背景:空气污染对全球公共卫生构成重大威胁,导致高死亡率和发病率。印度,是世界上儿童人口最多的国家,尤其受到影响。这项研究旨在确定有效的策略,以减轻空气污染对这一弱势群体的不利健康影响。
方法:该研究利用演绎方法和有目的的抽样方法进行定向内容分析,与研究人员进行深入访谈,院士,儿科医生,公共卫生专家,以及来自印度不同组织的气候变化专家。总的来说,在2024年3月和4月的两个月内进行了17次访谈,直到数据达到饱和。
结果:共提取了29个亚类。主要子类别包括减少室内排放和多部门减排的策略,减少在家接触的策略,学校和过境,提高公众意识的策略,有效沟通,卫生部门的沟通和意识,并提高一线工人和教育机构的认识,卫生部门和一线利益相关者能力建设战略,构建研究和知识翻译的策略,纵向和横向合作战略,以儿童为中心的政策战略,学校关闭政策,财政政策,全面决策,部门决策,在决策中倡导,监测战略,以及母婴健康策略。
结论:这项研究的结果表明,减轻污染对儿童的不利健康影响需要采取多管齐下的方法,包括有效的沟通和教育策略,以及提高重要利益相关者的认识,例如卫生专业人员,社区,基层工人,父母,老师和孩子。这种战略可能有助于触发所有有关方面行为的预期变化。此外,作为决策机构,各利益攸关方和部委之间需要合作和伙伴关系。有必要在研究的基础上再接再厉,加强监测和监督。
BACKGROUND: Air pollution poses a significant threat to global public health, contributing to high rates of mortality and morbidity. India, home to the world\'s largest population of children, is particularly affected. This
study aims to identify effective
strategies to mitigate the adverse health impacts of air pollution on this vulnerable group.
METHODS: The
study utilized directed content analysis using a deductive approach and purposeful sampling to carry out in-depth interviews with researchers, academicians, paediatricians, public health experts, and climate change experts from different organizations in India. In total, 17 interviews were conducted over two months in March and April 2024 until data saturation was reached.
RESULTS: A total of 29 subcategories were extracted. The main sub-categories include strategies for reducing indoor emissions and multisectoral emission reduction,
strategies to reduce exposure at home, schools and transit,
strategies for public awareness, effective communication, health sector communication and awareness, and raising awareness by frontline workers and educational institutions, strategies for capacity building of health sector and frontline stakeholders, strategies for building research and knowledge translation,
strategies for vertical and horizontal collaboration,
strategies for child-centric policies, school closure policies, fiscal policies, comprehensive policymaking, sectoral policymaking, advocacy in policymaking, strategies for monitoring, and strategies for mother and child health.
CONCLUSIONS: The results of this
study indicate that mitigating the adverse health impacts of pollution for children would entail a multi-pronged approach encompassing effective communication and education strategies and awareness raising of important stakeholders such as health professionals, community, grassroots-level workers, parents, teachers and children. Such strategies could be useful to trigger the desired change in behaviour of all concerned. Also, there is a need for collaboration and partnership between various stakeholders and ministries as policy-making bodies. There is a need to build on the research and strengthen the monitoring and surveillance.