Indawo Ohlala Kuyo Ibalulekile

Kwi-yam iposti yebhlog yokugqibela Ndikhankanyile iindidi ezintlanu zoQinisekiso lwezeNtlalo lwezeMpilo (SDoH) ezichongiweyo Abantu abasempilweni 2030. Zezi: 1) iindawo esihlala kuzo kunye neemeko ezakhiweyo, 2) ukhathalelo lwempilo kunye nolwezempilo, 3) imeko yezentlalo kunye noluntu, 4) imfundo, kunye no-5) uzinzo kwezoqoqosho.¹ Namhlanje ndifuna ukuthetha ngeendawo esihlala kuzo nakwindawo ezakhiweyo, kwaye iimpembelelo - ezilungileyo nezimbi - zinokuba neziphumo zethu zempilo.¹

Ngokutsho kwamaZiko okuLawula izifo (CDC), indawo eyakhiweyo ibandakanya "onke amalungu omzimba apho sihlala kwaye sisebenza khona." Oku kubandakanya izinto ezinjengezindlu, iindlela, iipaka kunye nezinye iindawo ezivulekileyo (okanye ukusilela kwayo), kunye nolwakhiwo.² Cinga ngendawo ohlala kuyo ngoku - ngaba ubumelwane bakho baneendlela okanye indlela yebhayisekile? Ngaba kukho ipaki okanye ibala lokudlala kufutshane? Ngaba umoya udla ngokungcoliseka ngenxa yokwakha okufuphi? Usondele kangakanani kuhola wendlela, okanye kwivenkile yokutya? Kuya kufuneka uqhube umgama ongakanani ukuze unyuke?

Uhlala phi, kwaye yintoni ejikelezileyo, ibalulekile. Ngokwembali, amaqela amancinci ebesoloko enethuba lokuhlala kwiindawo ezihlelelekileyo ngenxa "yocalucalulo lobuhlanga kwimikhwa yezindlu" kwaye babandezeleka ngenxa yayo.^3,4 NgokweRobert Wood Johnson Foundation, "umahluko wobumelwane unokudala kwaye uqinise ukusilela ekuhlaleni okufaka igalelo ekungafanini kwezempilo kwezoqoqosho, ubuhlanga okanye ubuhlanga, kunikwa ukufikelela okungalinganiyo kwizibonelelo kunye nokuvezwa kweemeko eziyingozi kwimpilo."⁴

Thatha umzekelo, i-Elyria Swansea, enye yezona ndawo zakudala zeDenver ezihlala kwindawo enesixeko esinoqoqosho kakhulu; iqwalaselwe ngamanye ukuba ibekwe kwenye yeekhowudi ezingcolileyo elizweni. Ngokwe-2017 yophando olwenziwe yi-ATTOM Data Solutions, ikhowudi ye-zip engu-80216 ibekwe kwindawo ephezulu "kwi-10 ephezulu kakhulu kwiNdawo yokuSingathwa koMngcipheko weZindlu."⁵ Likhaya kwiPurina Dog Chow Plant, iSuncor yokucoca ioyile, iindawo ezimbini zokufumana imali eninzi, kunye neprojekthi yokwandiswa kwe-I-70 eqhubekayo ngoku, zonke ezi zinto zinegalelo kwimeko zokuphila ezibi kule ndawo.^6,7

Uvavanyo lwempembelelo yezeMpilo ngo-2014 lwafumanisa ukuba ezona nkxalabo zintlanu zempilo zichaphazela abahlali base-Elyria Swansea zezi: umgangatho wendalo, unxibelelwano kunye nokuhamba, ukufikelela kwimpahla kunye neenkonzo, ukhuseleko loluntu kunye nokuba sempilweni kwengqondo.⁸ Ikwafumanise ukuba abahlali, uninzi lwabo ubukhulu becala ngamaSpanishi, "banezinga eliphezulu lesifo sentliziyo, isifo seswekile, ukutyeba kakhulu kunye nesifuba esiXekweni."⁷ Elyria Swansea, inqanaba lesibhedlele se-asthma lali-1,113.12 ngabantu abayi-100,000.⁹ Ngoku thelekisa loo ndawo kwindawo esisityebi kwaye ibhetele njengeWashington Park West, abahlali bayo abangachaphazeleka ngoohola bendlela, ulwakhiwo oluhlala luhleli, kunye nongcoliseko lwendalo. Amanqanaba okulaliswa kwesifo sombefu kule ndawo yaseDenver ayengaphantsi kwekota enye yenqanaba e-Elyria Swansea; umahluko uyothusa.⁹

Zininzi izinto ezidlala kwimpilo yethu iphela, kwaye apho sihlala khona inkulu kakhulu. Ukuxhotyiswa ngolu lwazi kubalulekile ekuphumezeni ukungenelela okujolise kuko kunye nokuqinisekisa ukuba amalungu ethu afumana izixhobo ezifanelekileyo kunye nenkxaso.

Ucaphulo

1. Malunga nabantu abasempilweni 2030 - abantu abasempilweni 2030 | ezempilo.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/