Climate and Environmental Change

Chalupka, Stephanie; Latter, Angela; Trombley, Janna

doi:10.1097/nmc.0000000000000924

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“…Risk for various infections increases with climate change. Low breastfeeding rates in countries at high-risk for climate change contribute to preventable child deaths, diarrhea, and pneumonia (Chalupka et al, 2023). Vector-borne illnesses have expanded into regions that were not previously hospitable, increasing exposure to un-inoculated populations.…”

Section: Health Aspectsmentioning

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The Climate Crisis and Breastfeeding: Opportunities for Resilience

Cerceo,

Saxer,

Grossman

et al. 2023

J Hum Lact

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The climate crisis is an emerging global challenge that poses potential risks to breastfeeding practices and outcomes. There are multifaceted effects of climate change affecting the breastfeeding dyad across environmental, societal, and human health dimensions. Breastfeeding support in the face of climate change will require solutions at the structural level—healthcare, community, and workplace settings—and at the mother-infant dyad level. Breastfeeding can additionally be an adaptive response to crisis situations and can mitigate some of the environmental challenges associated with climate change. Despite the undeniable significance of climate change on breastfeeding (and vice versa), our perspective as experts in the field is that this topic has not been systematically addressed. Although we highlight some of the challenges, potential solutions, and co-benefits of breastfeeding in the context of climate change, there are numerous issues that could be further explored and necessitate additional preparedness planning.

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Section: Health Aspectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Climate Crisis and Breastfeeding: Opportunities for Resilience

Cerceo,

Saxer,

Grossman

et al. 2023

J Hum Lact

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Heat Metrics and Maternal–Child Health Diagnoses in Emergency Departments in the United States

Oerther,

Bultas

2024

McN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

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Objective: To summarize current research on associations between heat metrics and emergency department discharge diagnoses for US pregnant women and children from birth to age 18 via a scoping review. Background: Climate change directly contributes to extreme weather conditions and environmental changes and indirectly affects health and the health care system. Pregnant women and children are believed to be more susceptible to extreme heat, but few empirical studies have been conducted evaluating effects of heat metrics on these populations. Methods: Ovid MEDLINE, CIHAHL, SCOPUS, Web of Science, JSTOR, and PsycINFO databases were searched using a combination of key words. Results: Twelve studies were selected for this review. In pregnant women, positive associations were found between mean daily temperature and multiple subtypes of pregnancy complications, including threatened or spontaneous abortion, renal diseases, infectious diseases, diabetes, and hypertension. In children, positive associations were found with all-cause diagnoses; asthma; dehydration; electrolyte disorders; heat-related illness; infection; endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases; injury; and otitis media and external emergency department discharge diagnoses and temperature or heatwave versus non-heatwave. Conclusion: By tracking associations between maternal–child emergency department discharge diagnoses and various heat metrics, researchers can contribute to better clinical practices that promote environmental justice and climate resilience.

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Intra‐uterine programming of future fertility

Chavatte‐Palmer,

Couturier‐Tarrade,

Rousseau‐Ralliard

2023

Reprod Domestic Animals

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The developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD) shows that a relationship exists between parental environment at large, foeto‐placental development and the risk for the offspring to develop non‐transmittable disease(s) in adulthood. This concept has been validated in both humans and livestock. In mammals, after fertilization and time spent free in the maternal reproductive tract, the embryo develops a placenta that, in close relationship with maternal endometrium, is the organ responsible for exchanges between dam and foetus. Any modification of the maternal environment can lead to adaptive mechanisms affecting placental morphology, blood flow, foetal‐maternal exchanges (transporters) and/or endocrine function, ultimately modifying placental efficiency. Among deleterious environments, undernutrition, protein restriction, overnutrition, micronutrient deficiencies and food contaminants can be outlined. When placental adaptive capacities become insufficient, foetal growth and organ formation is no longer optimal, including foetal gonadal formation and maturation, which can affect subsequent offspring fertility. Since epigenetic mechanisms have been shown to be key to foetal programming, epigenetic modifications of the gametes may also occur, leading to inter‐generational effects. After briefly describing normal gonadal development in domestic species and inter‐species differences, this review highlights the current knowledge on intra‐uterine programming of offspring fertility with a focus on domestic animals and underlines the importance to assess transgenerational effects on offspring fertility at a time when new breeding systems are developed to face the current climate changes.

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Climate and Environmental Change

Cited by 4 publications

References 41 publications

The Climate Crisis and Breastfeeding: Opportunities for Resilience

The Climate Crisis and Breastfeeding: Opportunities for Resilience

Heat Metrics and Maternal–Child Health Diagnoses in Emergency Departments in the United States

Intra‐uterine programming of future fertility

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