2012年至2021年间关于气候变化对人类健康的影响的已发表研究:横截面研究
Victoria L Bartlett1, Harry Doernberg1, Maryam Mooghali2
1Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
BMJ medicine
|February 14, 2024
概括
关于气候变化和人类健康的研究越来越多,但差距仍然存在. 资金需要优先考虑全球南部和面临风险的人口,以解决健康差异.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 气候变化研究 气候变化研究
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 全球因气候变化而导致的疾病负担是显著的,并且在不断增长.
- 了解研究趋势对于识别知识差距和指导未来研究至关重要.
- 之前的审查强调了需要更多地研究气候变化对脆弱地区的影响.
研究的目的:
- 综合评估气候变化和人类健康研究的现状.
- 确定有关暴露,健康结果和风险人群的研究缺口.
- 分析气候变化和健康研究的出版特征,资金来源和地理重点.
主要方法:
- 采用了横截面研究设计.
- 来自国家环境卫生科学研究所 (NIEHS) 气候变化和人类健康文学门户网站的精心策划的文献数据库进行了搜索.
- 纳入标准侧重于2012年至2021年以英语出版的同行评审的原创研究文章,随机抽样1014篇文章进行了详细的描述.
主要成果:
- 在2012年至2021年期间,发表了超过1万篇文章,年增长23%.
- 对于全球南方的人口 (43.8%),老年人 (19.2%) 和冲突/移民 (2.5%) 和粮食/水安全 (14.6%) 等主题,发现了重大研究缺口.
- 较少的第一作者来自全球南部 (34.4%),这可能会导致研究差异.
结论:
- 尽管有增长,气候变化和健康研究仍然不成比例地集中在全球北部和较不脆弱的人口.
- 政府作为主要的资助者,必须重新调整资金,以支持全球南方的研究人员,并优先考虑与这些地区相关的问题.
- 面对气候变化,解决研究不平等问题对于有效的全球卫生战略至关重要.
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