Northridge Mary E, Stover Gabriel N, Rosenthal Joyce E, Sherard Donna
Harlem Health Promotion Center, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York City 10032, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2003 Feb;93(2):209-14. doi: 10.2105/ajph.93.2.209.
The authors invoke a population health perspective to assess the distribution of environmental hazards according to race/ethnicity, social class, age, gender, and sexuality and the implications of these hazards for health. The unequal burden of environmental hazards borne by African American, Native American, Latino, and Asian American/Pacific Islander communities and their relationship to well-documented racial/ethnic disparities in health have not been critically examined across all population groups, regions of the United States, and ages. The determinants of existing environmental inequities also require critical research attention. To ensure inclusiveness and fill important gaps, scientific evidence is needed on the health effects of the built environment as well as the natural environment, cities and suburbs as well as rural areas, and indoor as well as outdoor pollutants.
作者们运用人口健康视角，根据种族/族裔、社会阶层、年龄、性别和性取向来评估环境危害的分布情况，以及这些危害对健康的影响。非裔美国人、美洲原住民、拉丁裔和亚裔美国人/太平洋岛民社区所承受的环境危害不平等负担，以及它们与已充分记录的健康方面种族/族裔差异之间的关系，尚未在所有人口群体、美国各地区和各年龄段中得到批判性审视。现有环境不平等的决定因素也需要得到批判性研究关注。为确保包容性并填补重要空白，需要有关建筑环境以及自然环境、城市和郊区以及农村地区、室内以及室外污染物对健康影响的科学证据。
