Kumene Mumakhala Zofunika

wanga blog yomaliza Ndatchula magawo asanu a Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) omwe amadziwika ndi Anthu Abwino 2030. Ndiwo: 1) madera athu ndi zomangamanga, 2) chisamaliro chaumoyo ndi zaumoyo, 3) chikhalidwe ndi madera, 4) maphunziro, ndi 5) kukhazikika kwachuma.¹ Lero ndikufuna kulankhula za malo oyandikana ndi malo omangidwa, ndi zomwe zingachitike - zabwino ndi zoyipa - zomwe zitha kukhala ndi thanzi lathu.¹

Malinga ndi Centers for Disease Control (CDC), malo omangidwa akuphatikizapo "ziwalo zonse zakomwe timakhala ndikugwira ntchito." Izi zikuphatikiza zinthu monga nyumba, misewu, mapaki ndi malo ena otseguka (kapena kusowa kwake), ndi zomangamanga.² Ganizirani komwe mukukhala pompano - kodi dera lanu lili ndi misewu kapena njinga? Kodi pali paki kapena malo osewerera pafupi? Kodi mpweya nthawi zambiri umadetsedwa chifukwa cha zomangamanga zapafupi? Kodi muli pafupi bwanji ndi khwalala, kapena malo ogulitsira? Kodi mungayende mtunda wautali bwanji kuti mukwere nawo?

Komwe mumakhala, ndi zomwe zikukuzungulira, ndizofunika. M'mbuyomu, magulu ocheperako akhala akukhala m'malo ovutikira chifukwa cha "kusankhana mitundu m'mbuyomu" ndipo adazunzika chifukwa cha izi.^3,4 Malinga ndi Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, "Kusiyana kwa madera kumatha kuyambitsa ndikulimbikitsa zovuta zomwe zimapangitsa kuti anthu azikhala ndi mavuto azachuma pankhani zachuma, mafuko kapena mafuko, kupatsidwa mwayi wopeza chuma mosiyanasiyana komanso kuwonetsedwa kuzinthu zomwe zimawononga thanzi."⁴

Mwachitsanzo, Elyria Swansea, amodzi mwa malo akale kwambiri ku Denver omwe amakhala mdera lotukuka kwambiri mzindawu; ena amawaona kuti ndi amodzi mwa zip code zomwe zawonongeka kwambiri mdzikolo. Malinga ndi kafukufuku wa 2017 wopangidwa ndi ATTOM Data Solutions, zip code za 80216 zidakwera kwambiri pa "10 Poyerekeza Zowopsa Zanyumba Zowopsa Zanyumba."⁵ Ndi nyumba ya Purina Dog Chow Plant, Suncor Oil Refinery, malo awiri opangira ndalama zambiri, komanso ntchito yowonjezera I-70 yomwe ikuchitika pakadali pano, zonsezi zomwe zimapangitsa kuti anthu azikhala movutikira m'derali.^6,7

Kafukufuku wa 2014 Health Impact Assessment adapeza kuti mavuto asanu apamwamba okhudza nzika za Elyria Swansea anali: kuchuluka kwa chilengedwe, kulumikizana komanso kuyenda, mwayi wopeza katundu ndi ntchito, chitetezo mderalo, komanso thanzi lam'mutu.⁸ Zinapezanso kuti nzika, zomwe makamaka ndi za ku Puerto Rico, "zimadwala kwambiri matenda amtima, matenda ashuga, kunenepa kwambiri ndi mphumu mumzinda."⁷ Ku Elyria Swansea, kuchuluka kwa zipatala za mphumu kunali 1,113.12 pa anthu 100,000.⁹ Tsopano yerekezerani izi ndi malo olemera komanso abwinoko ngati Washington Park West, omwe nzika zawo sizikukhudzidwa ndimisewu ikuluikulu, zomangamanga nthawi zonse, komanso zowononga chilengedwe. Kuchuluka kwa zipatala za mphumu m'dera lino la Denver kunali kochepera kotala limodzi la Elyria Swansea; kusiyana ndikowopsa.⁹

Zinthu zambiri zimakhudza thanzi lathu lonse, ndipo komwe timakhala ndikofunikira. Kukhala ndi zida izi ndikofunikira pokhazikitsa njira zomwe tikufuna ndikuwonetsetsa kuti mamembala athu alandila zofunikira ndi chithandizo.

Zothandizira

1. About Anthu Amathanzi 2030 - Anthu Abwino 2030 | thanzi.gov

2. https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/publications/factsheets/impactofthebuiltenvironmentonhealth.pdf

3. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/how-nature-deprived-neighborhoods-impact-health-people-of-color

4. https://www.rwjf.org/en/library/research/2011/05/neighborhoods-and-health-.html#:~:text=Depending%20on%20where%20we%20live,places%20to%20exercise%20or%20play.

5. https://www.attomdata.com/news/risk/2017-environmental-hazard-housing-risk-index/

6. https://www.coloradoindependent.com/2019/08/09/elyria-swansea-i-70-construction-health-impacts/

7. https://www.denverpost.com/2019/06/30/asthma-elyria-swansea-i-70-project/

8.https://www.denvergov.org/content/dam/denvergov/Portals/746/documents/HIA/HIA%20Composite%20Report_9-18-14.pdf

9. https://www.pressmask.com/2019/06/30/asthma-in-denver-search-rates-by-neighborhood/