Improving the level of environmental sanitation and promoting the healthy growth of children

WANG Qiang; ZHANG Can; LI Tiantian

doi:10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2025218

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WANG Qiang, ZHANG Can, LI Tiantian. Improving the level of environmental sanitation and promoting the healthy growth of children[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2025, 46(7): 913-916. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2025218

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WANG Qiang, ZHANG Can, LI Tiantian. Improving the level of environmental sanitation and promoting the healthy growth of children[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2025, 46(7): 913-916. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2025218

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Improving the level of environmental sanitation and promoting the healthy growth of children

doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2025218

National Institute of Environmental Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100021, China

Received Date: 2025-07-09
Rev Recd Date: 2025-07-16

Available Online: 2025-08-02

Publish Date: 2025-07-25

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Effective response to environmental health risks is the key to ensuring the healthy growth of children. The Chinese government has implemented policies, regulations, standards and pollution control measures to promote the overall improvement of children's environmental health. However, facing the still severe traditional and emerging environmental risks, it is still necessary to further integrate multiple resources and carry out precise prevention and control of children's environmental health risks. The paper focuses on both traditional and emerging key environmental health challenges affecting children's health in China, including air pollution from solid fuels, drinking water contamination and escalating threat of climate change; and it offers systematic recommendations across three levels: advancing scientific research, strengthening government policy guidance and implementing actions in schools and communities, aiming to create a safer and healthier growth environment for children.
- Environment and public health,
- Risk factors,
- Health promotion,
- Chil

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