Health and social care responses to the Department of Health Heatwave Plan†

Abrahamson, Vanessa; Raine, Rosalind

doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdp059

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“…However, to be effective this type of information needs to be constantly updated therefore demanding the allocation of appropriate resources in financial and human terms. 71 More heat-specific engagement may be needed to better understand likely effectiveness of different measures for vulnerable groups and allow community ownership of heat responses where community interest exists. Innovative information dissemination methods are also needed and should be targeted and tailored specifically to vulnerable groups.…”

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“…Innovative information dissemination methods are also needed and should be targeted and tailored specifically to vulnerable groups. 71 In the specific case of SEQ, more research is needed to generate a better understanding of vulnerable groups and the potential for demographic and socioeconomic characteristics to influence and shape behavioral responses to hot weather. This includes information on the efficiency of health messages encouraging individual and institutional workers to promote adaptive behaviors that can minimize the health impact of heatwave events including appropriate individual hydration and cooling strategies.…”

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“…15,22 Competing issues and ambivalence from public and urban agencies in defining their own roles and responsibilities. 19,29,62 Lack of public services to disadvantaged areas (e.g. public transport; cool places).…”

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Managing health impacts of heat in South East Queensland, Australia

2014

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Heatwaves kill more people than any other natural hazard in Australia. Current literature on managing health risks of heatwaves highlights the importance of implementing urban planning measures, and engaging with vulnerable groups on a local level to better understand perceptions of risk and tailor health protection measures. This paper reviews arrangements to reduce heatwave health risks in South East Queensland in response to these themes. A literature search and document analysis, stakeholder interviews, and multi-stakeholder cross-sectoral workshops revealed that although heatwave management is not always considered by local government and disaster management stakeholders, many urban planning measures to minimize urban heat have been pursued. However, greater information from vulnerable groups is still needed to better inform heatwave management measures. IntroductionHeatwaves have been associated with increased morbidity, mortality and hospital admissions in many metropolitan regions globally, including the South East Queensland region (SEQ) in Australia.1-5 Climate change is projected to increase the frequency and severity of heatwave events in SEQ, along with an increase in mean and maximum temperatures. 6,7 This could have critical implications for human settlements in the region as urban areas are especially sensitive to heatwave events because of the urban heat island effect (UHIE), 8,a thereby exacerbating heat exposure for urban residents. This paper contributes to inform multi-scale heatwave management efforts by focusing on the example of SEQ. It draws on the findings of the Human Settlements component of the South East Queensland Climate Adaptation Research Initiative (SEQ-CARI), a 3-year integrated multi-sectoral study of climate change adaptation options for human settlements in SEQ, including urban planning and management, coastal management, physical infrastructure, emergency management and human health. To this end, the paper is structured in 3 parts. The first part presents the SEQCARI research approach followed by a literature review on heatwave management broadly. The second part presents background information on SEQ and investigates cross-sectoral ambivalences to heatwave management and risks based on document analysis, literature review and empirical data derived from stakeholder workshops and interviews. The paper concludes by providing insights that can inform the development of heat management measures under a changing climate. Research ApproachThe Human Settlements component of SEQCARI aimed to explore and develop a range of appropriate adaptation strategies, policies and practices in each sector and across sectors, for better governance and management in response to the impacts of climate change. The research project was specifically directed to the SEQ region due to the earlier recognition of this region as one of 6 climate change 'vulnerability hotspots' in Australia. 10 The region is particularly vulnerable because of its coastal location and the distribution and location of its...

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“…A thematic analysis was conducted to identify themes from the qualitative data. Thematic analyses are one of the most common approaches to qualitative data analysis 20 and have been used in previous research around EWE planning 21 . Our approach adopts techniques such as: looking for repetition and similarities or differences in the data; triangulating interpretations by more than one analyst; employing theoryrelated material (i.e., through the discussion group schedule) that uses social scientific concepts about policy implementation as springboards for themes 22 .…”

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Implementing extreme weather event advice and guidance in English public health systems

2016

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“…Pero los resultados recogidos en otro trabajo publicado por Abrahamson y Raine, realiza do sobre profesionales sanitarios, sociales y voluntarios que trabajan en el Plan de Pre vención británico, ponen en duda si son conscientes del riesgo real que posee un extremo térmico. Gran parte de los entrevis tados consideran que es difícil identificar y priorizar los individuos más vulnerables pero sobre todo piensan que las olas de calor no son los suficientemente frecuentes como para justificar la preparación requerida por el Plan 58 , pese a que los datos digan lo con trario y los trabajos realizado en Estados Unidos muestren que en las últimas décadas han provocado más muertes que el resto de las catástrofes naturales juntas 59 .…”

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Posibilidades de mejora en los planes de prevención frente al exceso de temperaturas

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Rev. Esp. Salud Publica

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RESUMENEn el verano de 2003 las temperaturas alcanzadas fueron respon sables de un gran número de muertes en el continente europeo. Un año después muchos países habían implantado algún tipo de plan de prevención frente al exceso de temperaturas. Planes que ya habían mostrado su capacidad de prevenir una buena parte de la mortalidad evitable en otras latitudes.Desde entonces, son numerosos los estudios publicados ofre ciendo nuevos datos sobre los efectos en salud pública de una ola de calor, que pueden contribuir a aumentar la eficiencia de estos planes de prevención. Conocer las situaciones meteorológicas de mayor riesgo, definir ola de calor o tener en cuenta el tiempo que el plan debe estar activo a partir del estudio de la relación entre la tempera tura y sus efectos en salud, identificar las características meteoroló gicas que modulan la relación entre la temperatura y la mortalidad, localizar el perfil de las personas de mayor riesgo o diseñar protoco los de actuación con la mayor precisión posible y basado en el cono cimiento científico son elementos extraídos de numerosos trabajos realizados en los últimos años que deben ser tenidos en cuenta. Possibilities of ImprovementIn the summer of 2003 the temperatures reached were responsi ble for a large number of deaths in Europe. A year after this fact, many countries had implemented some sort of plan of prevention against excessive temperatures. Plans that had already shown its abi lity to prevent a large proportion of avoidable mortality in other lati tudes.Since then, a lot of papers have been published providing new data on health effects of a heat wave, which can help increase the efficiency of these prevention plans. Knowing the weather condi tions at risk, defining "heat wave" or to take into account the time that the plan should be active from the study of the relationship bet ween temperature and their effects on health, to identify weather pat terns that modulate the relationship between temperature and morta lity, locate the profile of people at risk or to develop protocols for action as accurately as possible and based on scientific knowledge are elements drawn from studies carried on in recent years that should be taken into account.

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Health and social care responses to the Department of Health Heatwave Plan†

Cited by 42 publications

References 16 publications

Managing health impacts of heat in South East Queensland, Australia

Managing health impacts of heat in South East Queensland, Australia

Implementing extreme weather event advice and guidance in English public health systems

Posibilidades de mejora en los planes de prevención frente al exceso de temperaturas

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