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Impacts of climate change and environmental degradation on children in Malaysia

The impacts of climate change and degradation are increasingly felt in Malaysia. While everyone is vulnerable to these impacts, the health and wellbeing of children are disproportionately affected. We carried out a study composed of two major components. The first component is an environmental epide...

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Autores principales: Sahani, Mazrura, Othman, Hidayatulfathi, Kwan, Soo Chen, Juneng, Liew, Ibrahim, Mohd Faiz, Hod, Rozita, Zaini, Zul'Izzat Ikhwan, Mustafa, Maizatun, Nnafie, Issmail, Ching, Lai Che, Dambul, Ramzah, Varkkey, Helena, Phung, Vera Ling Hui, Mamood, Siti Nur Hanis, Karim, Norhafizah, Abu Bakar, Nur Faizah, Wahab, Muhammad Ikram A., Zulfakar, Siti Shahara, Rosli, Yanti
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9614245/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36311578
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.909779
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author Sahani, Mazrura
Othman, Hidayatulfathi
Kwan, Soo Chen
Juneng, Liew
Ibrahim, Mohd Faiz
Hod, Rozita
Zaini, Zul'Izzat Ikhwan
Mustafa, Maizatun
Nnafie, Issmail
Ching, Lai Che
Dambul, Ramzah
Varkkey, Helena
Phung, Vera Ling Hui
Mamood, Siti Nur Hanis
Karim, Norhafizah
Abu Bakar, Nur Faizah
Wahab, Muhammad Ikram A.
Zulfakar, Siti Shahara
Rosli, Yanti
author_facet Sahani, Mazrura
Othman, Hidayatulfathi
Kwan, Soo Chen
Juneng, Liew
Ibrahim, Mohd Faiz
Hod, Rozita
Zaini, Zul'Izzat Ikhwan
Mustafa, Maizatun
Nnafie, Issmail
Ching, Lai Che
Dambul, Ramzah
Varkkey, Helena
Phung, Vera Ling Hui
Mamood, Siti Nur Hanis
Karim, Norhafizah
Abu Bakar, Nur Faizah
Wahab, Muhammad Ikram A.
Zulfakar, Siti Shahara
Rosli, Yanti
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description The impacts of climate change and degradation are increasingly felt in Malaysia. While everyone is vulnerable to these impacts, the health and wellbeing of children are disproportionately affected. We carried out a study composed of two major components. The first component is an environmental epidemiology study comprised of three sub-studies: (i) a global climate model (GCM) simulating specific health-sector climate indices; (ii) a time-series study to estimate the risk of childhood respiratory disease attributable to ambient air pollution; and (iii) a case-crossover study to identify the association between haze and under-five mortality in Malaysia. The GCM found that Malaysia has been experiencing increasing rainfall intensity over the years, leading to increased incidences of other weather-related events. The time-series study revealed that air quality has worsened, while air pollution and haze have been linked to an increased risk of hospitalization for respiratory diseases among children. Although no clear association between haze and under-five mortality was found in the case-crossover study, the lag patterns suggested that health effects could be more acute if haze occurred over a longer duration and at a higher intensity. The second component consists of three community surveys on marginalized children conducted (i) among the island community of Pulau Gaya, Sabah; (ii) among the indigenous Temiar tribe in Pos Kuala Mu, Perak; and (iii) among an urban poor community (B40) in PPR Sg. Bonus, Kuala Lumpur. The community surveys are cross-sectional studies employing a socio-ecological approach using a standardized questionnaire. The community surveys revealed how children adapt to climate change and environmental degradation. An integrated model was established that consolidates our overall research processes and demonstrates the crucial interconnections between environmental challenges exacerbated by climate change. It is recommended that Malaysian schools adopt a climate-smart approach to education to instill awareness of the impending climate change and its cascading impact on children's health from early school age.
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spelling pubmed-96142452022-10-29 Impacts of climate change and environmental degradation on children in Malaysia Sahani, Mazrura Othman, Hidayatulfathi Kwan, Soo Chen Juneng, Liew Ibrahim, Mohd Faiz Hod, Rozita Zaini, Zul'Izzat Ikhwan Mustafa, Maizatun Nnafie, Issmail Ching, Lai Che Dambul, Ramzah Varkkey, Helena Phung, Vera Ling Hui Mamood, Siti Nur Hanis Karim, Norhafizah Abu Bakar, Nur Faizah Wahab, Muhammad Ikram A. Zulfakar, Siti Shahara Rosli, Yanti Front Public Health Public Health The impacts of climate change and degradation are increasingly felt in Malaysia. While everyone is vulnerable to these impacts, the health and wellbeing of children are disproportionately affected. We carried out a study composed of two major components. The first component is an environmental epidemiology study comprised of three sub-studies: (i) a global climate model (GCM) simulating specific health-sector climate indices; (ii) a time-series study to estimate the risk of childhood respiratory disease attributable to ambient air pollution; and (iii) a case-crossover study to identify the association between haze and under-five mortality in Malaysia. The GCM found that Malaysia has been experiencing increasing rainfall intensity over the years, leading to increased incidences of other weather-related events. The time-series study revealed that air quality has worsened, while air pollution and haze have been linked to an increased risk of hospitalization for respiratory diseases among children. Although no clear association between haze and under-five mortality was found in the case-crossover study, the lag patterns suggested that health effects could be more acute if haze occurred over a longer duration and at a higher intensity. The second component consists of three community surveys on marginalized children conducted (i) among the island community of Pulau Gaya, Sabah; (ii) among the indigenous Temiar tribe in Pos Kuala Mu, Perak; and (iii) among an urban poor community (B40) in PPR Sg. Bonus, Kuala Lumpur. The community surveys are cross-sectional studies employing a socio-ecological approach using a standardized questionnaire. The community surveys revealed how children adapt to climate change and environmental degradation. An integrated model was established that consolidates our overall research processes and demonstrates the crucial interconnections between environmental challenges exacerbated by climate change. It is recommended that Malaysian schools adopt a climate-smart approach to education to instill awareness of the impending climate change and its cascading impact on children's health from early school age. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-10-14 /pmc/articles/PMC9614245/ /pubmed/36311578 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.909779 Text en Copyright © 2022 Sahani, Othman, Kwan, Juneng, Ibrahim, Hod, Zaini, Mustafa, Nnafie, Ching, Dambul, Varkkey, Phung, Mamood, Karim, Abu Bakar, Wahab, Zulfakar and Rosli. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Public Health
Sahani, Mazrura
Othman, Hidayatulfathi
Kwan, Soo Chen
Juneng, Liew
Ibrahim, Mohd Faiz
Hod, Rozita
Zaini, Zul'Izzat Ikhwan
Mustafa, Maizatun
Nnafie, Issmail
Ching, Lai Che
Dambul, Ramzah
Varkkey, Helena
Phung, Vera Ling Hui
Mamood, Siti Nur Hanis
Karim, Norhafizah
Abu Bakar, Nur Faizah
Wahab, Muhammad Ikram A.
Zulfakar, Siti Shahara
Rosli, Yanti
Impacts of climate change and environmental degradation on children in Malaysia
title Impacts of climate change and environmental degradation on children in Malaysia
title_full Impacts of climate change and environmental degradation on children in Malaysia
title_fullStr Impacts of climate change and environmental degradation on children in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Impacts of climate change and environmental degradation on children in Malaysia
title_short Impacts of climate change and environmental degradation on children in Malaysia
title_sort impacts of climate change and environmental degradation on children in malaysia
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9614245/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36311578
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.909779
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