ABSTRACT

War exposure is a critical yet often ignored determinant of health in Asia. Cursory calculations suggest up to 80 per cent of Asians were alive at a point when a cumulatively intense war was ongoing in their country of current residence. As an example, data from Vietnam indicate that large proportions alive during past wars in that country experienced very traumatic and stressful events such as bombing in their region of residence and witnessing a war-related death. Burgeoning literature suggest that this type of exposure to wartime trauma has effects on health that continue throughout life. This evidence, coupled with the ongoing population aging across Asia and the concurrent numbers of those moving into old age that were exposed to war at some point during their life, implicates war and the trauma that comes with it as one factor shaping population health in Asia.

摘要

战争暴露是亚洲健康的一个重要但经常被忽视的决定因素。粗略计算表明，当他们目前居住的国家正在进行一场累积起来的激烈战争时，高达 80% 的亚洲人还活着。例如，来自越南的数据表明，在该国过去的战争中，活着的人中有很大一部分人经历了非常痛苦和压力大的事件，例如他们居住地区的爆炸事件和目睹与战争有关的死亡。新兴的文献表明，这种类型的战时创伤对健康的影响会持续一生。这一证据，再加上整个亚洲持续的人口老龄化以及同时进入老年并在其生命中的某个时刻暴露于战争的人数，