Making a difference

Briggs, Ann

doi:10.1177/08920206030170020601

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“…We also reviewed the specific indicator frameworks that could reflect environmental causes, exposures, and health effects that were suitable for use in PICs. Whilst there are several descriptions of what CEHI could look like and what would be likely frameworks to present these [ 6 , 19 , 23 , 24 ], we re-contextualised what these would mean for Pacific Island Countries that place special emphases on child health and the environment [ 25 ].…”

Section: Methodological Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…With limited resources and many competing priorities, PICs may find it difficult to identify and improve the key attributes of the environments in which their children and young people could survive, thrive, and transform as envisaged by WHO and UNICEF [ 17 , 18 ]. Environmental health indicators (EHIs) specifically focused on children over the stages of their development to adulthood are a tool that can be used to enable PICs to improve their children’s environmental health through measurement, monitoring, and targeted action [ 19 ].…”

Section: Children’s Environmental Health In Pacific Island Countrimentioning

confidence: 99%

“…CEHI for PICs must inform about a more complex and broader environmental context than most other countries would have to consider—even more so than the traditional environmental health risk factors often described for environmental and public heath practice [ 19 ]. This is because children’s environments in PICs are substantially layered and complex.…”

Section: Children’s Environmental Health In Pacific Island Countrimentioning

confidence: 99%

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Children’s Environmental Health Indicators for Pacific Island Countries

Brereton

Turagabeci

Wilson

et al. 2018

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Healthy environments support the wellbeing of children and the environment thus play a cardinal role in the future of Pacific Island Countries (PICs). Children are more vulnerable and at risk to environmental hazards than adults because they breathe, drink, and eat much more relative to body weight, resulting in greater exposures in the different environments in which children find themselves every day. We examine the role that children’s environmental health indicators (CEHI) can play for PICs to highlight priorities and we prioritise actions to improve children’s environmental health and thus achieve their ‘Healthy Islands’ vision. We conducted a systematic search of relevant documented and publicly available Pacific Island Country information on children’s environmental health indicators using the general Internet, as well as databases such as PubMed, Google Scholar, relevant UN agencies, as well as regional databases. Information on CEHI was available—mainly in grey literature—but not specifically aimed at PICs. Likewise, similar observations were made for peer-reviewed literature. From this review, we compiled summaries and a framework to propose the requirements as well as provide a foundation for the development of CEHI for PICs. CEHI development for PICs should ideally be a multi-sectoral endeavour within each PIC as well as for the region. This can be achieved through public, private, and academic sector initiatives to draw in all sectors of government as well as the relevant UN agencies and regional PIC-representative organisations.

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Section: Methodological Approachmentioning

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Section: Children’s Environmental Health In Pacific Island Countrimentioning

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Section: Children’s Environmental Health In Pacific Island Countrimentioning

confidence: 99%

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Children’s Environmental Health Indicators for Pacific Island Countries

Brereton

Turagabeci

Wilson

et al. 2018

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“…They enable the conversion of data to information by summarizing the complex relationships between the environment and health, and presenting them in a form that is more easily interpreted by the end-users, for example, policy makers [25]. …”

Section: Environmental Health Indicatorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The weighting given to specific criteria may vary between indicators depending on their intended purpose [25]. …”

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A Review of Frameworks for Developing Environmental Health Indicators for Climate Change and Health

Hambling

Weinstein

Slaney

2011

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The role climate change may play in altering human health, particularly in the emergence and spread of diseases, is an evolving area of research. It is important to understand this relationship because it will compound the already significant burden of diseases on national economies and public health. Authorities need to be able to assess, anticipate, and monitor human health vulnerability to climate change, in order to plan for, or implement action to avoid these eventualities. Environmental health indicators (EHIs) provide a tool to assess, monitor, and quantify human health vulnerability, to aid in the design and targeting of interventions, and measure the effectiveness of climate change adaptation and mitigation activities. Our aim was to identify the most suitable framework for developing EHIs to measure and monitor the impacts of climate change on human health and inform the development of interventions. Using published literature we reviewed the attributes of 11 frameworks. We identified the Driving force-Pressure-State-Exposure-Effect-Action (DPSEEA) framework as the most suitable one for developing EHIs for climate change and health. We propose the use of EHIs as a valuable tool to assess, quantify, and monitor human health vulnerability, design and target interventions, and measure the effectiveness of climate change adaptation and mitigation activities. In this paper, we lay the groundwork for the future development of EHIs as a multidisciplinary approach to link existing environmental and epidemiological data and networks. Analysis of such data will contribute to an enhanced understanding of the relationship between climate change and human health.

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Climate Change Adaptation Methods for Public Health Prevention in Australia: an Integrative Review

Walter,

Bricknell,

Preston

et al. 2024

Curr Envir Health Rpt

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Purpose of Review Climate change poses a serious threat to human health and well-being. Australia is not immune to the public health impacts and continues to be underprepared, putting the population health at risk. However, there is a dearth in knowledge about how the Australian public health system will address the impacts of climate change. Recent Findings This integrative review synthesises tools, frameworks, and guidance material suitable for climate change adaptation from a preventive public health perspective. The literature search was conducted in electronic databases MEDLINE, PubMed, CINAHL, and Web of Science. Of 4507 articles identified, 19 articles met the inclusion criteria that focused on operational methods in public health and excluded the clinical context and reactive disaster response approaches. Summary This review revealed that Australia is ill-prepared to manage climate change adverse health impacts due to ineffective adaptation strategies. The review highlights that Australia urgently requires effective adaptation strategies such as undertaking a National Adaptation Plan process and an improved understanding in managing complex health risks. Taking this action will strengthen the public health system and build health resilience especially for vulnerable populations. These findings will help understand and develop of the necessary adaptive strategies in Australia.

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Making a difference

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Children’s Environmental Health Indicators for Pacific Island Countries

Children’s Environmental Health Indicators for Pacific Island Countries

A Review of Frameworks for Developing Environmental Health Indicators for Climate Change and Health

Climate Change Adaptation Methods for Public Health Prevention in Australia: an Integrative Review

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