Project
Environment and Health Program (PROMAS)
Description
The Environment and Health Program (PROMAS) was created in 2012 to develop research, teaching, and outreach activities with a transdisciplinary and ecosystemic approach in the area of Environment and Health within the Central Region of Argentina. This ecological setting presents two particular environmental characteristics: the largest cultivated areas in the country and a high percentage of its population consuming water with high arsenic content; both conditions are strongly linked to chronic non-communicable diseases (fertility, cancer, congenital anomalies). Furthermore, the region's sociodemographic characteristics (poverty, education, health coverage) are also considered in addressing the issues.
In the first period (2012/2021), different lines of research were developed concerning fertility, cancer and malformations; as well as those related to analyzing the social representations of the communities, regarding this environment/health interface.
In the future program (2023/2027), two lines will be addressed exploring the environmental and sociodemographic relationships related to childhood cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.
Related
Director: Alejandro Oliva
Members: Laura De García; Néstor Di Leo; Florencia Molinatti; Sergio Montico and Claudio Staffolani.
Spaces/Institutions/Academic Units
Center for Interdisciplinary Studies (CEI-UNR)
Contact
applies.promas@gmail.com – aoliva.promas@gmail.com
Web: https://cei.unr.edu.ar/programas/programa-medio-ambiente-y-salud