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Selecting indicators to monitor and assess environmental health in a Portuguese urban setting : a participatory approach

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dc.contributor.authorSalgado, Marta
dc.contributor.authorVieira, Ana C. L.
dc.contributor.authorTorres, Anália
dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Mónica D.
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-25T12:36:38Z
dc.date.available2020-11-25T12:36:38Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description© 2020 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/).pt_PT
dc.description.abstractEnvironmental health (EH) is influenced by complex interactions between health and the built and natural environments, there being little research on its specificities in urban settings. The use of suitable indicators to monitor and assess EH is fundamental in informing evidence-based interventions at the local level. A participatory approach to selecting indicators to inform the monitoring and assessment of EH in Lisbon is herein considered. Evidence derived from a systematic review of literature and data from Lisbon and Portuguese databases were analyzed by 12 Portuguese experts in individual semi-structured interviews. The interviews aimed at identifying relevant indicators and important emerging issues in the Lisbon urban setting. The outputs from the interviews were validated by a two-round Web-Delphi process in which panelists (22 experts) from different areas of expertise expressed their views regarding the relevance of the indicators for the analysis of EH in urban settings. Seventeen indicators were validated in the Web-Delphi process. High participation achieved along this process supports the view that this participatory approach was useful for validation. Results from the adopted participatory approach point out gaps in the collection of noise and mobility indicators data and raise emerging issues on housing indicators that require further research. The results also suggest the need for local action to improve indicators and tools in order to help the monitorization of EH in urban contexts. The adopted participatory approach can be replicated for other Portuguese and European urban settings.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipMarta Salgado research was supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and Valorsul S.A. under the scholarship number PDE/BDE/120465/2016. Ana Vieira and Mónica Oliveira work were supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology under the MEDI-VALUE project (Grant no. PTDC/EGE-OGE/29699/2017)pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationInt. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 8597pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ijerph17228597pt_PT
dc.identifier.eissn1660-4601
dc.identifier.issn1661-7827
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/45018
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherMDPIpt_PT
dc.relationDevelopment of an Environmental Health Index to evaluate and foresight the impact of pollution and of pollution mitigation policies on health: a multicriteria decision analysis approach Reducing environmental impact: biomonitoring and waste efficiency
dc.relationMEDI-VALUE: Developing HTA tools to consensualise MEDIcal devices' VALUE through multicriteria decision analysis
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerphpt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectEnvironmental health indicatorspt_PT
dc.subjectUrban settingspt_PT
dc.subjectParticipatory approachpt_PT
dc.subjectInterviewpt_PT
dc.subjectWeb-Delphipt_PT
dc.titleSelecting indicators to monitor and assess environmental health in a Portuguese urban setting : a participatory approachpt_PT
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oaire.citation.issue22pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage8597pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Healthpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume17pt_PT
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project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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