Review
Psychiatry
Myriam Thoma, Nicolas Rohleder, Shauna L. Rohner
Summary: The climate and environmental crisis has significant adverse impacts on human mental health and requires further research and attention.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Weronika Kalwak, Vanessa Weihgold
Summary: An increasing amount of academic papers and media representations are focusing on the impact of climate change on mental health, commonly referred to as climate or ecological emotions. While some explanations have been offered, most studies are still in the preliminary stage and call for further empirical research. These studies mainly explore the relationship between individual engagement in climate action and ecological emotions.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Marie E. Strader, Kate M. Quigley
Summary: This study assesses the impact of symbiosis and gene expression plasticity on the heat stress responses of corals. The findings reveal that heat-evolved symbionts contribute to the survival of coral juveniles under high temperature conditions, and the coral response to heat is correlated with the genus of symbionts.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ted Hsuan Yun Chen, Boyoon Lee
Summary: Residential relocation following environmental disasters is an increasingly necessary climate change adaptation measure. However, relocation may be too costly for disadvantaged groups. Understanding the impact of socioeconomic inequalities on climate migration and exploring ways to offset them is important. This study examines internal migration patterns in the United States based on disaster-related property damage, household income, and local disaster resilience, finding that income-based inequality affects both individuals' access to relocation and the ability of disaster-afflicted areas to rebuild. The study also suggests that higher disaster resilience can attenuate income-based inequality in post-disaster outmigration.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
P. Grace Tee Lewis, Weihsueh A. Chiu, Ellu Nasser, Jeremy Proville, Aurora Barone, Cloelle Danforth, Bumsik Kim, Jolanda Prozzi, Elena Craft
Summary: Climate change will lead to a range of risks, including increased disease, social and economic stresses, and extreme weather events. Vulnerable groups will be disproportionately affected due to their greater exposure and lower ability to cope with these risks. Understanding the intersection of vulnerability and climate change is essential for building resilience and targeted adaptation efforts.
ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
(2023)
News Item
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Miryam Naddaf
Summary: Hundreds of millions of people lack safe water and sanitation. Will decisions made at the first UN conference on water in nearly 50 years make a difference?
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Ali Mohammad Mosadeghrad, Parvaneh Isfahani, Leila Eslambolchi, Maryam Zahmatkesh, Mahnaz Afshari
Summary: This study aimed to identify interventions and actions to strengthen a climate-resilient health system to deal with the adverse health effects of climate change. A total of 87 actions were identified and classified into six themes, including governance and leadership, financing, health workforce, essential medical products and technologies, health information systems, and service delivery. Building a climate-resilient health system requires a holistic and systemic approach, encompassing strong governance and leadership, public awareness, resource allocation, climate change mitigation, emergency preparedness, robust health services delivery, and research support.
GLOBALIZATION AND HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Rachael H. Nolan, David M. J. S. Bowman, Hamish Clarke, Katharine Haynes, Mark K. J. Ooi, Owen F. Price, Grant J. Williamson, Joshua Whittaker, Michael Bedward, Matthias M. Boer, Vanessa I. Cavanagh, Luke Collins, Rebecca K. Gibson, Anne Griebel, Meaghan E. Jenkins, David A. Keith, Allen P. Mcilwee, Trent D. Penman, Stephanie A. Samson, Mark G. Tozer, Ross A. Bradstock
Summary: The article discusses the catastrophic impact of the 2019-20 Australian fire season, attributing the fires to extreme climatic conditions while noting that hazard reduction burns have helped reduce fire severity and property loss to a certain extent. The impacts of the fires were disproportionately borne by socially disadvantaged regional communities, with urban populations also affected by prolonged smoke exposure.
Article
Business, Finance
Alexandre Garel, Arthur Petit-Romec
Summary: The study reveals that companies with responsible environmental strategies experienced better stock returns during the COVID-19 shock, primarily driven by firms with greater ownership by investors with long-term orientation.
JOURNAL OF CORPORATE FINANCE
(2021)
Review
Agronomy
Suzanne R. Jacobs, Heidi Webber, Wiebke Niether, Kathrin Grahmann, Dietmar Luettschwager, Carmen Schwartz, Lutz Breuer, Sonoko D. Bellingrath-Kimura
Summary: Alley cropping can improve the microclimate and water balance of croplands and enhance their resilience. Studies have shown that tree rows in alley cropping systems create gradient effects, resulting in reduced light intensity, wind speed, and surface runoff. The effects on air temperature, humidity, and evapotranspiration vary among studies, with a tendency towards decreased daytime temperatures and increased evapotranspiration. Soil moisture shows the highest variation, with temporal and spatial differences within the system. Research on landscape-scale effects is limited, and future studies should explore the role of site context in alley cropping systems.
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
(2022)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Dorit Nitzan, Bindu Nishal Andreuzza, Deepanwita Chattopadhyay
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, war in Ukraine, and other threats have highlighted the need for collaborative efforts through the One Health approach. This review emphasizes the importance of incorporating food systems and resilience into the One Health approach, leading to the Food System, One Health, and Resilience (FOR) approach. Improving resilience and sustainability by addressing comprehensive determinants can enhance the One Health approach.
Article
Information Science & Library Science
Shan L. Pan, Lemuria Carter, Yenni Tim, M. S. Sandeep
Summary: This article provides an overview of Australia's perspectives and approaches to addressing climate change, and calls for further research contributions to mitigate its impacts. Future research directions focusing on climate resilience, climate-conscious citizen science, and organizations' ESG strategies are proposed.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Urban Studies
S. Jeff Birchall, Nicole Bonnett
Summary: Surrey, British Columbia, has made efforts to exceed provincial mandates on climate change mitigation and include adaptation in strategic planning. This research investigates climate threats and the relationship between local adaptation policy development, integration, and implementation, highlighting the importance of resilience building agents and the robustness of institutions and systems in determining the success of climate action.
Article
Ecology
Abigail J. Lynch, Laura M. Thompson, Erik A. Beever, David N. Cole, Augustin C. Engman, Cat Hawkins Hoffman, Stephen T. Jackson, Trevor J. Krabbenhoft, David J. Lawrence, Douglas Limpinsel, Robert T. Magill, Tracy A. Melvin, John M. Morton, Robert A. Newman, Jay O. Peterson, Mark T. Porath, Frank J. Rahel, Gregor W. Schuurman, Suresh A. Sethi, Jennifer L. Wilkening
Summary: Ecosystem transformation is irreversible and occurring at an increasing rate globally. To effectively conserve natural resources and maintain ecosystem services, managers need to adopt a dynamic view and consider broader objectives while addressing ecosystem change.
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Studies
Paola D'Orazio
Summary: Many G20 countries have implemented financial policies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but these measures have not taken into account climate-related risks, potentially exacerbating vulnerabilities in the financial system. Therefore, there is a need for an enhanced macro-prudential policy framework aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement to reduce climate-related financial risks, promote green finance, and maintain financial system resilience.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Susannah H. Mayhew, Dina Balabanova, Ahmed Vandi, Gelejimah Alfred Mokuwa, Tommy Hanson, Melissa Parker, Paul Richards
Summary: This study presents an interdisciplinary analysis of local responses to Ebola in Sierra Leone, highlighting the influence of diverse systems of care. The research shows that local arrangements lead and shape responses, emphasizing the importance of alignment between health systems and wider social, cultural, political, and economic organizations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Gillian McKay, Ombretta Baggio, Cheick Abdoulaye Camara, Eva Erlach, Lucia Robles Dios, Francesco Checchi, Hana Rohan
Summary: In the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the collection of community feedback data is crucial for decision-making. However, decision-makers have different views on different types of evidence, and processing large volumes of data and maintaining agility with new evidence are challenges in the response process.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Eleonora Bassetti, Elizabeth Zehner, Susannah H. Mayhew, Nadine Nasser, Anzelle Mulder, Jane Badham, Lara Sweet, Rachel Crossley, Alissa M. Pries
Summary: This study assessed the nutritional suitability of commercially produced complementary foods (CPCF) in three South-East Asian contexts. The findings indicate that most of the products did not meet the nutrient composition requirements of the WHO Europe nutrient profile model and had high levels of sugar and sodium.
PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Katharina Wabnitz, Stephanie Drossler, Susannah Mayhew
Summary: The study aims to comparatively explore the social representations of risk in individuals categorized 'at risk' based on age during the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings suggest that individuals' perception of risk and their behavior are contingent on their mindset, body, and the context they are positioned in, and negotiating identities is an inevitable process accompanying risk sense-making.
Editorial Material
Health Policy & Services
Kara Hanson, Dina Balabanova, Nouria Brikci, Darius Erlangga, Timothy Powell-Jackson
JOURNAL OF HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH & POLICY
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Manuela Colombini, Susannah H. Mayhew, Claudia Garcia-Moreno, Ana Flavia d'Oliveira, Gene Feder, Loraine J. Bacchus
Summary: This paper presents a framework for assessing health system readiness to improve quality of care for intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors. The framework was tested in Brazil and the Palestinian territories and proved to be valuable in capturing system capabilities beyond material and technical capacity, considering stakeholder values, confidence, motivation, and connection with clients and communities.
BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Peter Binyaruka, Antonio Andreoni, Dina Balanova, Martin Mckee, Eleanor Hutchinson, Blake Angell
Summary: This study examined the preferences of health providers for policy interventions to address informal payments in Tanzania using a discrete choice experiment. The results showed that health providers generally preferred incentive payments for non-infraction and opportunities for private practice, but disliked disciplinary measures. Preferences varied across different groups, suggesting the need for tailored interventions.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH POLICY AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Infectious Diseases
Annabel A. Powell, Georgina Ireland, Rebecca Leeson, Andrea Lacey, Ben Ford, John Poh, Samreen Ijaz, Justin Shute, Peter Cherepanov, Richard Tedder, Christian Bottomley, Fiona Dawe, Punam Mangtani, Peter Jones, Patrick Nguipdop-Djomo, Shamez N. Ladhani, Shazaad Ahmad, Frances Baawuah, Joanne Beckmann, Andrew Brent, Bernadette Brent, Joanna Garstang, Ifeanyichukwu O. Okike, Kevin Brown, Mary Ramsay, Chris Bonell, Sarah Cook, Charlotte Warren-Gash, Jody Phelan, James Hargreaves, Sinead Langan, Neisha Sundaram, Elliot McClenaghan, Gillian McKay, John Edmunds, Paul Fine
Summary: This study aimed to estimate the national and regional prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in primary and secondary school children in England. The results showed that the national prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in unvaccinated primary school students was 40.1%, while in unvaccinated secondary school students it was 82.4%. These findings highlight the importance of seroprevalence studies in estimating prior exposure to the virus.
JOURNAL OF INFECTION
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Eleanor Hutchinson, Kristian Schultz Hansen, Jacquellyn Sanyu, Lydia Peace Amonya, Sunday Mundua, Dina Balabanova, Sian E. Clarke, Freddy Eric Kitutu
Summary: The medicines retail sector in Africa and Asia is important but known for poor practice. This study in Uganda reveals that regulatory systems are undermined by informal payments, unlicensed drug shops, and profitability challenges. Structural changes, including removing unqualified sellers and policy adjustments, are necessary for drug shops to become compliant and ensure access to medicines in poor countries.
Article
Health Policy & Services
Obinna Onwujekwe, Prince Agwu, Pallavi Roy, Eleanor Hutchinson, Charles Orjiakor, Martin McKee, Aloysius Odii, Chukwudi Nwokolo, Mushtaq Khan, Susannah Mayhew, Dina Balabanova
Summary: Absenteeism among PHC workers in Nigeria is a major obstacle to achieving UHC. The dominant approach of government-led topdown solutions has not been successful. This paper explores grassroots approaches, highlighting the importance of community resources, philanthropic support, and engaging trained health workers to address absenteeism. However, a holistic response should combine horizontal and vertical measures.
HEALTH SYSTEMS & REFORM
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Samuel T. Boland, Dina Balabanova, Susannah Mayhew
Summary: The 2013-2016 West Africa Ebola Epidemic was the largest outbreak of Ebola in history. The military intervention by the British and Sierra Leonean militaries was seen as valuable for containing the outbreak, but it also caused structural harm, resulting in a vicious cycle.
CONFLICT AND HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Samuel T. Boland, Dina Balabanova, Susannah Mayhew
Summary: This study found that the hierarchical Ebola response centres effectively eased civil-military relationships and increased efficiency through the use of 'rule-bound niches', 'neutral zones', 'co-dependence', and 'hybridity'. Additionally, the centres were inclusive spaces that further increased efficiency through decentralisation and localisation of interventions, catering mainly to privileged groups in limited ways. This suggests that an 'inclusive hierarchical coordination' could be a viable and ethical strategy for future public health emergency responses, allowing for the inclusion of typically marginalized local actors while improving operational efficiency.
GLOBALIZATION AND HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Pamela Ogbozor, Obinna Onwujekwe, Dina Balabanova, Aloysius Odii, Prince Agwu, Martin McKee, Uche Obi, Charles Tochukwu Orjiakor, Eleanor Hutchinson
Summary: The ability to deliver primary care in Nigeria is hindered by chronic absenteeism, with gender roles playing a significant role in influencing the absence of healthcare workers. Understanding the gender dynamics behind absenteeism is crucial for developing effective strategies to reduce it.
HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Marco Liverani, Por Ir, Pablo Perel, Mishal Khan, Dina Balabanova, Virginia Wiseman
Summary: The use of wearable health monitors in Cambodia offers potential for conducting NCD risk factor surveys, but there are numerous challenges to technology adoption related to the intended adopters, the organization of the national health system, the wider infrastructure, the regulatory environment, and the technology itself.
HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Selina Rajan, Cornelia Santoso, Mohammed Abba-Aji, David Stuckler, Martin McKee, Eleanor Hutchinson, Obinna Onwujekwe, Dina Balabanova
Summary: This study examined gender disparities in paying informally for healthcare in Africa. The results showed that men were more likely to pay informally for healthcare than women in African countries. This gender difference may act as a barrier to accessing care and lead to poor health outcomes in African countries.
HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING
(2022)