Attributable risk of mortality associated with heat and heat waves: A time-series study in Kerman, Iran during 2005–2017

Aboubakri, Omid; Khanjani, Narges; Jahani, Yunes; Bakhtiari, Bahram

doi:10.1016/j.jtherbio.2019.03.013

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“…Increasingly more extreme and frequent meteorological events affect public health directly 5 . Evidence shows mortality rises during the hottest days of the year 6 , especially among those with non-communicable diseases such as diabetes mellitus 7 . If we fail to adapt, we expect a significant rise in mortality due to heatwaves in tropical and sub-tropical countries by 2080 8 .…”

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Taxonomy for citizen actions on public health and climate change: a proposal

Álvarez-Miño¹,

Montoya²

2021

Rev. saúde pública

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Facing complex issues such as climate change and its effects on public health require the participation of various actors. The research tool citizen science is one way for people to get involved. Through it, citizens collaborate with scientists to find solutions to problems in their territories. From a participatory work with citizens, we designed a taxonomy proposal, which can facilitate citizen and community action in suggesting research ideas. We expect stakeholders to use it to systematically classify and code initial questions and answers on public health and climate change issues. The development of this taxonomy integrates the global agenda of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in such a way that citizens not only help their communities but also, the direct fulfillment of SDGs such as Climate Action (SDG 13), indirectly impacting other SDGs — given their interdependent nature (SDG 3, SDG 5, SDG 6, SDG 7, SDG 11, SDG 12). The systematic classification and coding of citizens’ contributions worldwide will contribute to the large-scale organized collection of information to be analyzed in proposing better responses to reduce the impacts of climate change on health.

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Taxonomy for citizen actions on public health and climate change: a proposal

Álvarez-Miño¹,

Montoya²

2021

Rev. saúde pública

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“…Researchers think one of the most important weather-related causes of mortality in the developed and developing world, is extreme heat [ 3 ]. Previous studies conducted in Iran have reported that the risk of mortality due to extreme heat was higher than other unfavorable temperatures [ 4 ]. Studies have reported that heat-related deaths were more prone to occur on days with a peak temperature above 38 °C, and there was an exponential relation between the incidence of these deaths and the number of hot days per year [ 5 ].…”

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Association between Physiological Equivalent Temperature (PET) with adverse pregnancy outcomes in Ahvaz, southwest of Iran

Dastoorpoor

Khanjani

Khodadadi

2021

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth

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Background There are few epidemiological studies on the relation between temperature changes and adverse pregnancy outcomes. The purpose of this study was to determine the relation between Physiological Equivalent Temperature (PET) with adverse pregnancy outcomes including stillbirth, low birth weight (LBW), preterm labor (PTL), spontaneous abortion (SA), preeclampsia and hypertension in Ahvaz, Iran. Methods Distributed Lag Non-linear Models (DLNM) combined with quasi-Poisson regression were used to investigate the effect of PET on adverse pregnancy outcomes. In this study the effect of time trend, air pollutants (NO2, SO2 and PM10), and weekdays were adjusted. Results High PET (45.4 C°, lag = 0) caused a significant increase in risk of stillbirth. Also, high levels of PET (45.4, 43.6, 42.5 C°, lag = 0–6) and low levels of PET (9.9, 16.9 C°, lags = 0, 0–13, 0–21) significantly increased the risk of LBW. But, low levels of PET (6.4, 9.9, 16.9 C°, lags = 0–6, 0–13) reduced the risk of gestational hypertension. Conclusion The results of this study showed that hot and cold thermal stress may be associated with increased risk of stillbirth, and LBW in Ahvaz.

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“…There are limited studies on the effects of heatwaves on health in the Middle East in general and in Iran in particular [24]. In recent years, studies on the effect of heatwaves on health had been conducted by Ahmadzadeh et al in 2014, Sharafkhani et al in 2020and Aboubakri et al in 2019 in three cold regions in Iran (Tehran, Urmia and Kerman cities, respectively) [16,17,25,26]. These regions have a completely different climate from Khuzestan province and the city of Dezful, located in the southwest of Iran.…”

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Excess Risk of Mortality Due to Heatwaves in Dezful city, Southwest of Iran

Aghababaeian

Ostadtaghizadeh

Ardalan

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Background: Recent studies show that heatwaves pose risks to human health. Iran is exposed to heatwaves, but the evidence for the health impact of heatwaves is scarce. We aimed to evaluate the impact of heatwaves on daily deaths from non-accidental, cardiovascular, and respiratory in the city of Dezful in Iran from 2013 to 2019.Method: We collected daily ambient temperature and mortality and defined two types of heatwaves by combining daily temperature ³90thin each month of the study period or since 30 years with duration ³2 and 3 days. We used a distributed lag non-linear model to investigate the association between each type of heatwave definition and deaths from non-accidental, cardiovascular, and respiratory with lags up to 13 days.Results: Heat waves of both definitions were associated with a higher risk of non-accidental mortality. The association between heat waves and mortality appeared acutely and lasted for 3 and 4 days. The main effect and added effect are more pronounced among male and older adults than their counterparts. We found no evidence of an association of cardiovascular and respiratory deaths with heat waves.Conclusion: Dezful is a city with a hot climate. However, the results showed that heatwaves could have detrimental effects on health, even in populations accustomed to the extreme heat. Therefore, early warning systems which monitor heat waves should provide the necessary warnings to all exposed groups, especially the elderly and the male groups.

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Attributable risk of mortality associated with heat and heat waves: A time-series study in Kerman, Iran during 2005–2017

Cited by 27 publications

References 32 publications

Taxonomy for citizen actions on public health and climate change: a proposal

Taxonomy for citizen actions on public health and climate change: a proposal

Association between Physiological Equivalent Temperature (PET) with adverse pregnancy outcomes in Ahvaz, southwest of Iran

Excess Risk of Mortality Due to Heatwaves in Dezful city, Southwest of Iran

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