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The Effects of Extreme Temperature, Pollution, and Climate Change on Human Health

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: 1 July 2025 | Viewed by 4216

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Dr. Dante Roger Culqui Lévano

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Department of Sub-Directorate General of Environmental Health and Occupational Health, Health Ministry of Spain, 28014 Madrid, Spain
Interests: environmental and occupational research
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Dear Colleagues,

I am pleased to participate in this new Special Issue titled “The Effects of Extreme Temperature, Pollution, and Climate Change on Human Health”. It is necessary to encourage the scientific community to show scientific evidence of how climate change could affect the health of the population, and we are currently witnessing different changes in climate leading to changes in the transmission pattern of communicable diseases.

Further and higher-quality research is needed in this field, and we believe that a good communication of the results is also needed in different areas such as social networks, news and specialized journals.

We believe that the publication in this journal is important, but it is important that and increasing number of people understand the result of our research. For this reason, each paper should be written in layman’s terms so that decision-makers can easily understand why we have to change or take actions in the community.

We hope that this Special Issue will find good research to publish and become a reference tool for public health decision-makers.

Dr. Dante Roger Culqui Lévano
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • air pollution
  • time series
  • climate change
  • environmental health
  • occupational health
  • extreme temperature
  • heat wave
  • human health

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Heat Illness and Extreme Weather Health Literacy: Communication Preferences and Effectiveness for Patients Living in Climate-Change-Vulnerable Communities
by Todd L. Sack, Aran R. Thiravialingam, Carlos Suanes Zubizarreta, Robby Felix, Rita Kanazeh, Innah Lachica, Eddy Hernandez Cuesta, Alan Martin, Frederick Anderson and Cheryl Holder
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2025, 22(3), 434; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22030434 - 14 Mar 2025
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Health professionals are trusted information sources and could be valuable for improving climate change health literacy. Few studies address teaching patients about health risks associated with climate change, and no studies have focused on the medical office waiting room as a teaching site [...] Read more.
Health professionals are trusted information sources and could be valuable for improving climate change health literacy. Few studies address teaching patients about health risks associated with climate change, and no studies have focused on the medical office waiting room as a teaching site for populations from heat-vulnerable neighborhoods. We gave adult patients in primary care office waiting rooms printed teaching materials about heat-related illnesses. We asked them to read these at home and then complete an online confidential survey concerning their preferences among teaching methods and their preferences for communication during health emergencies. Ninety-one surveys were received from patients residing in heat-vulnerable neighborhoods. Patients liked receiving information in waiting rooms. Printed brochures were favored statistically by patients, but other teaching methods that are feasible for waiting rooms also rated well, including single-page printed fliers, posters, and video screens. Digital options were far less favored. We conclude that printed teaching materials may improve decisions that impact human health. The medical office waiting room appears to be an accepted, time-efficient, and effective site to communicate knowledge on climate change and health. Additionally, medical offices could play a role supporting government agencies to communicate with patients during weather-related health emergencies. Full article
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Daily Temperatures and Child Hospital Admissions in Aotearoa New Zealand: Case Time Series Analysis
by Hakkan Lai, Jeong Eun Lee, Luke J. Harrington, Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll, Christina Newport, Annette Bolton, Claire Salter, Susan Morton, Alistair Woodward and Simon Hales
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2024, 21(9), 1236; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21091236 - 19 Sep 2024
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The influence of global climate change on temperature-related health outcomes among vulnerable populations, particularly young children, is underexplored. Using a case time series design, we analysed 647,000 hospital admissions of children aged under five years old in New Zealand, born between 2000 and [...] Read more.
The influence of global climate change on temperature-related health outcomes among vulnerable populations, particularly young children, is underexplored. Using a case time series design, we analysed 647,000 hospital admissions of children aged under five years old in New Zealand, born between 2000 and 2019. We explored the relationship between daily maximum temperatures and hospital admissions across 2139 statistical areas. We used quasi-Poisson distributed lag non-linear models to account for the delayed effects of temperature over a 0–21-day window. We identified broad ICD code categories associated with heat before combining these for the main analyses. We conducted stratified analyses by ethnicity, sex, and residency, and tested for interactions with long-term temperature, socioeconomic position, and housing tenure. We found J-shaped temperature–response curves with increased risks of hospital admission above 24.1 °C, with greater sensitivity among Māori, Pacific, and Asian compared to European children. Spatial–temporal analysis from 2013–2019 showed rising attributable fractions (AFs) of admissions associated with increasing temperatures, especially in eastern coastal and densely populated areas. Interactive maps were created to allow policymakers to prioritise interventions. Findings emphasize the need for child-specific and location-specific climate change adaptation policies, particularly for socioeconomically disadvantaged groups. Full article
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