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0124/2016 - Perception of environmental quality of nearby locations to the Petrochemical Complex of Rio de Janeiro
Percepção da qualidade ambiental de localidades próximas ao Complexo Petroquímico do Rio de Janeiro

Author:

• Marcela Abreu Moniz - Moniz, Marcela Abreu - Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF) - <marceladeabreumoniz@gmail.com>

Co-author(s):

• Sandra Souza Hacon - Hacon, Sandra Souza - Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública - <sandrahacon@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8222-0992
• Cleber Nascimento Carmo - Carmo, Cleber Nascimento - cleber.carmo@ensp.fiocruz.br - <cleber.carmo@ensp.fiocruz.br>

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Abstract:

This article aims to verify the difference of perception of residents about the environmental quality of two locations near the construction area of the Petrochemical Complex of Rio de Janeiro. Nine aspects of environmental quality (water supply, sanitation and garbage collection, recreation areas, public security, health services, roads, air, rivers) were evaluated. Cross-sectional study with 240 residents of Porto das Caixas and Manilha, both located in Itaboraí, RJ, Brazil. Statistical analysis included the chi-square test and Fisher‘s exact test. Recreation area was perceived factor by the participants of the two study locations with poorer quality. The perception of quality of health services, safety and sanitation differed significantly between residents of the two locations studied. The deterioration of environmental quality was related by 51% of residents of Porto das Caixas to the absence of mitigation measures after the occurrence of a local chemical accident in 2005. The prioritization of interventions should be based on perception of specific population groups as strategy that could lead to the reduction of inequalities in environmental health in contexts of installation and construction of oil and gas industries.

Keywords:

Environment and public health Environmental quality Petroleum industry

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Moniz, Marcela Abreu, Hacon, Sandra Souza, Carmo, Cleber Nascimento. Perception of environmental quality of nearby locations to the Petrochemical Complex of Rio de Janeiro. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2016/Mar). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/perception-of-environmental-quality-of-nearby-locations-to-the-petrochemical-complex-of-rio-de-janeiro/15547?id=15547



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