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Climate Change and Public Health Policy: Translating the Science
Public health authorities are required to prepare for future threats and need predictions of the likely impact of climate change on public health risks. They may get overwhelmed by the volume of heterogeneous information in scientific articles and risk relying purely on the public opinion articles w...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3924434/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24452252 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph110100013 |
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author | Braks, Marieta van Ginkel, Rijk Wint, William Sedda, Luigi Sprong, Hein |
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description | Public health authorities are required to prepare for future threats and need predictions of the likely impact of climate change on public health risks. They may get overwhelmed by the volume of heterogeneous information in scientific articles and risk relying purely on the public opinion articles which focus mainly on global warming trends, and leave out many other relevant factors. In the current paper, we discuss various scientific approaches investigating climate change and its possible impact on public health and discuss their different roles and functions in unraveling the complexity of the subject. It is not our objective to review the available literature or to make predictions for certain diseases or countries, but rather to evaluate the applicability of scientific research articles on climate change to evidence-based public health decisions. In the context of mosquito borne diseases, we identify common pitfalls to watch out for when assessing scientific research on the impact of climate change on human health. We aim to provide guidance through the plethora of scientific papers and views on the impact of climate change on human health to those new to the subject, as well as to remind public health experts of its multifactorial and multidisciplinary character. |
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spelling | pubmed-39244342014-02-18 Climate Change and Public Health Policy: Translating the Science Braks, Marieta van Ginkel, Rijk Wint, William Sedda, Luigi Sprong, Hein Int J Environ Res Public Health Review Public health authorities are required to prepare for future threats and need predictions of the likely impact of climate change on public health risks. They may get overwhelmed by the volume of heterogeneous information in scientific articles and risk relying purely on the public opinion articles which focus mainly on global warming trends, and leave out many other relevant factors. In the current paper, we discuss various scientific approaches investigating climate change and its possible impact on public health and discuss their different roles and functions in unraveling the complexity of the subject. It is not our objective to review the available literature or to make predictions for certain diseases or countries, but rather to evaluate the applicability of scientific research articles on climate change to evidence-based public health decisions. In the context of mosquito borne diseases, we identify common pitfalls to watch out for when assessing scientific research on the impact of climate change on human health. We aim to provide guidance through the plethora of scientific papers and views on the impact of climate change on human health to those new to the subject, as well as to remind public health experts of its multifactorial and multidisciplinary character. MDPI 2013-12-19 2014-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3924434/ /pubmed/24452252 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph110100013 Text en © 2013 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Braks, Marieta van Ginkel, Rijk Wint, William Sedda, Luigi Sprong, Hein Climate Change and Public Health Policy: Translating the Science |
title | Climate Change and Public Health Policy: Translating the Science |
title_full | Climate Change and Public Health Policy: Translating the Science |
title_fullStr | Climate Change and Public Health Policy: Translating the Science |
title_full_unstemmed | Climate Change and Public Health Policy: Translating the Science |
title_short | Climate Change and Public Health Policy: Translating the Science |
title_sort | climate change and public health policy: translating the science |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3924434/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24452252 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph110100013 |
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