Healthy Public Policy, Toronto Public Health, City of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
EcoHealth Ontario, Ontario, Canada.
Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can. 2019 Apr;39(4):131-135. doi: 10.24095/hpcdp.39.4.04.
We examined two of humanity's present-day challenges, climate change and chronic diseases, in relation to the co-benefits that green spaces provide to human health and the environment. The reduction of several chronic diseases and associated symptoms, including anxiety, obesity and cardiovascular disease, has been associated with the presence of and access to green space. Green spaces also contribute to a number of environmental health benefits and have been shown to reduce the likelihood of flooding, improve air quality and provide cooling and shade. These co-benefits address both the symptoms of several chronic diseases and associated risk factors along with the environmental and health impacts of climate change. This article explores how to maximize the co-benefits of green spaces through two examples of multi-sectoral collaborations. With these two examples, we have provided a model of collective collaboration that aims to address complex issues, such as climate change and chronic diseases, through the common intervention of green spaces.
我们研究了人类目前面临的两个挑战，即气候变化和慢性疾病，以及绿色空间对人类健康和环境带来的共同效益。绿色空间的存在和可及性与多种慢性疾病及其相关症状的减少有关，包括焦虑、肥胖和心血管疾病。绿色空间还有助于实现许多环境健康效益，已被证明可以降低洪水发生的可能性、改善空气质量并提供降温及遮阳。这些共同效益既解决了多种慢性疾病的症状及其相关风险因素，也解决了气候变化对环境和健康的影响。本文通过两个多部门合作的例子探讨了如何通过绿色空间实现最大的共同效益。通过这两个例子，我们提供了一个集体合作的模式，旨在通过绿色空间的共同干预来解决气候变化和慢性疾病等复杂问题。
