Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; School of Nursing, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
Environ Res. 2021 Apr;195:110788. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.110788. Epub 2021 Jan 25.
Worry is influenced by environmental pollution and affects individual health and well-being; however, little is known about this association in Indigenous communities. Using logistic regression models, we examined self-reported responses among Cree adults to the question "Are you worried about the pollution of the environment (land, water or air) in Iiyiyiu Aschii?" to assess if increased worry was associated with proximity to industrial and hydroelectric development, whether increased worry was associated with self-reported behavioural changes of water consumption type in the community or bush, and days spent on-the-land. Proximity to multiple industrial and hydroelectric development sites was associated with increased worry about pollution. Notably, the decreased consumption of tap water in the community was significantly associated with increased worry, but time-on-the land was not. Overall, our study provides new findings concerning development in a Cree territory in northern Quebec, Canada, and the worry about pollution's association with self-reported behavioural changes.
忧虑受到环境污染的影响，会影响个人的健康和幸福感；然而，在原住民社区中，人们对此关联知之甚少。本研究使用逻辑回归模型，调查了克里族成年人对以下问题的自我报告反应：“你是否担心环境（土地、水或空气）受到污染？”，以评估增加的忧虑是否与工业和水电开发的临近程度有关，以及增加的忧虑是否与社区或丛林中饮用水类型的自我报告行为变化以及在陆地上度过的天数有关。临近多个工业和水电开发场地与对污染的担忧增加有关。值得注意的是，社区中自来水消耗量的减少与忧虑的增加显著相关，但在陆地上的时间则没有。总的来说，我们的研究提供了有关加拿大魁北克北部克里族领土发展以及对污染的担忧与自我报告行为变化之间关联的新发现。
