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Planetary health in action: developing a heatwave vulnerability tool for primary care.

Karolina Griffiths^1,2,3, Paul Basso-Bert², Mireille Abraham²

¹University of Montpellier, UMR UA11 INSERM - UM IDESP Institut Desbrest d'Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique Campus Santé, IURC, Montpellier, France karolina.griffiths@umontpellier.fr.

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Primary care practitioners can now use a new online tool to assess community heatwave vulnerability. This tool integrates environmental data, bridging the gap between research and practice for better public health outcomes.

Keywords:

climate data environment heatwaves primary health care

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Area of Science:

Environmental Health
Public Health
Primary Care Research

Background:

Increasing frequency and duration of heatwaves necessitate accessible environmental data.
Existing open environmental data is not optimized for primary care use.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a user-friendly online mapping tool for primary care practitioners to assess community heatwave vulnerability.
To determine essential knowledge, participants, and sharing methods for heatwave vulnerability assessment.

Main Methods:

A participatory action-research project utilizing knowledge mobilization (KM) in France.
Collaborative consensus-building on data variables and content for the online tool.
Inclusion of primary care stakeholders, Regional Health Agencies (ARS), Public Health France (SPF), and data scientists.

Main Results:

Nineteen participants engaged in co-construction and co-creation meetings.
Heatwave vulnerability was quantified using surface temperature, social deprivation, vegetation, and air conditioning data.
Experts mobilized national data on heatwave morbidity at the communal level.

Conclusions:

A novel approach for integrating environmental heatwave data into primary care consultations was developed.
Knowledge mobilization in primary care is crucial for bridging the research-practice gap.
Integrating primary care and environmental data offers potential for planetary health research.