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Sustainable Control of Water-Related Infectious Diseases: A Review and Proposal for Interdisciplinary Health-Based Systems Research
OBJECTIVE: Even when initially successful, many interventions aimed at reducing the toll of water-related infectious disease have not been sustainable over longer periods of time. Here we review historical practices in water-related infectious disease research and propose an interdisciplinary public...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2717125/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19654908 http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.0800423 |
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author | Batterman, Stuart Eisenberg, Joseph Hardin, Rebecca Kruk, Margaret E. Lemos, Maria Carmen Michalak, Anna M. Mukherjee, Bhramar Renne, Elisha Stein, Howard Watkins, Cristy Wilson, Mark L. |
author_facet | Batterman, Stuart Eisenberg, Joseph Hardin, Rebecca Kruk, Margaret E. Lemos, Maria Carmen Michalak, Anna M. Mukherjee, Bhramar Renne, Elisha Stein, Howard Watkins, Cristy Wilson, Mark L. |
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description | OBJECTIVE: Even when initially successful, many interventions aimed at reducing the toll of water-related infectious disease have not been sustainable over longer periods of time. Here we review historical practices in water-related infectious disease research and propose an interdisciplinary public health oriented systems approach to research and intervention design. DATA SOURCES: On the basis of the literature and the authors’ experiences, we summarize contributions from key disciplines and identify common problems and trends. Practices in developing countries, where the disease burden is the most severe, are emphasized. DATA EXTRACTION: We define waterborne and water-associated vectorborne diseases and identify disciplinary themes and conceptual needs by drawing from ecologic, anthropologic, engineering, political/economic, and public health fields. A case study examines one of the classes of water-related infectious disease. DATA SYNTHESIS: The limited success in designing sustainable interventions is attributable to factors that include the complexity and interactions among the social, ecologic, engineering, political/economic, and public health domains; incomplete data; a lack of relevant indicators; and most important, an inadequate understanding of the proximal and distal factors that cause water-related infectious disease. Fundamental change is needed for research on water-related infectious diseases, and we advocate a systems approach framework using an ongoing evidence-based health outcomes focus with an extended time horizon. The examples and case study in the review show many opportunities for interdisciplinary collaborations, data fusion techniques, and other advances. CONCLUSIONS: The proposed framework will facilitate research by addressing the complexity and divergent scales of problems and by engaging scientists in the disciplines needed to tackle these difficult problems. Such research can enhance the prevention and control of water-related infectious diseases in a manner that is sustainable and focused on public health outcomes. |
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spelling | pubmed-27171252009-08-04 Sustainable Control of Water-Related Infectious Diseases: A Review and Proposal for Interdisciplinary Health-Based Systems Research Batterman, Stuart Eisenberg, Joseph Hardin, Rebecca Kruk, Margaret E. Lemos, Maria Carmen Michalak, Anna M. Mukherjee, Bhramar Renne, Elisha Stein, Howard Watkins, Cristy Wilson, Mark L. Environ Health Perspect Review OBJECTIVE: Even when initially successful, many interventions aimed at reducing the toll of water-related infectious disease have not been sustainable over longer periods of time. Here we review historical practices in water-related infectious disease research and propose an interdisciplinary public health oriented systems approach to research and intervention design. DATA SOURCES: On the basis of the literature and the authors’ experiences, we summarize contributions from key disciplines and identify common problems and trends. Practices in developing countries, where the disease burden is the most severe, are emphasized. DATA EXTRACTION: We define waterborne and water-associated vectorborne diseases and identify disciplinary themes and conceptual needs by drawing from ecologic, anthropologic, engineering, political/economic, and public health fields. A case study examines one of the classes of water-related infectious disease. DATA SYNTHESIS: The limited success in designing sustainable interventions is attributable to factors that include the complexity and interactions among the social, ecologic, engineering, political/economic, and public health domains; incomplete data; a lack of relevant indicators; and most important, an inadequate understanding of the proximal and distal factors that cause water-related infectious disease. Fundamental change is needed for research on water-related infectious diseases, and we advocate a systems approach framework using an ongoing evidence-based health outcomes focus with an extended time horizon. The examples and case study in the review show many opportunities for interdisciplinary collaborations, data fusion techniques, and other advances. CONCLUSIONS: The proposed framework will facilitate research by addressing the complexity and divergent scales of problems and by engaging scientists in the disciplines needed to tackle these difficult problems. Such research can enhance the prevention and control of water-related infectious diseases in a manner that is sustainable and focused on public health outcomes. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2009-07 2009-04-17 /pmc/articles/PMC2717125/ /pubmed/19654908 http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.0800423 Text en http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Publication of EHP lies in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from EHP may be reprinted freely. Use of materials published in EHP should be acknowledged (for example, ?Reproduced with permission from Environmental Health Perspectives?); pertinent reference information should be provided for the article from which the material was reproduced. Articles from EHP, especially the News section, may contain photographs or illustrations copyrighted by other commercial organizations or individuals that may not be used without obtaining prior approval from the holder of the copyright. |
spellingShingle | Review Batterman, Stuart Eisenberg, Joseph Hardin, Rebecca Kruk, Margaret E. Lemos, Maria Carmen Michalak, Anna M. Mukherjee, Bhramar Renne, Elisha Stein, Howard Watkins, Cristy Wilson, Mark L. Sustainable Control of Water-Related Infectious Diseases: A Review and Proposal for Interdisciplinary Health-Based Systems Research |
title | Sustainable Control of Water-Related Infectious Diseases: A Review and Proposal for Interdisciplinary Health-Based Systems Research |
title_full | Sustainable Control of Water-Related Infectious Diseases: A Review and Proposal for Interdisciplinary Health-Based Systems Research |
title_fullStr | Sustainable Control of Water-Related Infectious Diseases: A Review and Proposal for Interdisciplinary Health-Based Systems Research |
title_full_unstemmed | Sustainable Control of Water-Related Infectious Diseases: A Review and Proposal for Interdisciplinary Health-Based Systems Research |
title_short | Sustainable Control of Water-Related Infectious Diseases: A Review and Proposal for Interdisciplinary Health-Based Systems Research |
title_sort | sustainable control of water-related infectious diseases: a review and proposal for interdisciplinary health-based systems research |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2717125/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19654908 http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.0800423 |
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