Publications by authors named "S G Hales"
Background: Landscape fire-sourced (LFS) air pollution is an increasing public health concern in the context of climate change. However, little is known about the attributable global, regional, and national mortality burden related to LFS air pollution.
Methods: We calculated country-specific population-weighted average daily and annual LFS fine particulate matter (PM) and surface ozone (O) during 2000-19 from a validated dataset.
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- Non-optimum temperatures contribute significantly to premature deaths and labor productivity losses, with a focus on quantifying these impacts across several countries.
- The study, which analyzed mortality data from 1,066 locations, found a U-shaped relationship between temperature and productivity-adjusted life-years (PALY) lost, with cold-related deaths having a more profound effect on older age groups and heat-related deaths affecting younger individuals.
- Results indicated that socioeconomically vulnerable communities experience greater productivity losses due to non-optimal temperatures, highlighting the need for targeted interventions to mitigate these impacts.
Daily Temperatures and Child Hospital Admissions in Aotearoa New Zealand: Case Time Series Analysis.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
September 2024
The influence of global climate change on temperature-related health outcomes among vulnerable populations, particularly young children, is underexplored. Using a case time series design, we analysed 647,000 hospital admissions of children aged under five years old in New Zealand, born between 2000 and 2019. We explored the relationship between daily maximum temperatures and hospital admissions across 2139 statistical areas.
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- The study investigates how tropical cyclones impact hospitalisations due to infectious diseases across six countries from 2000 to 2019.
- Researchers used hospitalisation records and a specific model to assess the link between days with significant tropical cyclone winds and rates of infectious disease hospitalisation.
- Findings indicate that there is a notable increase in hospitalisations for various infectious diseases following tropical cyclones, with risks peaking around two months post-exposure.
Background: Precipitation could affect the transmission of diarrheal diseases. The diverse precipitation patterns across different climates might influence the degree of diarrheal risk from precipitation. This study determined the associations between precipitation and diarrheal mortality in tropical, temperate, and arid climate regions.
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