Latinx and Indigenous Mexican Caregivers' Perspectives of the Salton Sea Environment on Children's Asthma, Respiratory Health, and Co-Presenting Health Conditions.
Latinx and Indigenous Mexican Caregivers' Perspectives of the Salton Sea Environment on Children's Asthma, Respiratory Health, and Co-Presenting Health Conditions.
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10.3390/ijerph20116023
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2023-06-01
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Pozar, Maria
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Cheney, Ann Marie;Ortiz, Gabriela;Trinidad, Ashley;Rodriguez, Sophia;Moran, Ashley;Gonzalez, Andrea;Chavez, Jair;Pozar, Maria
这项研究调查了拉丁裔和墨西哥土著照顾者对索尔顿海环境（例如粉尘浓度和其他毒素）对儿童健康状况的看法。索尔顿海是一个高盐的干涸湖床，位于南加州内陆沙漠边缘地区，周围是农田。拉丁裔和墨西哥土著移民家庭的儿童特别容易受到索尔顿海对慢性健康状况的环境影响，因为他们靠近索尔顿海，而且在结构上很脆弱。从2020年9月到2021年2月，我们对居住在索尔顿海沿岸患有哮喘或呼吸窘迫儿童的36名拉丁裔和土著墨西哥照顾者进行了半结构化访谈和焦点小组。一名接受过定性研究培训的社区调查员用西班牙语或墨西哥Michoacán移民所说的土著语言pursamucha进行了访谈。模板和矩阵分析用于确定访谈和焦点小组的主题和模式。与会者将索尔顿海的环境描述为有毒环境，其特点是暴露在硫磺气味、沙尘暴、化学品和火灾中，所有这些都会导致儿童的慢性健康状况（例如，哮喘、支气管炎和肺炎等呼吸系统疾病，同时伴有过敏和流鼻血）。这些发现对美国和全球结构脆弱的儿童群体具有重要的环境公共卫生意义。
This research investigated Latinx and Indigenous Mexican caregivers’ perspectives of the Salton Sea’s environment (e.g., dust concentrations and other toxins) on child health conditions. The Salton Sea is a highly saline drying lakebed located in the Inland Southern California desert borderland region and is surrounded by agricultural fields. Children of Latinx and Indigenous Mexican immigrant families are especially vulnerable to the Salton Sea’s environmental impact on chronic health conditions due to their proximity to the Salton Sea and structural vulnerability. From September 2020 to February 2021, we conducted semi-structured interviews and focus groups with a total of 36 Latinx and Indigenous Mexican caregivers of children with asthma or respiratory distress living along the Salton Sea. A community investigator trained in qualitative research conducted interviews in Spanish or Purépecha, an indigenous language spoken by immigrants from Michoacán, Mexico. Template and matrix analysis was used to identify themes and patterns across interviews and focus groups. Participants characterized the Salton Sea’s environment as toxic, marked by exposure to sulfuric smells, dust storms, chemicals, and fires, all of which contribute to children’s chronic health conditions (e.g., respiratory illnesses such as asthma, bronchitis, and pneumonia, co-presenting with allergies and nosebleeds). The findings have important environmental public health significance for structurally vulnerable child populations in the United States and globally.