Mental health issues from rising sea level in a remote coastal region of the Solomon Islands: current and future
Mental health issues from rising sea level in a remote coastal region of the Solomon Islands: current and future
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DOI：
10.1177/1039856215609767
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发表时间：
2015-12-01
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Speare, Rick
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作者：
Asugeni, James;MacLaren, David;Speare, Rick
目的：包括所罗门群岛在内的太平洋地区关于心理健康和气候变化的已发表研究很少。所罗门群岛是全球海平面上升速度最快的国家之一。本研究的目的是记录所罗门群岛东马莱塔居民与海平面上升相关的心理健康问题。方法：对所罗门群岛东马莱塔6个低洼村庄进行横断面研究。这位研究人员乘独木舟到村子里旅行。除了定量的封闭式问题外，与村民的开放式问题还探讨了个人和社区对海平面上升的反应。结果：在60名受访者中，57人完成了问卷调查。其中，90%的人报告看到了天气模式的变化。几乎所有参与者都报告说，海平面上升正在影响他们和他们的家人，并在个人和社区层面造成恐惧和担忧。定性分析得出四个主题：气候变化实际影响的经验；对未来的担忧；对气候变化的适应；政府需要做出的反应。结论：鉴于太平洋海平面持续上升的预测，有必要进行更多的研究，以进一步了解气候变化对小岛屿国家的人类影响，这将为地方、省和国家层面的心理健康反应提供信息。
Objective: There is little published research about mental health and climate change in the Pacific, including Solomon Islands. Solomon Islands has one of the highest rates of sea-level rise globally. The aim of this research was to document mental health issues related to sea-level rise for people in East Malaita, Solomon Islands.Method: A cross-sectional study was carried out in six low-lying villages in East Malaita, Solomon Islands. The researcher travelled to villages by dugout canoe. In addition to quantitative, closed-ended questions, open-ended questions with villagers explored individual and community responses to rising sea level.Results: Of 60 people asked, 57 completed the questionnaire. Of these, 90% reported having seen a change in the weather patterns. Nearly all participants reported that sea-level rise is affecting them and their family and is causing fear and worry on a personal and community level. Four themes emerged from the qualitative analysis: experience of physical impacts of climate change; worry about the future; adaptation to climate change; government response needed.Conclusion: Given predictions of ongoing sea-level rise in the Pacific it is essential that more research is conducted to further understand the human impact of climate change for small island states which will inform local, provincial and national-level mental health responses.