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1. Environmental Health Inequalities Among Municipalities Affected by Contaminated Sites in Italy.

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Pasetto, Roberto, Di Fonzo, Davide, De Santis, Marco, Porcu, Rosanna, and Zona, Amerigo

Subjects
HAZARDOUS waste sites, ENVIRONMENTAL health, CITIES & towns, HEALTH equity, GLOBAL North-South divide, EARLY death
Abstract

Background: Scientific evidence shows that hazardous industrial facilities are disproportionately distributed among socially deprived communities; however, environmental distributive justice research in Europe is still in its early stages, and the combined effect of contamination and socioeconomic deprivation on health has seldom been assessed. This study aims to assess environmental health inequalities in communities (i.e., municipalities) followed up by the Italian epidemiological surveillance system of contaminated sites (SENTIERI). Methods: Municipalities close to major Italian contaminated sites of interest for remediation were classified into least and most deprived according to regional quintiles of deprivation; standardized mortality ratios (SMR) for general, neoplastic, and premature mortality were aggregated using meta-analysis (meta-SMRs with 90% confidence interval [CI]). Findings were stratified by geographical macro-area. Results: Fifty-five percent of southern municipalities are in the most deprived group. Meta-SMRs show a significant excess for men in the most deprived group (general: 104 [90% CI 103–106]; neoplastic: 104 [90% CI 102–106]; premature: 102 [90% CI 100–104]) and for general mortality in women in both least deprived (102 [90% CI 100–103]) and most deprived municipalities (105 [90% CI 104–107]). The findings are confirmed at a macro-area level. General mortality is highest in southern women in the most deprived group (106 [90% CI 104–108]). Discussion: There is an unequal distribution of major contaminated sites by municipality deprivation level in the South of Italy. Evidence of the Italian North–South divide is present for inequalities associated with contaminated sites. Conclusions: Findings from SENTIERI should be integrated with evidence from ad hoc local epidemiological monitoring systems to provide information for decision-making processes at different administrative levels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2022
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2. DID COVID-19 EPIDEMIC DISSEMINATION MODIFY RISK PERCEPTION AND PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT IN ORAL SURGERY? A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY.

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Barone, Selene, Antonelli, Alessandro, Averta, Fiorella, Muraca, Danila, Diodati, Federica, and Giudice, Amerigo

Subjects
COVID-19 pandemic, PSYCHOLOGICAL factors, RISK perception, ORAL surgery, COVID-19, FEAR of dentists, DENTIST-patient relationship
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Purpose: The aim of this study is to evaluate the perception of the risk and prevention of work-related COVID-19 infection in dentistry during the first week of the virus dissemination in Italy. Methods: The study was implemented as a cross-sectional study. The sample was composed of Italians of the age 18 and over and with a personal computer (PCs), tablets or smartphones connected to the web. An anonymous online survey was distributed using social media platforms and all the participants sent their responses. The outcome variable was the perception of COVID-19 risk dissemination at the dental office. Other study variables evaluated include the ability to distinguish between urgent and deferable oral surgical procedures, the perception of COVID-19 dissemination in oral surgical treatments compared to other medical procedures and the concomitant state of anxiety of the Italians. Results: The study sample included 512 participants (315 women and 197 men). Most of the participants (306, 59,8%) declared that at this moment dental procedures are quite risky, 67 respondents declared that there is a high risk for COVID-19 dissemination and 139 participants defined absent the risk of the virus dissemination after oral surgical procedures. The respondents declared that the most urgent and not-deferrable dental problems are dental abscess (72%), dental trauma (61%), and biopsy for suspect lesions of the oral cavity (49%). Comparing oral surgical treatments with other medical procedures the risk of COVID-19 dissemination was the same for most of the respondents. Results of HAM-A questionnaire showed that the majority of participants (87.3%) had a mild severity of anxiety symptoms (score ≤ 17). Most Italians perceive the risk of COVID-19 dissemination in oral surgical procedures, suggesting these last only in urgent cases. This diffuse concern increases the mild level of anxiety of Italian population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2021

3. Cultura politica e reti di relazioni dei cattolici conservatori nel Regno di Sardegna 1848-1860.

Author

Caruso, Amerigo

Subjects
CATHOLICS, POLITICAL participation of Catholics, CONSERVATIVES, HEGEMONY, CONSTITUTIONAL monarchy
Abstract

The article presents the author's views on the relation of Catholics with Conservatives living in Sardinia, Italy between 1848-1860. Various topics discussed include how Conservatives rallied against hegemony of moderates, theory of religious policies, political activity of Catholics and constitutional monarchy.

Published
2015

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