Physical, Mental, and Financial Impacts From Drought in Two California Counties, 2015

Barreau, Tracy; Conway, David J.; Haught, Karen; Jackson, Rebecca; Kreutzer, Richard; Lockman, Andrew; Minnick, Sharon; Roisman, Rachel; Rozell, David; Smorodinsky, Svetlana; Tafoya, Dana; Wilken, Jason A.

doi:10.2105/ajph.2017.303695

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“…Similarly, mosquito-borne diseases may cause long-term cognitive, functional, and movement disorders (Hughes, Wilson, and Sejvar 2007). Many case studies document the chronic psychologic dysfunction of survivors of catastrophic extreme events (e.g., hurricanes, floods, drought) ( Barreau et al 2017;Bei et al 2013;La Greca et al 2010). However, there is less systematic evidence of the mental health impacts of less severe but more common extreme events.…”

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Changes in extreme events and the potential impacts on human health

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Brown

Conlon

et al. 2018

Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association

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Extreme weather and climate events affect human health by causing death, injury, and illness, as well as having large socioeconomic impacts. Climate change has caused changes in extreme event frequency, intensity, and geographic distribution, and will continue to be a driver for change in the future. Some of these events include heat waves, droughts, wildfires, flooding rains, coastal flooding, surges, and hurricanes. The pathways connecting extreme events to health outcomes and economic losses can be diverse and complex. The difficulty in predicting these relationships comes from the local societal and environmental factors that affect disease burden.

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Section: Research Gapsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Changes in extreme events and the potential impacts on human health

Bell

Brown

Conlon

et al. 2018

Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association

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“…Respondents of a Community Assessments for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) health impact assessment conducted in Calfornia USA reported worsening of respiratory conditions including asthma and allergies upon perceived increased amounts of dust during the drought period (Barreau et al 2017). An inverse association between Palmer Hydrological Drought Index (PHDI), an index of hydrological drought, and the prevalence of hayfever across the states in the United States was also reported, such that drier states had more hayfever.…”

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“…Respondents of a health impact assessment conducted in Calfornia USA reported that the drought had a negative impact on their household's peace of mind or that a drought-related experience in the past 30 days lead to acute mental stress (Barreau et al 2017). Some respondents also reported worsening of preexisting mental conditions of someone in their household since the drought began (Barreau et al 2017).…”

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Public health impacts of drought in high-income countries: a systematic review

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Dimnik

Hassounah

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Introduction The health effects of drought are significant and widespread, but primarily indirect. As climate change projections indicate future increases in drought events globally, it is essential that we continue to develop the evidence base on the health consequences of drought to inform future public health policy and practice (i.e. the quantification of impacts now and in the future). Methods A systematic review was preformed using: MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, Maternity and Infant Care, Global Health, CINAHL and Cochrane. Articles were included in the analysis if they met the following criteria: exposure was specified as drought; outcome was a defined and measured human health outcome; a distinct link had to be made between exposure and outcome; drought was defined as a shortage or deficiency that was climate related; population studied was member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to represent HICs; reported original data; published in English from May 2012 to June 2017. Results 10,383 citations were initially identified; 24 papers met the eligibility criteria. Additionally, seven papers not meeting the criteria were incorporated as supporting text. The majority of studies were from Australia and the USA. Five main categories of health effects were found: (i) water borne disease (ii) vector borne disease (iii) airborne, dust and respiratory related diseases (iv) mental health and wellbeing and (v) other health effects. Conclusion The limited evidence suggests that the mental health impacts of drought in rural and farming populations and outbreaks of West Nile Fever in places that harbour the transmitting vector represent the greatest public health concern for drought prone High-Income Countries (HICs). A range of initiatives were identified, including health services preparedness alongside targeted public health policies. Further studies are needed to address gaps in the evidence including the absence of a standardised definition and/or measure of drought exposure, and methods to measure and assess health impacts related to drought.

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“…The water level of the Salton Sea, located centrally within Imperial County (Figure 1), has been diminishing as a result of evaporation and decreased precipitation and river flow. California's most severe drought took place between the years 2012 and 2017 (Barreau et al, 2017; Griffin & Anchukaitis, 2014), including four of those years under a government‐declared state of emergency.…”

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The Disappearing Lake: A Historical Analysis of Drought and the Salton Sea in the Context of the GeoHealth Framework

Doede

DeGuzman

2020

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The Imperial Valley region of Southeastern California has become one of the most productive agricultural regions in the state and has the highest rates of childhood asthma in California. Lack of precipitation in the Imperial Valley has caused the water level of the Salton Sea to recede to a record low since its formation in the early 1900s. Previous studies of wind and dust deposition conducted in other regions have shown how reduced precipitation, ground heating, and the diminishing water level in an arid climate pose a risk of exposing previously sequestered toxic chemicals to open air, adversely affecting lung health. The purpose of this study is to draw historical parallels between the Aral Sea and Salton Sea in the context of geomorphology, ecology, human health, economics, and human migration, to inform an assessment of environmentally related health impacts of those living in the Imperial Valley region. Future droughts and heatwaves are expected to rise in frequency and severity, disproportionately affecting those impacted by financial and health disparities. Future research must include the implications of population health in the context of GeoHealth as a result of the most recent drought and the receding water levels of the Salton Sea.

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Physical, Mental, and Financial Impacts From Drought in Two California Counties, 2015

Cited by 19 publications

References 9 publications

Changes in extreme events and the potential impacts on human health

Changes in extreme events and the potential impacts on human health

Public health impacts of drought in high-income countries: a systematic review

The Disappearing Lake: A Historical Analysis of Drought and the Salton Sea in the Context of the GeoHealth Framework

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