Impact of Environmental Pollution on Health-Evidence from Cities in China

Doubtless, China's long-term extensive development model has exacerbated environmental pollution, thus posing a great threat to the health of its residents. Against this background, the present paper constructs a comprehensive system for evaluating environmental pollution from the perspective o...

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Published in:Social work in public health 2020-07, Vol.35 (6), p.413-430
Main Authors: Yuan, Xiaoling, Li, Hao, Zhao, Jinkai
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
city
Environmental pollution
health
Linear analysis
Low income groups
Mental health
Mental health services
Pollution
public service
Public services
urban economy
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Summary:Doubtless, China's long-term extensive development model has exacerbated environmental pollution, thus posing a great threat to the health of its residents. Against this background, the present paper constructs a comprehensive system for evaluating environmental pollution from the perspective of environmental pollution and natural purification, and then empirically analyzes the impact of environmental pollution on the "near-term health," "self-rated health", and "mental health" of Chinese residents via the Hierarchical Linear Model based on the data from China Family Panel Studies in 2016. This paper focuses on the impact of environmental pollution on physical health as well as on mental health. The results are as follows: (1) although environmental pollution in China has no significant negative impact on the "near-term health" of residents, it can reduce the levels of "self-rated health" and "mental health" of residents; (2) environmental pollution causes more health losses to the low-income group and residents in underdeveloped cities in central and western China. It is argued that perfecting public services is an important way to improve residents' physical and mental health in the process of urbanization in China.
ISSN:1937-1918
1937-190X
DOI:10.1080/19371918.2020.1805084