A public health approach to the impact of climate change on health in southern Africa - identifying priority modifiable risks.

Journal: South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde

Volume: 101

Issue: 11

Year of Publication: 2012

Affiliated Institutions:  Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health Research, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Abstract summary 

Anthropogenic climate change and anticipated adverse impacts on human health as outlined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) are taken as given. A conceptual model for thinking about the spectrum of climate-related health risks ranging from distal and infrastructural to proximal and behavioural and their relation to the burden of disease pattern typical of sub-Saharan Africa is provided. The model provides a tool for identifying modifiable risk factors with a view to future research, specifically into the performance of interventions to reduce the impact of climate change.

Authors & Co-authors:  Myers J J Young T T Galloway M M Manyike P P Tucker T T

Study Outcome 

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Authors :  5
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SSN : 0256-9574
Study Population
Male,Female
Mesh Terms
Africa, Southern
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Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
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Publication Country
South Africa