The research group of Kan Haidong and Cai Jing of our hospital has made progress in the field of environmental noise exposure assessment and research on environmental noise exposure and mental health of pregnant women

(Contributed by Xu Xueyi)

Recently, the research group of Kan Haidong and Cai Jing from the School of Public Health of Fudan University and the research group of Associate Professor Xu Zhendong from the First Affiliated Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Tongji University have made progress in the research fields of environmental noise exposure assessment, environmental noise exposure and pregnant women's mental health

In recent years, with the acceleration of urbanization in China, the urban traffic burden is increasing day by day, and noise pollution has increasingly become a prominent problem affecting the urban environment

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The LUR model constructed in this study finally incorporates 8 predictors, including: urban land area, length of roads of different grades (provincial roads, county roads, township roads, etc.

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The left side is the forecast map of environmental noise in Shanghai, and the right side is the forecast map of the city center area with high levels of environmental noise in Shanghai

Master student Xu Xueyi from the School of Public Health of Fudan University is the first author of the paper, Associate Professor Cai Jing is the corresponding author of the paper, and Professor Kan Haidong is the senior author of the paper

Paper link:Model application: exploring the association between environmental noise exposure and prenatal anxiety and depression

Studies have shown that long-term exposure to noise can increase the risk of anxiety and depression in the general population, but few studies have focused on pregnant women who are prone to anxiety and depression

The results showed that the prevalence of prenatal anxiety and depression in this pregnant population was 7.

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Gulijerke Giger from the School of Public Health of Fudan University and Dr.

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