Impact of climate change on health workers: a scoping review.
Aim: Climate change is the most pressing global challenge of the twenty-first century and has recently been declared as a public health emergency due to its widespread environmental, social, economic, and health impacts. This scoping review aims to map existing evidence on the impact of climate chan...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Public Health: From Theory to Practice (2198-1833) Vol. 34; no. 9; pp. 2067 - 2086 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=196448388&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 196448388 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 21981833 NENI jtl: Journal of Public Health: From Theory to Practice (2198-1833) issn: 21981833 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Sep2026 vid: 34 iid: 9 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 196448388 10.1007/s10389-025-02418-z ppf: 2067 ppct: 19 formats: tig: atl: Impact of climate change on health workers: a scoping review. aug: au: Tesfaye, Amensisa Hailu Prior, Jason McIntyre, Erica affil: https://ror.org/03f0f6041 Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney, 2007, Ultimo, NSW, Australia https://ror.org/0595gz585 Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety, Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, P.O. Box 196, Gondar, Ethiopia https://ror.org/03f0f6041 Research Institute for Innovative Solutions for Wellbeing and Health (INSIGHT), Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, Australia https://ror.org/041wqk140 Healthy Populations and Environments Platform, Maridulu Budyari Gumal: Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research and Enterprise, Ultimo, NSW, Australia su: Community health services Medical personnel Occupational adaptation Mental health Psychological burnout Climate change Psychological well-being Job stress Psychosocial factors Industrial hygiene Critical care medicine Emergency management Psychological resilience Industrial safety sug: subj: Community health services Medical personnel Occupational adaptation Mental health Psychological burnout Climate change Psychological well-being Job stress Psychosocial factors Industrial hygiene Critical care medicine Emergency management Other local, municipal and regional public administration Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities Other Individual and Family Services Community health centres All Other Outpatient Care Centers Other municipal protective services Other provincial protective services Other federal protective services Emergency and Other Relief Services Other Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) Psychological resilience Industrial safety keyword: Health services Health workers Medical and Health Sciences Public Health and Health Services Occupational health Scoping review Health services Health workers Medical and Health Sciences Public Health and Health Services Occupational health Scoping review ab: Aim: Climate change is the most pressing global challenge of the twenty-first century and has recently been declared as a public health emergency due to its widespread environmental, social, economic, and health impacts. This scoping review aims to map existing evidence on the impact of climate change on health workers. Subject and methods: We followed the JBI guidelines for scoping reviews and the PRISMA-ScR protocol. Systematic searches were conducted in databases including PubMed, MEDLINE, ProQuest, SCOPUS, Web of Science, EMBASE, CINAHL and PsycINFO. Peer-reviewed articles published between 01 January 2014 and 03 May 2024 were included. The findings were presented numerically and thematically, and a narrative synthesis summarised the evidence. Results: We analysed 23 studies from different regions and identified four main areas of climate change impacts: physical health impacts, mental health impacts, occupational safety impacts, and impacts on the capacity and resilience of health workers. This review also identified barriers and challenges to health workers' ability to respond to climate change, including time constraints, gaps in knowledge and training, strains on infrastructure and supply chains, difficulties in resource allocation, and coordination challenges between organisations. Conclusion: The review highlights the substantial physical health, mental health, and occupational safety impacts of climate change on health workers. These effects undermine the resilience of health workers and the operational integrity of health services. To increase health workers' resilience to climate change impacts, it is essential to implement a comprehensive strategy that includes targeted training, infrastructure upgrades, policy updates, and improved inter-agency coordination. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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