对于无家可归的人来说,与热量相关的健康风险:快速审查
Jolly Noor1, Mariya Bezgrebelna1, Nick Kerman1
1Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada.
概括
极端高温严重影响无家可归者 (PEH),增加健康风险和医疗负担. 通过改善住房和可获得资源来解决他们独特的脆弱性,对于减轻这些危险至关重要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 健康的社会决定因素
背景情况:
- 极端高温对公众健康构成重大挑战,不成比例地影响弱势群体.
- 经历无家可归的人 (PEH) 面临着由于户外暴露和有限的基本资源获取的风险.
研究的目的:
- 综合最近关于极端高温对高收入国家的PEH健康影响的研究.
- 为了确定关键的脆弱性因素,健康结果,以及在炎热事件期间对PEH的护理障碍.
主要方法:
- 采用快速审查方法,系统地搜索多个数据库.
- 包括2019年至2024年间发表的11项研究,重点关注PEH和极端热量.
主要成果:
- 关键的脆弱性包括人口统计,先前存在的条件和地理差异,导致与热有关的发病率,死亡率和加剧的心理健康/物质使用问题.
- 在炎热期间,PEH的急诊室访问显著增加,使医疗保健系统承受压力.
- 诸如对冷却中心的访问限制,水资源不安全和污名化等障碍加剧了这些健康风险.
结论:
- 需要紧急干预,以解决PEH在极端高温期间的独特脆弱性.
- 长期战略必须优先考虑住房获得和稳定,以减少无家可归和与热有关的压力.
- 包容性干预,包括可访问的冷却中心,供水和量身定制的医疗保健,对这一群体至关重要.
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