Transdisciplinary Online Health Assessment of an Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Community during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar

Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) has a known negative effect on the community’s health; therefore, assessment to monitor community health is essential to detect any issues and enable early treatment. Because ASGM-related health issues are complex and cannot be addressed effectively with...

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Autores principales:	Win Thiri Kyaw, Yee Mon Myint, Xiaoxu Kuang, Masayuki Sakakibara
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	artisanal and small-scale gold mining online health assessment Myanmar coronavirus disease mining community Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:23c3199cbb234624890e02cb1d2618b92021-11-11T16:21:22ZTransdisciplinary Online Health Assessment of an Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Community during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar10.3390/ijerph1821112061660-46011661-7827https://doaj.org/article/23c3199cbb234624890e02cb1d2618b92021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/21/11206https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) has a known negative effect on the community’s health; therefore, assessment to monitor community health is essential to detect any issues and enable early treatment. Because ASGM-related health issues are complex and cannot be addressed effectively with a traditional one-time health assessment alone, both long-term and regular health assessments using a transdisciplinary approach should be considered. In response to this need, we designed an online health assessment tool as a reference for a future long-term health assessment system. An online video interview was conducted with 54 respondents living in the ASGM area of Chaung Gyi Village, Thabeikkyin Township, Mandalay Region, Myanmar, via a social networking service application. The tool was used to evaluate community health during the coronavirus 2019 pandemic, including mercury intoxication symptoms, mining-related diseases, and other diseases. Results show that persons working in mining versus non-mining occupations had a greater prevalence of pulmonary diseases, such as pulmonary tuberculosis, silicosis, and bronchial asthma, in addition to malaria. Based on these findings, online health assessment using a transdisciplinary approach can be recommended as an effective tool for sustainable and long-term health assessment of ASGM-related disease and should be performed regularly following physical health surveys.Win Thiri KyawYee Mon MyintXiaoxu KuangMasayuki SakakibaraMDPI AGarticleartisanal and small-scale gold miningonline health assessmentMyanmarcoronavirus diseasemining communityMedicineRENInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 11206, p 11206 (2021)
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description	Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) has a known negative effect on the community’s health; therefore, assessment to monitor community health is essential to detect any issues and enable early treatment. Because ASGM-related health issues are complex and cannot be addressed effectively with a traditional one-time health assessment alone, both long-term and regular health assessments using a transdisciplinary approach should be considered. In response to this need, we designed an online health assessment tool as a reference for a future long-term health assessment system. An online video interview was conducted with 54 respondents living in the ASGM area of Chaung Gyi Village, Thabeikkyin Township, Mandalay Region, Myanmar, via a social networking service application. The tool was used to evaluate community health during the coronavirus 2019 pandemic, including mercury intoxication symptoms, mining-related diseases, and other diseases. Results show that persons working in mining versus non-mining occupations had a greater prevalence of pulmonary diseases, such as pulmonary tuberculosis, silicosis, and bronchial asthma, in addition to malaria. Based on these findings, online health assessment using a transdisciplinary approach can be recommended as an effective tool for sustainable and long-term health assessment of ASGM-related disease and should be performed regularly following physical health surveys.
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author	Win Thiri Kyaw Yee Mon Myint Xiaoxu Kuang Masayuki Sakakibara
author_facet	Win Thiri Kyaw Yee Mon Myint Xiaoxu Kuang Masayuki Sakakibara
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title	Transdisciplinary Online Health Assessment of an Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Community during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar
title_short	Transdisciplinary Online Health Assessment of an Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Community during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar
title_full	Transdisciplinary Online Health Assessment of an Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Community during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar
title_fullStr	Transdisciplinary Online Health Assessment of an Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Community during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar
title_full_unstemmed	Transdisciplinary Online Health Assessment of an Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Community during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar
title_sort	transdisciplinary online health assessment of an artisanal and small-scale gold mining community during the covid-19 pandemic in the mandalay region of myanmar
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/23c3199cbb234624890e02cb1d2618b9
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Transdisciplinary Online Health Assessment of an Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Community during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar

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