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Special Issue "Climate Change and Medical Responses"

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2024 | Viewed by 2576

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Associazione Medici per l’Ambiente - Italy, Italian Network Sentinel Physicians for the Environment (RIMSA), 52100 Arezzo, Italy
Interests: environmental epidemiology; public health; refugees and migrants; education; ethics
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1. Department of Medical, Surgical and Advanced Technologies “G.F. Ingrassia”, University of Catania, Via Santa Sofia 87, 95123 Catania, Italy
2. Policlinico “G. Rodolico - San Marco”, 95123 Catania, Italy
Interests: public health; environmental epidemiology and hygiene; food quality and safety; one health; environmental health; waste management and health; hospital hygiene; prevention
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Department of Medical, Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies “G.F. Ingrassia”, University of Catania, 95124 Catania, CT, Italy
Interests: environmental health risks by a hygiene and public health
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Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, Department of Geography, SDSU, San Diego, CA 92182, USA
Interests: urban planning; sustainable development; climate change and sustainability; GIS for epidemiology and public health
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The last three years have tragically shown how our societies are vulnerable regarding health, the environment, and the economy. Climate and energy crises, pollution, pandemics, and migrations call for comprehensive and effective complexity management. 

Climate has been defined as a major health threat, and health needs to be included in the effective climate change strategies so far.

In addition to the health effects of climate change (CC) assessed through the number of deaths, emergency visits and hospitalisations, there are many other diseases linked to climate change, which are not quantified because they are treated by family doctors (FDs) and family paediatricians (FPs). 

Last but not least, one of the most critical lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic is the crucial role that Medical Response could play on the occasion of global/local emergencies such as those due to CC in diagnosis or screening and triage, as well as in the short and long-term monitoring of the physical and psychological conditions of those affected.

Hence, it is essential to collect and share proposals on the interconnection between health and climate, which are getting the real challenge faced by professionals and researchers daily.

This is the goal of the Special Issue we are promoting. 

Dr. Paolo Lauriola
Prof. Dr. Margherita Ferrante
Dr. Gea Oliveri Conti
Dr. Domenico Vito
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • climate change
  • one health
  • planetary health
  • primary health care and prevention
  • research and prevention integration

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Long-Term Apparent Temperature, Extreme Temperature Exposure, and Depressive Symptoms: A Longitudinal Study in China
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(4), 3229; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043229 - 12 Feb 2023
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Temperature is increasingly understood to impact mental health. However, evidence of the long-term effect of temperature exposure on the risk of depressive symptoms is still scarce. Based on the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), this study estimated associations between long-term apparent [...] Read more.
Temperature is increasingly understood to impact mental health. However, evidence of the long-term effect of temperature exposure on the risk of depressive symptoms is still scarce. Based on the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), this study estimated associations between long-term apparent temperature, extreme temperature, and depressive symptoms in middle-aged and older adults. Results showed that a 1 °C increase or decrease from optimum apparent temperature (12.72 °C) was associated with a 2.7% (95% CI: 1.3%, 4.1%) and 2.3% (95% CI: 1.1%, 3.5%) increased risk of depressive symptoms, respectively. This study also found that each percent increase in annual change in ice days, cool nights, cool days, cold spell durations, and tropical nights was associated with higher risk of depressive symptoms, with HRs (95%CI) of 1.289 (1.114–1.491), 2.064 (1.507–2.825), 1.315 (1.061–1.631), 1.645 (1.306–2.072), and 1.344 (1.127–1.602), respectively. The results also indicated that people living in northern China have attenuated risk of low apparent temperature. Older people were also observed at higher risk relating to more cool nights. Middle-aged people, rural residents, and people with lower household income might have higher related risk of depressive symptoms due to increased tropical nights. Given the dual effect of climate change and global aging, these findings have great significance for policy making and adaptive strategies for long-term temperature and extreme temperature exposure. Full article
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