0039/2019 - Saneamento, Arboviroses e Determinantes Ambientais: Impactos na saúde urbana. Sanitation, Arboviroses and Environmental Determinants: Impacts on urban health.
Quais as repercussões da urbanização mal planejada na saúde da população? Entender a saúde urbana, os riscos acarretados pelas cidades, as repercussões na saúde e as relações sociais auxiliam no planejamento onde a prevenção deve ser investida. Assim, com o objetivo de verificar a relação entre urbanização e saúde urbana, em especial as infecções ocasionadas pelo vetor Aedes aegypti, foi realizado um estudo qualitativo e uma investigação descritiva e analítica através de busca documental e bibliográfica. Os resultados apontam que os impactos ambientais decorrentes da falta de infraestrutura decorrente da urbanização podem oferecer riscos à saúde humana, visto que a disposição de resíduos em lixões e aterros podem ocasionar exposição a substâncias químicas perigosas à saúde. Além disso, o saneamento ineficaz pode acarretar doenças veiculadas pela água e propiciar a reprodução de vetores de outras doenças, como é o caso do Aedes aegypti, responsável pela transmissão das arboviroses (dengue, chikungunya e Zika). Dessa forma, estudar saúde ambiental e urbana proporciona embasamento para promoção de qualidade de vida das pessoas que residem nessas áreas e permite propor medidas que evitem doenças relacionadas a urbanização.
Palavras-chave:
Urbanização; Saúde da População Urbana; Zika.
Abstract:
What are the repercussions of poorly planned urbanization on population health? Understanding urban health, the risks posed by cities, the repercussions on health and social relations help in planning prevention should be invested. Thus, in order to verify the relationship between urbanization and urban health, especially the infections caused by the vector Aedes aegypti, a qualitative study and a descriptive and analytical investigation were carried out through documentary and bibliographic search. The results indicate that the environmental impacts resultingthe lack of infrastructure resultingurbanization can pose risks to human health, since the disposal of waste in dumps and landfills can lead to exposure to hazardous chemicals. In addition, ineffective sanitation can lead to water-borne diseases and reproduce vectors of other diseases, such as Aedes aegypti, responsible for the transmission of arboviruses (dengue, chikungunya and Zika). Thus, studying environmental and urban health provides a basis for promoting the quality of life of people living in these areas and allows proposing measures to avoid diseases related to urbanization.
Sanitation, Arboviroses and Environmental Determinants: Impacts on urban health.
Resumo (abstract):
What are the repercussions of poorly planned urbanization on population health? Understanding urban health, the risks posed by cities, the repercussions on health and social relations help in planning prevention should be invested. Thus, in order to verify the relationship between urbanization and urban health, especially the infections caused by the vector Aedes aegypti, a qualitative study and a descriptive and analytical investigation were carried out through documentary and bibliographic search. The results indicate that the environmental impacts resultingthe lack of infrastructure resultingurbanization can pose risks to human health, since the disposal of waste in dumps and landfills can lead to exposure to hazardous chemicals. In addition, ineffective sanitation can lead to water-borne diseases and reproduce vectors of other diseases, such as Aedes aegypti, responsible for the transmission of arboviruses (dengue, chikungunya and Zika). Thus, studying environmental and urban health provides a basis for promoting the quality of life of people living in these areas and allows proposing measures to avoid diseases related to urbanization.
