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ClearIlmu Kesehatan Masyarakat Pesisir
This book presents a comprehensive academic treatment of coastal community public health, addressing the complexity of environmental health issues facing coastal populations including exposure to marine pollutants and the intersection of ecosystem degradation with human wellbeing.
One Health in Coastal and Marine Contexts: A Critical Bibliometric Analysis across Environmental, Animal, and Human Health Dimensions
This bibliometric analysis examined how the One Health framework has been applied to coastal and marine ecosystems, mapping intersections between human, animal, and environmental health research. It identified microplastics, aquaculture contaminants, and zoonotic pathogens as key topics and found that integrated coastal health research remains fragmented.
Changing Views of the Interconnections Between the Oceans and Human Health in Europe
Researchers traced the emergence of 'Oceans and Human Health' as a research discipline, comparing US and European approaches to studying how marine environments affect human wellbeing, and outlined priorities for interdisciplinary research and early-warning horizon scanning for emerging ocean-related health threats.
Communicating ocean and human health connections: An agenda for research and practice
This review examines the emerging field of ocean and human health communication, arguing that effective messaging strategies linking ocean pollution to personal health outcomes can motivate public action and policy change more powerfully than broad environmental appeals.
Aquatic ecosystem indices, linking ecosystem health to human health risks
Researchers reviewed indicators used to assess aquatic ecosystem health and found that most existing tools don't adequately capture the risks that degraded water ecosystems pose to human health and well-being. They propose a new set of combined indicators — covering chemical contaminants, pathogens, and biological markers — to better link ecosystem health monitoring to human health outcomes.
Aquatic one health framework: Integrating ocean ecosystems and human well-being
This paper introduces an Aquatic One Health framework that integrates ocean ecosystem health with human and animal wellbeing, discussing how marine pollutants including microplastics form interconnected threats that require coordinated environmental and public health responses.
Aligning Ocean Plastic Pollution and Human Health a Co-benefits Approach
This paper proposes a co-benefits approach to aligning ocean plastic pollution policy with human health outcomes, arguing that reducing plastic in the environment would simultaneously benefit marine ecosystems and human wellbeing. It calls for stronger integration of environmental and health frameworks in policy decisions.
Future coastal water pollution under global change: multi-pollutant modeling
Researchers describe a global multi-pollutant modeling framework for assessing future coastal water pollution from nutrients, plastics, and chemicals under climate change and urbanization scenarios, arguing that managing multiple pollutants together is essential for achieving clean coastal water goals.
Time and tide
This commentary argues that ocean health is fundamentally linked to human health and wellbeing, emphasizing the urgent need to address marine pollution and ecosystem degradation to safeguard future generations.
A One Health Approach to Marine Health
This paper applies the One Health framework — which integrates human, animal, and environmental health — to the challenge of protecting marine ecosystems from climate change, plastic pollution, and overfishing. The authors argue that addressing ocean health requires interdisciplinary collaboration between public health, environmental science, and policy sectors.
A Strategic Framework for Community Engagement in Oceans and Human Health
This paper presents a strategic framework for community engagement in the Oceans and Human Health field, reviewing how participatory research approaches can connect coastal communities with scientists to address marine environmental threats including plastic pollution. The framework emphasizes co-production of knowledge as essential for translating ocean health research into effective public health responses.
Fostering human health through ocean sustainability in the 21st century
This review framed the ocean as essential to human health and well-being—providing food, trade, energy, and psychological benefits—and argued that ocean sustainability must be integrated into public health policy beyond just risk management. The authors call for interdisciplinary research linking ocean health to human health outcomes ahead of the UN Ocean Decade.
Remote Data for Mapping and Monitoring Coastal Phenomena and Parameters: A Systematic Review
This systematic review of over 15,000 papers identified 103 coastal phenomena and 39 parameters that can now be accurately mapped and monitored using remote sensing data. The authors validated 91% of retrieved parameters, demonstrating that satellite and aerial remote sensing has become a comprehensive tool for tracking coastal environmental changes including pollution and habitat degradation.
Development of Cohort-Based Prediction Model for Human Health in Relation to Ecological Aspects
Researchers developed a cohort-based prediction model linking ecological factors including environmental conditions, socioeconomic constraints, and demographic parameters to human health outcomes. The model was designed to serve as a reference tool for ecosystem modeling and to assess health vulnerability to infectious diseases and environmental stressors across populations.
Human health and ocean pollution
This review systematically examines how ocean pollution — spanning heavy metals, persistent organic pollutants, microplastics, pharmaceutical contaminants, and harmful algal blooms — threatens human health through seafood consumption, drinking water, and direct exposure, estimating nine million annual premature deaths attributable to global pollution and proposing policy priorities for marine pollution control.
Environmental Chemicals: Integrative Approach to Human Biomonitoring and Health Effects
This review presents an integrative framework for human biomonitoring of environmental chemicals — including microplastics, heavy metals, and endocrine disruptors — linking population-level exposure data with health outcomes to inform policy decisions on chemical risk management.
Economic and Ecological Impacts of Climate Change on Coastal Fisheries: A Global Analysis of Vulnerability and Adaptive Management Strategies
Researchers conducted a global analysis of how climate change compounds existing threats to coastal fisheries, including pollution from microplastics and other anthropogenic stressors. The study evaluated vulnerability across regions and assessed adaptive management strategies. The findings suggest that integrated approaches addressing both climate and pollution pressures are needed to sustain coastal fisheries.
Earth Observations for Monitoring Marine Coastal Hazards and Their Drivers
Researchers reviewed the use of Earth observation technologies for monitoring coastal hazards including pollution, sea-level changes, and extreme weather events. The study highlights how satellite-based monitoring and forecasting systems are increasingly important for managing risks to densely populated coastal zones, including emerging threats from marine pollution such as microplastics.
From Space to Health: Satellite-Derived Microplastic Exposure and Health
Using satellite-derived marine microplastic exposure data linked to Chilean health records, researchers found associations between coastal microplastic concentrations and adverse birth outcomes, providing population-level evidence that marine plastic pollution may affect human health.
Environmental Reservoirs of Vibrio cholerae: Challenges and Opportunities for Ocean-Color Remote Sensing
This review examines how ocean color remote sensing can detect environmental conditions that favor Vibrio cholerae growth and survival in coastal waters, improving surveillance for cholera outbreaks. The work connects marine environmental monitoring to public health, relevant to understanding how ocean pollution and climate change affect waterborne disease risks.
Water quality thresholds for coastal contaminant impacts on corals: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Researchers conducted a systematic review and Bayesian meta-analysis of 55 studies on chemical contaminants affecting coral reefs, developing dose-response models for 13 metals and 18 pesticides and recommending more conservative water quality thresholds that account for the combined stress of multiple pollutants.
Ocean governance for human health and the role of the social sciences
This paper examines the interdependence of ocean health and human health, arguing that effective ocean governance must involve the social sciences to address the complex human behaviors and institutions driving marine degradation. Managing plastic pollution entering the ocean requires governance frameworks that integrate scientific and social knowledge.
Monitoring water contamination through shellfish: A systematic review of biomarkers, species selection, and host response.
Across 20 studies spanning 14 countries, shellfish proved highly sensitive to minor environmental changes, with 26 species and 35 effect biomarkers identified, supporting their use as reliable bioindicators of water quality, though standardized monitoring protocols are still needed.
Synergistic Effects of Climate Change and Marine Pollution: An Overlooked Interaction in Coastal and Estuarine Areas
This systematic review examines how climate change and marine pollution, including microplastics, interact to produce combined effects that are worse than either problem alone. These synergistic effects in coastal areas are important to understand because they can amplify the health risks that pollutants pose to marine life and, through the food chain, to humans.