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Nā mea hoʻoholo o ke ola

ʻO nā mea e ʻike i ke olakino - lohe mākou e pili ana iā lākou i nā manawa āpau, akā he aha ia mau mea? Ma ka maʻalahi, ʻo lākou nā mea a puni mākou - ma ʻō aku o nā ʻano olakino - e hoʻoholo ai i nā hopena olakino. ʻO lākou nā kūlana i hānau ʻia ai mākou i loko; kahi a mākou e hana ai, ola a ʻelemakule ai, e hoʻohuli i ko mākou ʻano o ke ola.1 ʻO kahi laʻana, ʻike mākou i ka puhihihi ʻana e hoʻonui i ka likelihood no ka maʻi ʻaʻai pūpū, akā ua ʻike ʻoe i nā mea e like me kou wahi e noho ai, ke ea āu e hanu nei, kākoʻo kaiapili, a me kāu pae aʻo e hiki ke hoʻopili i kou olakino holoʻokoʻa.

Kanaka Ola 2030 ua ʻike ʻelima mau ākea ākea o nā mea e hoʻoholo i ka nohona - a i ʻole SDoH - e "ʻike i nā ala e hana ai i nā wahi kaiaulu a me ke kino e hāpai i ke olakino maikaʻi no nā mea āpau." ʻO kēia mau waeʻano ʻo 1) ko mākou mau kaiāulu a kūkulu i nā wahi, 2) ke olakino a me ke olakino, 3) ka nohona a me ke kaiāulu, 4) ka hoʻonaʻauao, a me 5) ka hoʻokele waiwai.1 Loaʻa ka hopena pololei o kēlā me kēia papa i ko mākou olakino holoʻokoʻa.

E hoʻohana iā COVID-19 ma ke ʻano he laʻana. ʻIke mākou ua ʻoi loa ka pilikia o nā kaiāulu hapa nui.2 A ʻike nō hoʻi mākou e hakakā nei kēia mau kaiaulu i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā lāʻau lapaʻau.3,4,5 He laʻana kēia pehea e hiki ai i kā mākou kaiapuni kūkulu ke hoʻopili i kā mākou hopena olakino. Noho ka hapa nui o nā lāhui hapa nui i nā kaiāulu ʻoi aku ka nui o ka waiwai, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka loaʻa o ka hana ma mua a i ʻole ka "alo", a ʻaʻole hiki ke loaʻa i nā kumuwaiwai a me ka mālama olakino. Ua kōkua kēia mau pono ʻole o SDoH i ka hoʻonui ʻia o nā hihia COVID-19 a me nā make ma waena o nā hui liʻiliʻi ma United States.6

ʻO ka pilikia o ka wai ma Flint, Michigan kahi ʻano ʻē aʻe o ka pāʻani ʻana o SDoH i kā mākou hopena olakino holoʻokoʻa. Kākoʻo ka World Health Organisation ua hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo SDoH e ka puʻunaue ʻana i ke kālā, ka mana, a me nā kumuwaiwai, a ʻo kahi kūlana i Flint kahi hiʻohiʻona hiʻohiʻona. I ka makahiki 2014, ua hoʻololi ʻia ka wai o Flint mai Lake Huron - kaohi ʻia e ka Detroit Water and Sewage Department - i Flint River.

ʻAi ʻia ka wai i ka muliwai ʻo Flint, a ʻaʻohe ala i lawe ʻia e mālama ai i ka wai a pale i ke kēpau a me nā mea ʻino ʻino ʻē aʻe mai ka hoʻokahe ʻana mai nā paipu a i loko o ka wai inu. He ʻawaʻawa kūpilikiʻi kē kēpau, a i ka manawa iʻai ʻia, mālama ʻia ia i loko o kā mākou iwi, ko mākou koko, a me nā aʻa.7 ʻAʻohe pae "palekana" o ke kū ʻana o ke kēpau, a ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia kona ʻino i ke kino o ke kanaka. I nā keiki, hoʻolōʻihi ka hopena i nā lohi i ka hoʻomohala ʻana, ke aʻo ʻana, a me ka ulu ʻana, a hoʻopōʻino hoʻi i ka lolo a me nā ʻōnaehana. I nā mākua, hiki ke alakaʻi i ka maʻi puʻuwai a me nā puʻupaʻa, ke koko kiʻekiʻe, a hoʻemi i ka momona.

Pehea i hiki ai kēia? No ka poʻe hoʻomaka, pono nā luna o ke kūlanakauhale i kahi kumu wai ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma muli o nā kaohi kālā. ʻO Flint kahi kūlanakauhale ʻilihune, ka hapa nui o Black. Ma kahi kokoke 40% o kona poʻe noho e noho ilihune ana.9 Ma muli o nā kūlana i waho o kā lākou kaohi - kumu ʻole o ke kālā o ke kūlanakauhale, a me nā luna i koho i kahi "kali kali a ʻike10 ma kahi o ka hoʻoponopono koke ʻana i ka pilikia - ma kahi o ka 140,000 poʻe i ʻike ʻole i ka inu, ʻauʻau, a kuke ʻia me ka wai kēpau kēpau no hoʻokahi makahiki. Ua hoʻolaha ʻia kahi mokuʻāina i ka makahiki 2016, akā e noho nā kamaʻāina o Flint me nā hopena o ka lāʻau make kēpau no ko lākou koena o ko lākou ola. ʻO ka pīhoihoi paha ka mea kokoke i 25% o ko Flint poʻe noho keiki.

He pilikia loa ka pilikia o ka wai o Flint, akā he laʻana nui no ka pehea e hiki ai i ka SDoH ke hoʻopili i nā kānaka a me nā kaiāulu. ʻO ka manawa pinepine, ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka SDoH a mākou e hālāwai nei, a hiki ke hoʻokele ʻia ma o ka hoʻonaʻauao a me ka hoʻopiʻi. No laila, he aha hiki iā mākou ma ke ʻano he hui ke hana e hoʻokele iā SDoH e hoʻopili ana i kā mākou lālā? Hiki i nā ʻoihana Medicaid mokuʻāina e like me Colorado Access ke komo a hana nui nei i nā hana e mālama iā SDoH o nā lālā. He kuleana koʻikoʻi nā luna mālama mālama i ke aʻo ʻana i nā lālā, ʻike ʻana i ko lākou mau pono, a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā mea kuhikuhi kumuwaiwai e hōʻemi ai i nā pale i ka mālama. Hoʻolālā pū ʻia kā mākou mau papa hana olakino olakino a me nā hana e hoʻoliʻiliʻi i nā ālai e mālama a hoʻomaikaʻi i nā hopena olakino. A, ke hui mau nei ka hui me nā hoa kaiāulu a me nā keʻena mokuʻāina e kākoʻo no nā pono o kā mākou lālā.

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  1. https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/social-determinants-health
  2. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/health-equity/race-ethnicity.html
  3. https://abc7ny.com/nyc-covid-vaccine-coronavirus-updates-update/10313967/
  4. https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/01/covid-vaccine-racial-disparities-464387
  5. https://gazette.com/news/ethnic-disparities-emerge-in-colorado-s-first-month-of-covid-19-vaccinations/article_271cdd1e-591b-11eb-b22c-b7a136efa0d6.html
  6. COVID-19 Lāhui a me ka lāhui ʻole (cdc.gov)
  7. https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/lead/health.html
  8. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6309965/
  9. https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/flintcitymichigan/PST045219
  10. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/20/465545378/lead-laced-water-in-flint-a-step-by-step-look-at-the-makings-of-a-crisis