TY - JOUR
T1 - Towards a global perspective of environmental health
T2 - defining the research grounds of an institute of environmental health
AU - Virgolino, Ana
AU - Antunes, Francisco
AU - Santos, Osvaldo
AU - Costa, Andreia
AU - de Matos, Margarida Gaspar
AU - Bárbara, Cristina
AU - Bicho, Manuel
AU - Caneiras, Cátia
AU - Sabino, Raquel
AU - Núncio, Maria Sofia
AU - Matos, Olga
AU - Santos, Ricardo R.
AU - Costa, Joana
AU - Alarcão, Violeta
AU - Gaspar, Tânia
AU - Ferreira, Joana
AU - Carneiro, António Vaz
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding: This research was funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, grant number UIDB/04295/2020 and UIDP/04295/2020.
Funding Information:
This research was funded by Funda??o para a Ci?ncia e a Tecnologia, grant number UIDB/04295/2020 and UIDP/04295/2020.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2020/11/1
Y1 - 2020/11/1
N2 - Environmental health is at the intersection between health and the environment. However, it still has a recent (and narrow) history as a scientific area, mainly addressing human biomonitoring and toxicological issues. Only recently additional environmental ‘layers’, other than the traditional chemical, biological and physical environmental determinants, have been considered. This broader perspective of environmental health also encompasses digital, psychosocial, political, socioeconomic and cultural determinants, all of them relevant when considering human health from a planetary health paradigm. This reflects the progressive adoption of a systemic perspective regarding the impact of gains for human health and well-being towards a sustainable environment. It also implies a multi-method and participatory approach to understand the intertwined relationship between environmental changes and human health. In this paper, the broader approach to environmental health is discussed in order to ‘set the stage’ for introducing the Institute of Environmental Health (ISAMB) of the Lisbon School of Medicine, Portugal. Each of the research groups and labs that compose ISAMB are presented, as well as their main lines of research. Present and planned contributions of ISAMB to advance knowledge on environmental health and for promoting human health gains in an environmentally sustainable way are also discussed.
AB - Environmental health is at the intersection between health and the environment. However, it still has a recent (and narrow) history as a scientific area, mainly addressing human biomonitoring and toxicological issues. Only recently additional environmental ‘layers’, other than the traditional chemical, biological and physical environmental determinants, have been considered. This broader perspective of environmental health also encompasses digital, psychosocial, political, socioeconomic and cultural determinants, all of them relevant when considering human health from a planetary health paradigm. This reflects the progressive adoption of a systemic perspective regarding the impact of gains for human health and well-being towards a sustainable environment. It also implies a multi-method and participatory approach to understand the intertwined relationship between environmental changes and human health. In this paper, the broader approach to environmental health is discussed in order to ‘set the stage’ for introducing the Institute of Environmental Health (ISAMB) of the Lisbon School of Medicine, Portugal. Each of the research groups and labs that compose ISAMB are presented, as well as their main lines of research. Present and planned contributions of ISAMB to advance knowledge on environmental health and for promoting human health gains in an environmentally sustainable way are also discussed.
KW - Environmental health determinants
KW - Environmental sustainability
KW - Human health
KW - Planetary health
KW - Public health
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85094621205&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/su12218963
DO - 10.3390/su12218963
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85094621205
SN - 2071-1050
VL - 12
SP - 1
EP - 24
JO - Sustainability
JF - Sustainability
IS - 21
M1 - 8963
ER -
