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Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Climate Change, Health, and Inequities

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Climate Change".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2023) | Viewed by 5620

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Ariana Zeka

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Institute of Environment, Health and Societies, Brunel University London, Uxbridge UB8 3PH, UK
Interests: environmental epidemiology; population health; environmental health; health, social and environmental inequalities; climate change; capacity building
Dr. Sadie J. Ryan

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Quantitative Disease Ecology and Conservation (QDEC) Lab, Department of Geography and Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32601, USA
Interests: vector borne diseases; climate-health interactions; social-ecological systems; climate change; human-wildlife interface; medical geography; disease ecology; tropical conservation; geospatial models
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Dr. Shakoor Hajat

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Department of Social and Environmental Health Research, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London WC1H 9SH, UK
Interests: climate change; environmental epidemiology; public health
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Prof. Dr. Wenbiao Hu

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School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia
Interests: climate change and infectious disease transmission; GIS and spatiotemporal model; biostatistics; environmental epidemiology; development of early warning systems for infectious diseases
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Prof. Dr. Hong Yang

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Department of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AB, UK
Interests: education for sustainable development; climate change; environmental pollution; RS applications in environmental and geographical sciences; AI for environmental science
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce this Collection titled “Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Climate Change, Health, and Inequities”. This issue will be a collection of papers from researchers invited by the Editorial Board Members. Climate change exacerbates existing health and social inequities. Climate change itself worsens environmental conditions (e.g. ozone pollution) associated with chronic illness and injury and causes social and economic dislocations that most impact disadvantaged communities. The aim is to provide a venue for networking and communication between IJERPH and scholars in the field of Climate Change, Health, and Inequities. All papers will be published with fully open access after peer review.

Dr. Ariana Zeka
Dr. Sadie J. Ryan
Dr. Shakoor Hajat
Prof. Dr. Wenbiao Hu
Prof. Dr. Hong Yang
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2500 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • climate change
  • health inequities
  • social inequities
  • environmental conditions

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Present and Future Drinking Water Security and Its Impacts on Maternities: A Multi-Scale Assessment of Sudan
by Vincent Simonin, Saeid Ashraf Vaghefi, Zeinab M. Abdelgadir, Dalya Eltayeb, Mohammed Ahmed M. Sidahmed, Jean-Pierre Monet and Nicolas Ray
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(3), 2204; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032204 - 26 Jan 2023
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Adequate access to drinking water for hydration and hygiene depends on many factors. We developed the Drinking Water Security Index (DWSI) to assess relative multifactorial drinking water security at different spatial and temporal scales. DWSI is a function of four key indicators of [...] Read more.
Adequate access to drinking water for hydration and hygiene depends on many factors. We developed the Drinking Water Security Index (DWSI) to assess relative multifactorial drinking water security at different spatial and temporal scales. DWSI is a function of four key indicators of drinking water security: water quality, water accessibility, water continuity, and water availability. We built DWSI with a total of 10 variables and applied the new index in Sudan to assess historical and future drinking water security at state, local, and maternity levels. Analyses at the state level found that the Red Sea and River Nile states are most vulnerable, with the lowest DWSI for both historical and future periods. The 1 km2 pixel level analysis shows large differences in water security within the major states. Analyses at the maternity level showed that nearly 18.97 million people are affected by the 10% of maternities with the lowest DWSI, a number projected to increase by 60% by 2030. Current and future DWSI of maternities providing Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care was assessed to identify those where urgent action is needed to ensure quality health care in water-secure conditions. This work provides useful information for stakeholders in the health and drinking water sectors in Sudan, to improve public health, reduce preventable mortality, and make the population more resilient to projected environmental changes. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Climate Change, Health, and Inequities)
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The Association between Apparent Temperature and Hospital Admissions for Cardiovascular Disease in Limpopo Province, South Africa
by Jacqueline Lisa Bühler, Shreya Shrikhande, Thandi Kapwata, Guéladio Cissé, Yajun Liang, Hugo Pedder, Marek Kwiatkowski, Zamantimande Kunene, Angela Mathee, Nasheeta Peer and Caradee Y. Wright
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(1), 116; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010116 - 22 Dec 2022
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Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) have a high disease burden both globally and in South Africa. They have also been found to be temperature-sensitive globally. The association between temperature and CVD morbidity has previously been demonstrated, but little is known about it in South Africa. [...] Read more.
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) have a high disease burden both globally and in South Africa. They have also been found to be temperature-sensitive globally. The association between temperature and CVD morbidity has previously been demonstrated, but little is known about it in South Africa. It is important to understand how changes in temperature in South Africa will affect CVD morbidity, especially in rural regions, to inform public health interventions and adaptation strategies. This study aimed to determine the short-term effect of apparent temperature (Tapp) on CVD hospital admissions in Mopani District, Limpopo province, South Africa. A total of 3124 CVD hospital admissions records were obtained from two hospitals from 1 June 2009 to 31 December 2016. Daily Tapp was calculated using nearby weather station measurements. The association was modelled using a distributed lag non-linear model with a negative binomial regression over a 21-day lag period. The fraction of morbidity attributable to non-optimal Tapp, i.e., cold (6–25 °C) and warm (27–32 °C) Tapp was reported. We found an increase in the proportion of admissions due to CVDs for warm and cold Tapp cumulatively over 21 days. Increasing CVD admissions due to warm Tapp appeared immediately and lasted for two to four days, whereas the lag-structure for the cold effect was inconsistent. A proportion of 8.5% (95% Confidence Interval (CI): 3.1%, 13.7%) and 1.1% (95% CI: −1.4%, 3.5%) of the total CVD admissions was attributable to cold and warm temperatures, respectively. Warm and cold Tapp may increase CVD admissions, suggesting that the healthcare system and community need to be prepared in the context of global temperature changes. Full article
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