怀孕和新生儿健康 - 热量影响和新兴解决方案
Bruce Bekkar1, Nathaniel DeNicola2, Blean Girma3
1Fellow, Climate for Health, EcoAmerica, USA.
Seminars in perinatology
|October 14, 2023
概括
高环境温度带来严重的健康风险,特别是影响怀孕和新生儿的结果,如早产和婴儿死亡. 这凸显了对气候变化缓解和保护措施的迫切需要.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 生殖健康 生殖健康
- 气候变化影响 气候变化影响
背景情况:
- 越来越多的证据将环境暴露,包括热量,与不良健康影响联系在一起.
- 高环境温度 (热量) 是一个显著和不断升级的全球健康风险.
- 怀孕和新生儿时期代表了对环境压力因素脆弱性的关键窗口.
研究的目的:
- 检查环境热暴露与不良怀孕和新生儿健康结果之间的关联.
- 探索潜在的生物机制,包括表观遗传学,将热量与母亲和婴儿健康联系起来.
- 确定研究缺口,并突出与热相关的生殖健康结果的差异.
主要方法:
- 审查现有的流行病学研究和有关热量暴露和健康的证据.
- 分析影响热风险的因素,如暴露程度,持续时间和时间.
- 考虑关于表观遗传修饰和健康影响的新兴证据.
主要成果:
- 暴露于热量与不良妊娠结果有关:早产,低出生体重和死产.
- 暴露于热量的新生儿患上住院,神经/胃肠功能障碍和死亡的风险增加.
- 不平等存在,有色人种社区和低收入人口经历了不成比例的不利结果.
结论:
- 环境热量显著影响怀孕和新生儿的健康,需要有针对性的干预措施.
- 进一步的研究对于阐明机制和区分新生儿与儿科影响至关重要.
- 建议在短期行动中采用预防原则,以减轻与热有关的风险.
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