterated the direction to be taken by a new generation of public policies on health that address and engage with the complexity involving human beings and the environment.…”

Section: A Good Place To Live; Water First Of All Because I Know Whamentioning

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Repercussions of environmental transformations produced by hydroelectric power plant construction for the health of local families

2018

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Introduction: the effects on human health of environmental changes brought about by the installation of a hydroelectric power plant may be physical or mental. Objective: to identify health impacts from the implementation of the Foz do Chapecó Hydroelectric Power Plant in the perspectives of the affected families. Methodology: a qualitative study was conducted with farming families affected by the reservoir of the Foz do Chapecó Hydroelectric Power Plant. Results: the transformation of the environment generated impacts on human health engendering illnesses like depression, hypertension, insomnia, and alcoholism. Conclusion: results presented in this paper indicate that, in addition to environmental and social aspects, questions relating to the health of the affected population must be taken into account when assessing the impacts generated by the installation of a hydroelectric power plant.

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Section: A Good Place To Live; Water First Of All Because I Know Whamentioning

confidence: 99%

Repercussions of environmental transformations produced by hydroelectric power plant construction for the health of local families

2018

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“…It faces challenging situations regarding Environmental Health, with the recrudescence of diseases, serious inequity situations and environmental conflicts. Freitas et al (2007) show that very important elements, such as social participation and the amplification of interfaces between human health and ecosystems, are yet at an incipient stage. In this sense, Ravetz (2004) highlights that neither the quantity of indicators nor the possible intersectorial constitution, with socioeconomical, environmental and health components, are enough to constitute a framework able to capture and dialogue with local issues, such as the relations between community and environment, the inherent uncertainties and the possible consequences to health and human well-being.…”

Section: The Ecosystemic Approach and The New Approaches To Environmementioning

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Ecosystem approach and the Fuzzy logic: a dialectical proposal for information on Environmental Health

Oliveira

Ortega

Giatti³

2012

Eng. Sanit. Ambient.

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The ever-growing production and the problematization of Environmental Health have shown the need to apprehend complex realities and deal with uncertainties from the most diversified instruments which may even incorporate local aspects and subjectivities by means of qualitative realities, while broadening the capacity of the information system. This paper presents a view on the reflection upon some challenges and possible convergences between the ecosystemic approach and the Fuzzy logic in the process of dealing with scientific information and decision-making in Environmental Health.Keywords: environmental Health; ecosystemic approach; health indicators; Fuzzy logic. ResumoO avanço da produção intelectual sobre Saúde e Ambiente tem demonstrado a necessidade de apreender realidades que são complexas, além de lidar com suas incertezas. Nesse sentido, os instrumentos utilizados deveriam incorporar aspectos subjetivos e qualitativos, além dos elementos de cunho quantitativo, ao retratar uma condição local. Esse artigo apresenta uma reflexão a respeito dos desafios e dos possíveis pontos de convergência entre uma abordagem ecossistêmica e a lógica Fuzzy nesse processo de lidar com a informação para apoio a tomada de decisão envolvendo Saúde e Ambiente.Palavras-chave: saúde Ambiental; abordagem ecossistêmica; indicadores de saúde; lógica Fuzzy.Endereço para correspondência: Daniel Canavese -Universidade Federal do Paraná -Setor Litoral -Rua Jaguaraíva, 512 -Balneário Caiobá -83260-000 -Matinhos (PR), Brasil

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“…Assessing the impact of wildfires on human health and well-being can be informed by an "ecosystem health" framework which looks to understand the links between human health and disturbances in the surrounding ecosystem (de Freitas, de Oliveira, Schutz, Freitas, & Camponovo, 2007;Forget & Sanchez-Bain, 1999;Nielsen, 2001;Rapport, 1999;Webb et al, 2010). Within this model, human beings influence and are influenced by the surrounding biophysical environment, along with social, economic, behavioral and genetic factors: changes to the surrounding ecosystem may impair the numerous functions supporting well-being.…”

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An Ecosystems and Vulnerable Populations Perspective on Solastalgia and Psychological Distress After a Wildfire

Eisenman

McCaffrey

Donatello³

et al. 2015

EcoHealth

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We studied the relationship between psychological distress and relative resource and risk predictors, including loss of solace from the landscape (solastalgia), one year after the Wallow Fire, in Arizona, United States. Solastalgia refers to the distress caused by damage to the surrounding natural environment and it has not been examined for its relationship to psychological health. Doing so opens avenues of research that inquire into how land management might be able to support improved community resilience and psychological health outcomes after a wildfire. In 2012, we conducted a household survey mailed to all 1,387 households in the five communities surrounding the fire. TheKessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) assessed psychological distress. In the multivariate analysis, higher solastalgia score and an adverse financial impact of the fire were associated with clinically significant psychological distress. Annual household income > $80,000 and a higher family functioning score were associated with less psychological distress. Part-time residents were no more likely to have psychological distress than full-time residents. We conclude that dramatic transformation of a landscape by an environmental event such as a wildfire can reduce its value as a source of solace. These results call for novel post-wildfire community recovery interventions that wed forest management and community psychology.

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Ecosystem approaches and health in Latin America

Cited by 19 publications

References 27 publications

Repercussions of environmental transformations produced by hydroelectric power plant construction for the health of local families

Repercussions of environmental transformations produced by hydroelectric power plant construction for the health of local families

Ecosystem approach and the Fuzzy logic: a dialectical proposal for information on Environmental Health

An Ecosystems and Vulnerable Populations Perspective on Solastalgia and Psychological Distress After a Wildfire

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