Department of Geography, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA.
Department of Public Health Sciences, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.
Int Health. 2019 May 1;11(3):163-165. doi: 10.1093/inthealth/ihy094.
Water insecurity massively undermines health, especially among impoverished and marginalized communities. Emerging evidence shows that household-to-household water sharing is a widespread coping strategy in vulnerable communities. Sharing can buffer households from the deleterious health effects that typically accompany seasonal shortages, interruptions of water services and natural disasters. Conversely, sharing may also increase exposure to pathogens and become burdensome and distressing in times of heightened need. These water sharing systems have been almost invisible within global health research but need to be explored, because they can both support and undermine global public health interventions, planning and policy.
水不安全会严重损害健康，尤其是在贫困和边缘化社区。新出现的证据表明，家庭间的水共享是脆弱社区广泛采用的应对策略。这种共享可以缓冲家庭免受季节性短缺、供水服务中断和自然灾害带来的有害健康影响。相反，在需求增加时，共享也可能增加暴露于病原体的风险，并成为负担和痛苦。这些水共享系统在全球卫生研究中几乎是看不见的，但需要加以探索，因为它们既能支持，也能破坏全球公共卫生干预、规划和政策。
