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作者

Bára Šafářová;Cecilia H. Giusti;Maria P. Perez;Italo B. Zecca;Ester S. Carbajal;Gabriel L. Hamer;Sarah A. Hamer

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HABITAT INTERNATIONAL,Vol.118,P.102460

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英文

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作者单位

School of Urban Studies, University of Washington Tacoma, WA, USA;College of Architecture, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA;Hobby School of Public Affairs, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA;College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA;The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX, USA;Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA;School of Urban Studies, University of Washington Tacoma, WA, USA;College of Architecture, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA;Hobby School of Public Affairs, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA;College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA;The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX, USA;Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA;Department of Urban and Rural Planning, School of Architecture, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China;College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, 1701 Binhe Road, Suzhou, 215009, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China;Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Evolutivas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Independencia 631, Valdivia, Chile;Laboratorio de Paisaje y Resiliencia Urbana (PRULAB), Universidad Austral de Chile. Independencia 631, Valdivia, Chile;Center for Fire and Socio-ecological Systems (FireSES), Universidad Austral de Chile, Chile;Dipartimento di Psicologia dei Processi di Sviluppo e Socializzazione, Sapienza Università di Roma, Via dei Marsi 78, 00185, Roma, Italy;CIRPA, Sapienza Università di Roma, Via dei Marsi 78, 00185, Roma, Italy;School of Civil Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China;School of Architecture & Built Environment, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 5005, Australia;School of Natural and Built Environments, University of South Australia, Adelaide, 5001, Australia;Department of Economics, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan;Department of Building and Real Estate, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong;Department of Finance, Chung-Yuan Christian University, Taiwan;School of Tourism, The Center of Targeted Poverty Alleviation and Rural Revitalization, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang, 464000, China;School of Geography, Jiangsu Center for Collaborative Innovation in Geographical Information Resource Development and Application, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China;College of Geography, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang, 464000, China;School of Public Affairs, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, PR China;School of Public Administration, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, PR China;The Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Natural Resources for Legal Evaluation Engineering, Wuhan, 430074, PR China

摘要

Both the planning and public health literature have discussed proximity to greenspaces as predominantly beneficial to health, based on studies mostly conducted in high-income regions. Understanding the health risks of proximity to greenspace and nature—where pathogens and wildlife coexist—is important, as nature-based solutions are increasingly called for to address complex urban challenges. This exploratory pilot study bridges planning and epidemiology approaches to develop a new method to analyze habitat and environmental factors associated with the risk of vector-borne Chagas disease in a low-income region, South Texas. Chagas disease is endemic in Latin America, where it affects between seven to eight million people and where environmental factors have been studied to limit the disease's spread. The disease is considered endemic in the southern United States, where little is known about environmental risks. In this pilot study, we developed a new methodology to analyze publicly available habitat and environmental secondary data, which could be used by planning departments. We applied the method to a prior pilot study, which determined a 19.6% prevalence level of T. cruzi (the agent of Chagas disease) among 209 domestic dogs. We geocoded the sample to 100 low-income residential locations, which yielded a 32% positivity rate, and collected secondary data surrounding each location. Logistical regression of factors yielded the following risks: adjacent unconstructed lots, and the presence of four or more dogs in a yard. Based on the results, we formulated vector control-based planning policy recommendations to prevent the spread of the disease.