The Effects of Extreme Heat on Human Mortality and Morbidity in Australia: Implications for Public Health

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health - Tập 23 Số 2_suppl - Trang 27S-36S - 2011
Peng Bi1, Susan Williams2, Margaret Loughnan3, G. E. R. Lloyd4, Alana Hansen2, Tord Kjellström5, Keith Dear6, Arthur Saniotis2
1The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, [email protected]
2The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
3Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
4NSW Health, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
5Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
6Australian National University, Canberra Australia

Tóm tắt

Most regions of Australia are exposed to hot summers and regular extreme heat events; and numerous studies have associated high ambient temperatures with adverse health outcomes in Australian cities. Extreme environmental heat can trigger the onset of acute conditions, including heat stroke and dehydration, as well as exacerbate a range of underlying illnesses. Consequently, in the absence of adaptation, the associated mortality and morbidity are expected to increase in a warming climate, particularly within the vulnerable populations of the elderly, children, those with chronic diseases, and people engaged in physical labour in noncooled environments. There is a need for further research to address the evidence needs of public health agencies in Australia. Building resilience to extreme heat events, especially for the most vulnerable groups, is a priority. Public health professionals and executives need to be aware of the very real and urgent need to act now.

Từ khóa


Tài liệu tham khảo

Csiro, Bureau of Meteorology, Australian Government.Climate Change in Australia. Technical report. Canberra , Australia: CSIRO; 2007.

10.3354/cr013001

McMichael AJ, Woodruff R., Whetton P., et al. Human Health and Climate Change in Oceania: A Risk Assessment2002. Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia; 2003.

10.1016/j.envres.2008.07.015

10.1007/s00484-008-0161-8

10.1007/s00484-007-0138-z

10.1007/s00484-007-0092-9

2009, Soc Sci Med., 70, 293

10.1007/BF01051080

10.1007/s004840050040

2008, J Environ Health, 70, 48

10.1289/ehp.9266

10.1007/s00484-007-0132-5

10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01466.x

10.1007/s00484-009-0290-8

2009, January 2009 Heatwave in Victoria: An Assessment of Health Impacts

10.1093/ije/dyn165

10.1289/ehp.11339

10.1016/j.apgeog.2009.08.003

2003, The Effects of Hot, Moderate and Cold Temperatures on Human Health, Comfort and Performance

Hanna EG, Kjellstrom T., Bennett C., Dear K.Climate change and rising heat: population health implications for working people in Australia. Asia Pac J Public Health. 2011;23. In press. [PE: PLEASE ADD PAGE NUMBERS]

10.1007/BF01320891

2003, Risks and Responses

2009, Improving Public Health Responses to Extreme Weather/Heat Waves- EuroHEAT

10.1007/s00420-006-0089-4

2000, MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep., 49, 470

10.1345/aph.1G130

10.1111/j.1467-842X.2000.tb00531.x

10.1093/aje/kwg096

10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00237-8

10.1289/ehp.8432

10.1289/ehp.8430

Paper presented at: 4th Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health

10.7326/0003-4819-129-3-199808010-00001

Green D.Climate change and health: impacts on remote Indigenous communities in Northern Australia. Working paper. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper012. 2006. http://www.cmar.csiro.au/e-print/open/greendl_2006.pdf . Accessed 17 July, 2008.

2007, Climate Change in Australia-Observed Changes and Projections

10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02250.x

2009, Glob Health Action, 2, 2010, 10.3402/gha.v2i0.2010

10.1002/1097-0088(200012)20:15<1931::AID-JOC578>3.0.CO;2-D

2004, Assessing the Temporal and Spatial Variability in Melbourne’s Urban Heat Island [honours thesis]

2007, The Influence of Housing Density on the Surface Energy Balance and Regional Scale Circulations Across Melbourne, Australia [dissertation]

Bambrick H. , Capon A., Barnett G., Beaty M., Burton A.Climate change and health in the urban environment: adaption opportunities in Australian cities. Asia Pac J Public Health. 2011;23. In press. [PE: PLEASE ADD PAGE NUMBERS]

2003, Surmortalité liée à la canicule d’août 2003-Rapport d’étape. Estimation de la surmortalité et principales caractéristiques épidémiologiques

2008, Heat-health action plans

2008, The Impacts of Climate Change on Three Health Outcomes: Temperature-Related Mortality and Hospitalisations, Salmonellosis and Other Bacterial Gastroenteritis, and Population at Risk From Dengue

International Standards Organization.Hot Environments-Estimation of the Heat Stress on Working Man, Based on the WBGT-Index (Wet Bulb Globe Temperature). Geneva, Switzerland: International Standards Organization ; 1989.

1998, World Resour Rev, 10, 375

Woodruff R. , Hales S., Butler C., McMichael A.Climate Change Health Impacts in Australia . Effects of Dramatic CO2 Emission Reductions. Canberra: Australian Conservation Foundation and the Australian Medical Association ; 2005.

10.1007/s00484-008-0189-9

2009, Heatwave Plan for Victoria 2009-2010 Protecting health and reducing harm from heatwaves

10.1071/NB08043

10.5694/j.1326-5377.2000.tb123918.x

10.1007/s00484-006-0047-6

10.1038/sj.jes.7500588

10.1007/s00484-003-0161-7

10.1007/s00484-009-0247-y

10.1136/bmj.318.7199.1686

The Essential Services Commission of South Australia.Performance of ETSA utilities during the heatwave of January 2009. Information paper. 2009. http://www.escosa.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/090507-R-January_2009_Heatwave.pdf . Accessed June 22, 2009.

Thông tin
Thông tin xuất bản

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Tập 23 Số 2_suppl

27S-36S

Thông tin tác giả