The Causal Link Between Anthropogenic Activities, Water Pollution and Health-Related Quality of Life from Residents' Perspective: A Review

Authors

  • Ruth Appiah  School of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 211100, China
  • Lulin Zhou  School of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 211100, China
  • Emmanuel Bosompem Boadi  School of Public Administration, National Research Centre for Resettlement, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China
  • Takyi Kwabena Nsiah  Department of Applied Economics, Faculty of Management and Economics, Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Mostni 5139, 760 01 Zlin, Czech Republic
  • Emmanuel Ceazer Ayamba  Bolgatanga Technical University, School of Business and Management Studies, Box 767, Bolgatanga, Ghana
  • Andrews Yaw Minkah  Department of Healthcare Administration, University of the Potomac, United States
  • Henry Kwabena Asante  School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, 518 West Fayette Street, Baltimore, Maryland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32628/IJSRST52310242

Keywords:

Water Pollution, Health Impact, DPSIR, anthropogenic activities, Ghana

Abstract

Ghana has an abundance of water. However, these resources are constantly polluted due to poor management and oversight. Human activities such as household, industrial, and agricultural operations have contaminated freshwater resources with various toxins. These have increased the water-related health risk throughout the country, especially among the elderly and children. This review therefore adopts the DPSIR model to examine the drivers, pressures, state and health impact of Ghana's fresh water resource. The study ultimately seeks to discover responses related to water quality management systems in order to minimize the causes of water pollution as well as its impact on human health and quality of life. The data for analysis focused on the water and health impacts of anthropogenic activities in Ghana

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Ruth Appiah, Lulin Zhou, Emmanuel Bosompem Boadi, Takyi Kwabena Nsiah, Emmanuel Ceazer Ayamba, Andrews Yaw Minkah, Henry Kwabena Asante "The Causal Link Between Anthropogenic Activities, Water Pollution and Health-Related Quality of Life from Residents' Perspective: A Review" International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011,Volume 10, Issue 3, pp.211-226, May-June-2023. Available at doi : https://doi.org/10.32628/IJSRST52310242