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Journal of Community Health
Published in: Journal of Community Health 6/2012

01-12-2012 | Original Paper

Assessment of Environmental Health Children’s Population Living in Environmental Injustice Scenarios

Authors: Gabriela Domínguez-Cortinas, Enrique Cifuentes, Edna Rico Escobar, Fernando Díaz-Barriga Martínez

Published in: Journal of Community Health | Issue 6/2012

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Abstract

We conducted a cross sectional study, involving 145 children randomly selected from three different socioeconomic locations. We selected social, environment and health indicators and measured the prevalence and prevalence odds ratios. Children from the brick producing site (segregation index 5), are exposed to high levels of multiple toxic agents, and showed the highest morbidity rates and malnutrition, anemia, dental fluorosis, and the lowest IQ, followed by children from municipal garbage dump (segregation index 4), where we detected the highest prevalence of dermatological and enteric diseases. Children from the Central Zone (segregation index 2) showed the lowest rates of malnutrition and higher IQ than the other two groups. A unified vision of social, health and environmental indicators opens the possibility of novel intervention programs and a legal framework that specifically protect children against environmental exposures.
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Metadata
Title
Assessment of Environmental Health Children’s Population Living in Environmental Injustice Scenarios
Authors
Gabriela Domínguez-Cortinas
Enrique Cifuentes
Edna Rico Escobar
Fernando Díaz-Barriga Martínez
Publication date
01-12-2012
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Community Health / Issue 6/2012
Print ISSN: 0094-5145
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3610
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-012-9555-y

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