Relationship between Land Use/Land-Use Change and Human Health in Australia: A Scoping Study

Davey, T.

doi:10.3390/ijerph17238992

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“…In turn, this event may elicit an increased use of fungicides, insecticides, and biocides [ 16 ]. Moreover, environmental alteration, such as land reduction, deforestation, etc., facilitates poor climatic conditions in the indoor environment as well as outdoor-to-indoor exposure to harmful emissions and infectious agents [ 17 ].…”

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The impact of indoor air pollution on children’s health and well-being: the experts’ consensus

Bozzola,

Agostiniani,

Pacifici Noja

et al. 2024

Ital J Pediatr

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Background Pollution of the indoor environment represents a concern for human health, mainly in case of prolonged exposure such as in the case of women, children, the elderly, and the chronically ill, who spend most of their time in closed environments. Main body The aim of the study is to organize a group of experts in order to evaluate the evidence and discuss the main risk factors concerning indoor air and the impact on human health as well as challenging factors regarding preventive strategies to reduce pollution. The experts highlighted the main risk factors concerning indoor air, including poor ventilation, climatic conditions, chemical substances, and socio-economic status. They discussed the impact on human health in terms of mortality and morbidity, as well as challenging factors regarding preventive strategies to reduce pollution. Conclusion The experts identified strategies that can be reinforced to reduce indoor pollution and prevent negative consequences on human health at national and local levels.

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The impact of indoor air pollution on children’s health and well-being: the experts’ consensus

Bozzola,

Agostiniani,

Pacifici Noja

et al. 2024

Ital J Pediatr

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“…Even when pathogen prevalence increases in wildlife populations, we still lack data and insights into the concomitant change in risk of exposure and transmission to human populations in the modified environment. Unsurprisingly, therefore, some authors acknowledge that the relationship between land change and spillover risk remains poorly understood (Sehgal 2010 , Cumming et al 2015 , Suzán et al 2015 , Mastel et al 2018 , Stark et al 2019 , Davey and Selvey 2020 , White and Razgour 2020 , Plowright et al 2021 , Reaser et al 2021 ). The complexity of pathogen responses to land change cannot be reduced to simple one-size-fits-all proclamations.…”

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Messaging Should Reflect the Nuanced Relationship between Land Change and Zoonotic Disease Risk

Mader

Waters²,

Kawazu

et al. 2022

BioScience

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A hallmark of the media publicity surrounding COVID-19 has been the message that land change causes zoonotic diseases to spill over from wild animals to humans. The secondary peer-reviewed literature sends a similar message. However, as indicated in the primary peer-reviewed literature, the complexity of interacting variables involved in zoonotic disease spillover makes it unlikely for such a claim to be universally applicable. The secondary peer-reviewed literature and the mainstream media also differ markedly from the primary peer-reviewed literature in their lack of nuance in messaging about the relationship between land change and spillover risk. We advocate accurate, nuanced messaging for the sake of the local communities at greatest risk from zoonotic disease, for the sake of scientific credibility, and so that proportionate attention may be given to other possible drivers of spillover risk.

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“…We have noticed that previous reviews on the health impacts of wildfires and deforestation have some limitations. They often focus on specific population groups or a limited number of health outcomes, and they might not search comprehensively across databases or years 20 26–31. Notably, no review has specifically addressed the health effects of wildfires in tropical rainforest areas, which are mainly found in low-income and middle-income countries.…”

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“…Tropical climate, characterised by elevated temperatures, intense rainfall and high humidity, can further impact health conditions 35 36. Moreover, the most recent reviews on the health effects of deforestation are at least 4 years old, indicating the need for an updated assessment 30 31…”

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Wildfire, deforestation and health in tropical rainforest areas: a scoping review protocol

Casais,

Guimarães,

Cortes

et al. 2024

BMJ Open

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IntroductionWildfires and deforestation potentially have direct effects on multiple health outcomes as well as indirect consequences for climate change. Tropical rainforest areas are characterised by high rainfall, humidity and temperature, and they are predominantly found in low-income and middle-income countries. This study aims to synthesise the methods, data and health outcomes reported in scientific papers on wildfires and deforestation in these locations.Methods and analysisWe will carry out a scoping review according to the Joanna Briggs Institute’s (JBI) manual for scoping reviews and the framework proposed by Arksey and O’Malley, and Levacet al. The search for articles was performed on 18 August 2023, in 16 electronic databases using Medical Subject Headings terms and adaptations for each database from database inception. The search for local studies will be complemented by the manual search in the list of references of the studies selected to compose this review. We screened studies written in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish. We included quantitative studies assessing any human disease outcome, hospitalisation and vital statistics in regions of tropical rainforest. We exclude qualitative studies and quantitative studies whose outcomes do not cover those of interest. The text screening was done by two independent reviewers. Subsequently, we will tabulate the data by the origin of the data source used, the methods and the main findings on health impacts of the extracted data. The results will provide descriptive statistics, along with visual representations in diagrams and tables, complemented by narrative summaries as detailed in the JBI guidelines.Ethics and disseminationThe study does not require an ethical review as it is meta-research and uses published, deidentified secondary data sources. The submission of results for publication in a peer-reviewed journal and presentation at scientific and policymakers’ conferences is expected.Study registrationOpen Science Framework (https://osf.io/pnqc7/).

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Relationship between Land Use/Land-Use Change and Human Health in Australia: A Scoping Study

Cited by 9 publications

References 55 publications

The impact of indoor air pollution on children’s health and well-being: the experts’ consensus

The impact of indoor air pollution on children’s health and well-being: the experts’ consensus

Messaging Should Reflect the Nuanced Relationship between Land Change and Zoonotic Disease Risk

Wildfire, deforestation and health in tropical rainforest areas: a scoping review protocol

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