绿色医院面对气候变化:在清醒和弹性之间
1Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Foch Hospital, Suresnes, 92150, France.
Heliyon
|February 1, 2024
概括
气候变化威胁全球健康,每年估计造成25万额外死亡. 医疗保健系统必须采用"绿色医院"的做法,以减少碳排放和可持续地管理资源.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 医疗保健的可持续性 医疗保健的可持续性
背景情况:
- 气候变化对健康的社会和环境决定因素产生重大影响,包括空气质量,水资源安全和粮食供应.
- 由于与气候有关的疾病,预计在2030-2050年之间每年将有25万例额外的死亡.
- 医疗保健系统是全球碳排放的重要贡献者,需要向可持续实践转变.
研究的目的:
- 探索气候变化对全球健康的深刻影响.
- 引入"绿色医院"概念,作为医疗保健可持续性的解决方案.
- 确定实施绿色医院倡议的挑战和障碍.
主要方法:
- 文献审查和气候变化对健康影响的分析.
- 探索"绿色医院"原则,包括可再生能源,自然照明,可持续材料,绿色屋顶和智能建筑系统.
- 确定医疗保健可持续性的关键挑战,如废物管理,资源保护和化学品使用.
主要成果:
- 气候变化加剧了健康风险,导致各种疾病的死亡率增加.
- 绿色医院为优化资源效率和尽量减少医疗机构对环境的影响提供了一个框架.
- 显著的挑战阻碍了绿色医院的采用,包括医疗废物,节水,化学品使用,污染,塑料使用,系统冗余,监管障碍,运营需求,财务限制和文化阻力.
结论:
- 需要紧急改革医疗保健系统,使其与环保和可持续实践保持一致.
- 减少二氧化碳 (CO2) 排放,改善资源和废物管理对于满足未来的健康需求至关重要.
- 采用绿色医院原则对于减轻气候变化的健康影响和确保可持续的医疗保健未来至关重要.
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