Table 1. The preliminary list of health outcomes and exposures/risk factors * that will be used to guide inclusion and exclusion as well as assist the extraction of data on health outcome/exposure types.
Adapted from Table 5 from Hassan et al. (2021), available under a CC-BY-4 license.
Health outcomes |
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Disease manifestations of poor diets (vitamin and mineral deficiencies)
Disease manifestations of air pollution (chronic lung and cardiovascular diseases) Disease manifestations of increased climate sensitive pathogens (malaria, Lyme disease, West Nile virus, enteric diseases) Weather-related morbidity and mortality with implications for productivity Transport related morbidity/mortality (road traffic accidents) Mental health conditions arising from climate-related exposures Morbidity and mortality related to the urban heat island effect |
Risk factors for ill health (based on the risk factors used in the Global Burden of Disease project ( Abbafati et al., 2020)) |
Childhood underweight and overweight
Diet low in fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts and seeds, seafood and omega-3 fatty acids Diet high in red meats Overweight and obesity (BMI) Physical inactivity Ambient particulate matter and ozone pollution Household air pollution exposure Noise pollution Chemical pollution Poor housing insulation leading to cold indoor conditions Crowding / physical proximity Exposures to climate change impacts Disruptions to water supply and quality Disruptions to energy Disruptions to healthcare access Disruptions to food supply Displacement Increase in climate sensitive pathogens and vectors (ticks, mosquitoes, sand flies) |
Socio-economic determinants of health |
Poverty
Homelessness Unemployment Female education and female participation in the workforce Governance and decision-making processes |
*We include both short-term health co-benefits of climate change mitigation as well as long-term impacts of climate change on health that can be avoided through climate change mitigation.