Occupational Health Division, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Department of Environmental Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Int J Environ Health Res. 2022 Dec;32(12):2820-2842. doi: 10.1080/09603123.2021.1994527. Epub 2021 Oct 31.
This study evaluated the state of environmental health in the Republic of South Africa using the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis framework. The internal and external factor evaluations were conducted by reviewing existing literature searched using a combination of keywords and boolean functions. The weighted score for the strengths and weaknesses was 0.79 and 1.04, respectively. The external factor evaluations findings revealed that environmental health has an equal amount of threats and opportunities, however, the threats outweigh the opportunities. The total weighted score for the internal and external factor evaluations was 1.83 and 2.25, respectively, which were below the average value of 2.5. The internal-external factors matrix indicated that environmental health in the Republic of South Africa needs to be refocused and re-aligned to public health protection. Failure to address the weaknesses and threats and optimise the strengths and opportunities may further weaken the provision of environmental health services.
本研究采用优势、劣势、机会和威胁（SWOT）分析框架评估了南非共和国的环境健康状况。通过结合关键词和布尔函数搜索现有文献，对内部和外部因素进行了评估。优势和劣势的加权得分为 0.79 和 1.04。外部因素评估结果表明，环境健康面临的威胁和机遇均等，但威胁大于机遇。内部和外部因素评估的总加权分数分别为 1.83 和 2.25，均低于 2.5 的平均值。内外因素矩阵表明，南非共和国的环境健康需要重新聚焦和调整，以保护公共健康。如果不解决劣势和威胁，优化优势和机会，可能会进一步削弱环境健康服务的提供。
