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Water insecurity and mental health in the Amazon: Economic and ecological drivers of distress
Economic Anthropology ( IF 1.236 ) Pub Date : 2019-01-31 , DOI: 10.1002/sea2.12144
Paula Skye Tallman 1
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Despite the abundance of water in the Amazon rainforest, people living in Awajún communities in northern Peru express concern over their water security. In this article, I employ a critical biocultural approach to examine how shifts from subsistence to market‐based livelihoods have created threats to water security that can “get under the skin” to influence the mental health of Awajún community members. Specifically, I show how highway construction, colonization, resource extraction, market integration, and overall transitions in settlement patterns have polluted rivers with sewage, refuse, and hazardous waste. I connect this broader context to ethnographic data from Awajún communities documenting struggles with water security in the form of contamination and accessibility. Finally, I quantitatively examine whether water insecurity scores are associated with psychological distress. Data drawn from 225 Awajún men and women from four communities in the province of Amazonas, Peru, revealed that higher water insecurity scores were associated with higher levels of perceived stress (β = 0.35, p < .01), depressive symptoms (OR = 1.32, p < .01), and somatic symptoms (OR = 1.51, p < .01). This study adds a critical political–economic perspective to anthropological literature focused on water insecurity and distress and advocates for future subdisciplinary collaborations to address growing concerns with the contamination and accessibility of local water sources.

中文翻译:

亚马逊地区的水不安全和心理健康:困境的经济和生态动因

尽管亚马逊雨林中有大量的水,但居住在秘鲁北部阿瓦琼族社区的人们仍对其水的安全表示关切。在本文中,我采用了一种重要的生物文化方法,研究了从维持生计到以市场为基础的生计如何对水安全造成威胁,这些威胁可以“掩盖”并影响阿瓦让社区成员的心理健康。具体来说,我展示了高速公路建设,殖民化,资源开采,市场整合以及定居模式的总体转变如何使河流被污水,垃圾和危险废物污染。我将更广阔的背景与阿瓦让社区的人种学数据联系在一起,这些数据以污染和可及性的形式记录了与水安全有关的斗争。最后,我定量检查水不安全分数是否与心理困扰有关。来自秘鲁亚马孙州四个社区的225名Awajún男性和女性的数据显示,较高的水不安全得分与较高的感知压力(β= 0.35,p <.01),抑郁症状(OR = 1.32)相关。 ,p <.01)和躯体症状(OR = 1.51,p <.01)。这项研究在人类学文献中增加了批判性的政治-经济视角,这些文献集中在水的不安全和困境上,并倡导未来的跨学科合作,以解决人们对当地水源的污染和可及性日益增长的关注。揭示较高的水不安全得分与较高水平的感知压力(β= 0.35,p <.01),抑郁症状(OR = 1.32,p <.01)和躯体症状(OR = 1.51,p <.01)相关)。这项研究在人类学文献中增加了批判性的政治-经济视角,这些文献集中在水的不安全和困境上,并倡导未来的跨学科合作,以解决人们对当地水源的污染和可及性日益增长的关注。揭示较高的水不安全得分与较高水平的感知压力(β= 0.35,p <.01),抑郁症状(OR = 1.32,p <.01)和躯体症状(OR = 1.51,p <.01)相关)。这项研究在人类学文献中增加了批判性的政治-经济视角,这些文献集中在水的不安全和困境上,并倡导未来的跨学科合作,以解决人们对当地水源的污染和可及性日益增长的关注。
更新日期:2019-01-31
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