Climate Change and Health Impacts in Pakistan

2022 ◽  
pp. 1765-1778
Author(s):  
Saddam Hussain ◽  
Sobia Siddique ◽  
Ashfaq Ahmad Shah
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Heat Waves ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Risk Index ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
Global Risk ◽  
Ocean Level ◽  
Multiple Variables ◽  
Climate Change And Health

Conferring to the Global Risk Index, Pakistan is ranked as the 7th most susceptible country to the inexorable influence of climate change. Before this century ends, the annual mean temperature in Pakistan is expected to rise from 3°C to 5°C for a focal worldwide discharge situation. Usually, annual precipitation is not relied upon to have a critical long haul pattern. Ocean level is relied upon to ascend further by 60 centimeters. All these climatic events are likely to disrupt the economy, lives, and the socio-political aspects of human life. Pakistan has already witnessed massive loss in terms of human, infrastructural, and economic aspects. The chapter is designed to understand both the direct and indirect health risks associated with frequent climatic events like floods, drought, and heat waves in Pakistan. After analyzing the available literature, it was observed that floods and drought have direct and indirect health risks associated with them while in case of heat waves, health risks cannot be established precisely as multiple variables are involved, playing a significant role.

Climate Change and Health Impacts in Pakistan

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Saddam Hussain ◽  
Sobia Siddique ◽  
Ashfaq Ahmad Shah
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Heat Waves ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Risk Index ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
Global Risk ◽  
Ocean Level ◽  
Multiple Variables ◽  
Climate Change And Health

Conferring to the Global Risk Index, Pakistan is ranked as the 7th most susceptible country to the inexorable influence of climate change. Before this century ends, the annual mean temperature in Pakistan is expected to rise from 3°C to 5°C for a focal worldwide discharge situation. Usually, annual precipitation is not relied upon to have a critical long haul pattern. Ocean level is relied upon to ascend further by 60 centimeters. All these climatic events are likely to disrupt the economy, lives, and the socio-political aspects of human life. Pakistan has already witnessed massive loss in terms of human, infrastructural, and economic aspects. The chapter is designed to understand both the direct and indirect health risks associated with frequent climatic events like floods, drought, and heat waves in Pakistan. After analyzing the available literature, it was observed that floods and drought have direct and indirect health risks associated with them while in case of heat waves, health risks cannot be established precisely as multiple variables are involved, playing a significant role.

scholarly journals Development and usability testing of an educational mobile learning app for climate change and health impacts

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elif Aydoğan ◽  
Ali Derya Atik ◽  
Ergin Şafak Dikmen ◽  
Figen Erkoç
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
User Behavior ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
Health Providers ◽  
Learning Context ◽  
Smart Learning Environment ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Climate Change And Health

Abstract Objective Mobile applications, social media platforms are changing Internet user behavior; creating a new era of education in a connected world. We have previously reported training needs of health providers in the climate change. Aim is to develop and test an Android® Mobile app as an effective smart learning environment for climate change health impacts. Materials and methods The quasi-experimental design method was used in five phases: easy-to-reach, rich content Mobile app design and development for Android® operating system, scale development, finalizing scales to be used, implementation, data collection, analysis. Dependent t-test of pre-test and post-test awareness scores was analyzed. Usability and satisfaction were assessed with two scales; quantitative data with descriptive statistics. Results The developed Mobile app was effective in enhancing students’ learning experience, and well-received in terms of adopting and using such technology for educational purposes. Pre-test and post-test scores different statistically (p<0.05); increasing participants’ awareness level and were satisfied. Conclusion We conclude that our Mobile app, m-learning project, is successfully incorporated into the learning context; when tested, raised awareness about climate change and health effects for the public. To our knowledge, no currently existing tool to provide new mobile application for climate change education and promote awareness exists.

scholarly journals An Assessment of Climate Change and Health Vulnerability and Adaptation in Dominica

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebekka Schnitter ◽  
Marielle Verret ◽  
Peter Berry ◽  
Tanya Chung Tiam Fook ◽  
Simon Hales ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Waterborne Diseases ◽  
Health Vulnerability ◽  
Near Term ◽  
Climate Change And Health

A climate change and health vulnerability and adaptation assessment was conducted in Dominica, a Caribbean small island developing state located in the Lesser Antilles. The assessment revealed that the country’s population is already experiencing many impacts on health and health systems from climate variability and change. Infectious diseases as well as food and waterborne diseases pose continued threats as climate change may exacerbate the related health risks. Threats to food security were also identified, with particular concern for food production systems. The findings of the assessment included near-term and long-term adaptation options that can inform actions of health sector decision-makers in addressing health vulnerabilities and building resilience to climate change. Key challenges include the need for enhanced financial and human resources to build awareness of key health risks and increase adaptive capacity. Other small island developing states interested in pursuing a vulnerability and adaptation assessment may find this assessment approach, key findings, analysis, and lessons learned useful.

scholarly journals Mental Health and Weather Extremes in a Southeastern U.S. City: Exploring Group Differences by Race

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (10) ◽  
pp. 3411
Author(s):  
Lisa Reyes Mason ◽  
Bonita B. Sharma ◽  
Jayme E. Walters ◽  
Christine C. Ekenga
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Heat Waves ◽  
Sample Survey ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Winter Weather ◽  
Weather Extremes ◽  
Summer Heat

The connection between mental health and weather extremes is a public health concern, but less studied to date than physical health. This exploratory study examines the mental health impacts of two kinds of weather extremes increasingly linked to climate change—summer heat waves and extreme winter weather—in a low- to middle-income population in the Southeastern U.S. The distribution of mental health impacts, and potential pathways to them, are examined with a focus on race. Data are from a random-sample survey of 426 participants and are analyzed with bivariate statistics and path analysis. Self-reported mental health impacts, in both seasons, were common in our study, with White participants tending to report worse impacts than participants who identified with other racial groups. Physical health had direct effects on mental health across several models, overall and by racial group. For summer heat waves, concern about climate change and social cohesion had direct and indirect effects, respectively, on mental health in White participants only. For extreme winter weather, preparedness had a direct negative effect on mental health in White, but not Black, participants. Results suggest that there may be racial differences in the influence of human and social capital factors on mental health related to weather extremes, warranting further study of this critical topic and with larger racial subgroup samples.

Impacts on Public Health

2018 ◽  
pp. 37-72
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Emergency Preparedness ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Heat Waves ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
Vector Borne Diseases ◽  
The Public ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

Many serious adverse public health impacts of climate change are already being felt around the globe, including record-breaking heat waves, severe air pollution, widespread water contamination that has brought a resurgence of cholera and has compromised clean drinking water and sanitation for more than one billion people worldwide, food scarcity and undernutrition from droughts and desertification, pandemics of vector-borne diseases, and increasingly frequent and severe natural hazards such as flooding, hurricanes, and earthquakes. Centralized, well-organized emergency preparedness planning is needed at the national, regional, and municipal levels to enable safe and efficient evacuations, and to minimize injuries and fatalities. In addition, effective planning to address the public health impacts of climate change is contingent on poverty reduction, and adequate access to education and healthcare for all. This chapter addresses the major public health impacts of global warming and the use of technologies in adapting to them.

A Panel Asymmetric Causality Between Health and Climate Change

2019 ◽  
pp. 223-247
Author(s):  
Reyhan Cafri ◽  
Pınar Kaya Samut
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Health Effects ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Seasonal Characteristics ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Discriminant Analyses ◽  
Asymmetric Causality ◽  
Global Population ◽  
Climate Change And Health

As climate change threatens human life and health by causing severe storms, floods, temperature fluctuations and droughts, it is predicted that in the coming decades, most of the global population will be impacted and the lives of millions will be at risk. In this context, the article investigates the existence of a symmetric and asymmetric causality between climate change and health between 1990 and 2015 for European countries, including EU, EFTA member and EU candidate states. In the first stage of the analysis, health scores are estimated by cluster and discriminant analyses; in the second stage, the relationships among these scores and climate variables are examined. The country-specific findings are obtained for the health effects of climate change variables according to factors such as geographical structure and seasonal characteristics. According to the results, while the health effects of changes in temperature and greenhouse emissions differ from country to country, the reduction in precipitation for nearly half of the countries is found to have a negative effect on health.

Impacts on Public Health

2021 ◽  
pp. 647-672
Author(s):  
Debra N. Weiss-Randall
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Emergency Preparedness ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Heat Waves ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
Vector Borne Diseases ◽  
The Public ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

Many serious adverse public health impacts of climate change are already being felt around the globe, including record-breaking heat waves, severe air pollution, widespread water contamination that has brought a resurgence of cholera and has compromised clean drinking water and sanitation for more than one billion people worldwide, food scarcity and undernutrition from droughts and desertification, pandemics of vector-borne diseases, and increasingly frequent and severe natural hazards such as flooding, hurricanes, and earthquakes. Centralized, well-organized emergency preparedness planning is needed at the national, regional, and municipal levels to enable safe and efficient evacuations, and to minimize injuries and fatalities. In addition, effective planning to address the public health impacts of climate change is contingent on poverty reduction, and adequate access to education and healthcare for all. This chapter addresses the major public health impacts of global warming and the use of technologies in adapting to them.

Forty Years of Heat Waves in France: A Tale of Climate Change and Health

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathilde Pascal ◽  
Vérène Wagner ◽  
Magali Corso ◽  
Karine Laaidi ◽  
Alain Le Tertre
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Heat Waves ◽  
Climate Change And Health

scholarly journals The Influence of Political Ideology and Socioeconomic Vulnerability on Perceived Health Risks of Heat Waves in the Context of Climate Change

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 731-746 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew J. Cutler ◽  
Jennifer R. Marlon ◽  
Peter D. Howe ◽  
Anthony Leiserowitz
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Heat Wave ◽  
Census Tract ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Heat Waves ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Political Orientation ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
Socioeconomic Vulnerability ◽  
Census Tract Level

Abstract Vulnerability and resilience to extreme weather hazards are a function of diverse physical, social, and psychological factors. Previous research has focused on individual factors that influence public perceptions of hazards, such as politics, ideology, and cultural worldviews, as well as on socioeconomic and demographic factors that affect geographically based vulnerability, environmental justice, and community resilience. Few studies have investigated individual socioeconomic and racial/ethnic differences in public risk perceptions of the health hazards associated with extreme heat events, which are now increasing due to climate change. This study uses multilevel statistical modeling to investigate individual- and geographic-level (e.g., census tract level and regional) social, economic, and biophysical influences on public perceptions of the adverse health impacts associated with heat waves. Political orientation and climate change beliefs are the strongest predictors of heat wave health risk perceptions; household income also has a relatively strong and consistent effect. Contextual socioeconomic vulnerability, measured with a social vulnerability index at the census tract level, also significantly affects heat wave risk perceptions. The strong influence of political orientation and climate beliefs on perceptions of adverse health impacts from heat waves suggests that ideological predispositions can increase vulnerability to climate change.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document