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The Impact of Road Construction on Subjective Well-Being in Communities in Madre de Dios, Peru
The interoceanic highway (IOH) in Madre de Dios, Peru has driven dramatic change in the Peruvian Amazon basin. We conducted a mixed methods study to examine the impact of these changes on the subjective well-being (SWB) of four communities on the IOH. Themes that emerged qualitatively included chang...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6024980/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29914119 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15061271 |
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author | Riley-Powell, Amy R. Lee, Gwenyth O. Naik, Nehal S. Jensen, Kelly E. O’Neal, Christina Salmón-Mulanovich, Gabriela Hartinger, Stella M. Bausch, Daniel G. Paz-Soldan, Valerie A. |
author_facet | Riley-Powell, Amy R. Lee, Gwenyth O. Naik, Nehal S. Jensen, Kelly E. O’Neal, Christina Salmón-Mulanovich, Gabriela Hartinger, Stella M. Bausch, Daniel G. Paz-Soldan, Valerie A. |
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description | The interoceanic highway (IOH) in Madre de Dios, Peru has driven dramatic change in the Peruvian Amazon basin. We conducted a mixed methods study to examine the impact of these changes on the subjective well-being (SWB) of four communities on the IOH. Themes that emerged qualitatively included changing health threats, environmental degradation, and the impact of increased migration. To achieve a higher level of SWB, respondents emphasized the need for higher incomes, opportunities to learn new skills, and a better education for their children. Potential threats to SWB included marital problems and poorer health. Quantitative analyses suggested that social support and a sense of security impacted reported SWB scores based on life satisfaction, and the impact of income on life satisfaction was mediated by food security. Although long-term residents felt that specific determinants of SWB had both increased (food variety, transport and access to work) and decreased (access to natural resources and hunting), the majority reported that their lives had improved overall. Health had been affected by the IOH in both negative ways (increased dengue and road accidents) and positive ways (improved access to health services). Our results suggest that the rapidly-changing communities near the IOH link well-being to health, income, community, and the environment. |
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spelling | pubmed-60249802018-07-16 The Impact of Road Construction on Subjective Well-Being in Communities in Madre de Dios, Peru Riley-Powell, Amy R. Lee, Gwenyth O. Naik, Nehal S. Jensen, Kelly E. O’Neal, Christina Salmón-Mulanovich, Gabriela Hartinger, Stella M. Bausch, Daniel G. Paz-Soldan, Valerie A. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The interoceanic highway (IOH) in Madre de Dios, Peru has driven dramatic change in the Peruvian Amazon basin. We conducted a mixed methods study to examine the impact of these changes on the subjective well-being (SWB) of four communities on the IOH. Themes that emerged qualitatively included changing health threats, environmental degradation, and the impact of increased migration. To achieve a higher level of SWB, respondents emphasized the need for higher incomes, opportunities to learn new skills, and a better education for their children. Potential threats to SWB included marital problems and poorer health. Quantitative analyses suggested that social support and a sense of security impacted reported SWB scores based on life satisfaction, and the impact of income on life satisfaction was mediated by food security. Although long-term residents felt that specific determinants of SWB had both increased (food variety, transport and access to work) and decreased (access to natural resources and hunting), the majority reported that their lives had improved overall. Health had been affected by the IOH in both negative ways (increased dengue and road accidents) and positive ways (improved access to health services). Our results suggest that the rapidly-changing communities near the IOH link well-being to health, income, community, and the environment. MDPI 2018-06-15 2018-06 /pmc/articles/PMC6024980/ /pubmed/29914119 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15061271 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Riley-Powell, Amy R. Lee, Gwenyth O. Naik, Nehal S. Jensen, Kelly E. O’Neal, Christina Salmón-Mulanovich, Gabriela Hartinger, Stella M. Bausch, Daniel G. Paz-Soldan, Valerie A. The Impact of Road Construction on Subjective Well-Being in Communities in Madre de Dios, Peru |
title | The Impact of Road Construction on Subjective Well-Being in Communities in Madre de Dios, Peru |
title_full | The Impact of Road Construction on Subjective Well-Being in Communities in Madre de Dios, Peru |
title_fullStr | The Impact of Road Construction on Subjective Well-Being in Communities in Madre de Dios, Peru |
title_full_unstemmed | The Impact of Road Construction on Subjective Well-Being in Communities in Madre de Dios, Peru |
title_short | The Impact of Road Construction on Subjective Well-Being in Communities in Madre de Dios, Peru |
title_sort | impact of road construction on subjective well-being in communities in madre de dios, peru |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6024980/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29914119 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15061271 |
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