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Frederick Ato Armah Reginald Quansah Isaac Luginaah Ratana Chuenpagdee Herbert Hambati Gwyn Campbell 《PLoS neglected tropical diseases》2015,9(8)
BackgroundIn the past decade, research on neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) has intensified in response to the need to enhance community participation in health delivery, establish monitoring and surveillance systems, and integrate existing disease-specific treatment programs to control overlapping NTD burdens and detrimental effects. In this paper, we evaluated the geographical distribution of NTDs in coastal Tanzania.ConclusionsNTD risks were inequitably distributed over geographic space, which has several important policy implications. First, it suggests that localities of high burden of NTDs are likely to diminish within statistical averages at higher (regional or national) levels. Second, it indicates that curative or preventive interventions will become more efficient provided they can be focused on the localities, particularly as populations in these localities are likely to be burdened by several NTDs simultaneously, further increasing the imperative of multi-disease interventions. 相似文献
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Frederick Ato Armah Isaac Luginaah Genesis T. Yengoh Herbert Hambati Ratana Chuenpagdee Gwyn Campbell 《人类与生态风险评估》2015,21(7):1936-1959
Climate change is considered as the biggest threat to human health in the 21st century. Sub-Saharan Africa, which is the most-at-risk region of the world, is estimated to have a disproportionately large share of the burden of climate change–induced environmental and human health risks. To develop effective adaptations to protect public health, it is essential to consider how individuals perceive and understand the risks, and how they might be willing to change their behaviors in response to them. Using a cross-sectional survey of 1253 individuals in coastal Tanzania we analyzed the relationship between subjective health status (self-reported health) and objective health status on the one hand and perceived health risks of climate change. Generally, higher subjective health status was associated with lower scores on perceived health risks of climate change. Concerning objective health status, the results were varied. Individuals who affirmed that they had been previously diagnosed with hepatitis, skin conditions, or tuberculosis had lower scores on perceived health risks of climate change, unlike their counterparts who affirmed that they had been previously diagnosed with malaria in the past 12 months or had been diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. These relationships persist even when biosocial and sociocultural attributes are taken into consideration. The results underscore the complex ways in which objective and subjective health interact with both biosocial and sociocultural factors to shape perceived health risks of climate change. 相似文献
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Svein Jentoft Jose J. Pascual-Fernandez Raquel De la Cruz Modino Manuel Gonzalez-Ramallal Ratana Chuenpagdee 《Human ecology: an interdisciplinary journal》2012,40(2):185-197
Marine protected areas (MPAs) are often met with reluctance by affected stakeholders, and in some instances outright objection.
Some argue that this is due to insufficient understanding of the functions of MPAs. Others suggest that it could be because
of a perception that they are losing more than they are gaining. It is also possible that stakeholders are generally supportive
of the idea but think that the MPA should be located elsewhere. We argue that it is images people have about what the MPA
is and does that determine how they react. Drawing from three MPA case studies in Spain, we illustrate the importance of critical
examination of stakeholders’ images and what they imply for the governance of MPAs. 相似文献
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In this article we argue that in order to understand why some governance systems deliver while others do not, we need to assess
contributions and limitations of governability. Here, governability refers to a measure of how governable a particular fisheries
and coastal system is. Such a system is always comprised of two parts: a system-to-be-governed and a governing system. Governability
also depends on the interactions between these two systems. We provide key variables that must be assessed in order to determine
governability related to these systems and their interactions. A governability assessment framework is proposed here to suggest
that governance performance can only be judged from what is in the potential of the governing system, given the limitations
of the governabiltiy of the system-to-be governed, the governing system itself, and their interactions. Such an assessment
helps identify what exactly governing systems can and should do in order to enhance their performance. 相似文献
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Although ecosystem-based management can lead to sustainable resource use, its successful implementation depends on stakeholders’
acceptance. A framework to integrate scientific knowledge about the ecosystems with stakeholders’ preferences is therefore
needed. We propose here a ‘Public Sentiment Index,’ or PSI, as an integration framework that combines an ecosystem model (Ecopath
with Ecosim; EwE) with a public choice model (the damage schedule). Using Chesapeake Bay as a case study, we demonstrate the
development of the PSI, based on judgments of Bay stakeholders, including ‘watermen’ (commercial fishers), seafood wholesalers
and retailers, recreational fishers, representatives from non-governmental organizations, scientists and managers on a range
of Bay ecosystems. The high PSI for Chesapeake Bay suggests a consensus amongst Bay stakeholders who, understanding the need
for restoring the Bay ecosystem, may accept difficult policy choices and support their implementation. 相似文献
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Global in scope and regionally rich: an IndiSeas workshop helps shape the future of marine ecosystem indicators 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Yunne-Jai Shin Alida Bundy Lynne J. Shannon Julia L. Blanchard Ratana Chuenpagdee Marta Coll Ben Knight Christopher Lynam Gerjan Piet Anthony J. Richardson 《Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries》2012,22(3):835-845
This report summarizes the outcomes of an IndiSeas workshop aimed at using ecosystem indicators to evaluate the status of the world??s exploited marine ecosystems in support of an ecosystem approach to fisheries, and global policy drivers such as the 2020 targets of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Key issues covered relate to the selection and integration of multi-disciplinary indicators, including climate, biodiversity and human dimension indicators, and to the development of data- and model-based methods to test the performance of ecosystem indicators in providing support for fisheries management. To enhance the robustness of our cross-system comparison, unprecedented effort was put in gathering regional experts from developed and developing countries, working together on multi-institutional survey datasets, and using the most up-to-date ecosystem models. 相似文献
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