The Effect of High and Low Ambient Temperature on Infant Health: A Systematic Review

Lakhoo, DP (通讯作者),Univ Witwatersrand, Wits Reprod Hlth & HIV Inst, Fac Hlth Sci, ZA-2001 Johannesburg, South Africa.
2022-8
Children, and particularly infants, have physiological, anatomic, and social factors that increase vulnerability to temperature extremes. We performed a systematic review to explore the association between acute adverse infant outcomes (children 0-1 years) and exposure to high and low ambient temperatures. MEDLINE (Pubmed), Embase, CINAHL Plus, and Global Health were searched alongside the reference lists of key papers. We included published journal papers in English that assessed adverse infant outcomes related to short-term weather-related temperature exposure. Twenty-six studies met our inclusion criteria. Outcomes assessed included: infant mortality (n = 9), sudden infant death syndrome (n = 5), hospital visits or admissions (n = 5), infectious disease outcomes (n = 5), and neonatal conditions such as jaundice (n = 2). Higher temperatures were associated with increased risk of acute infant mortality, hospital admissions, and hand, foot, and mouth disease. Several studies identified low temperature impacts on infant mortality and episodes of respiratory disease. Findings on temperature risks for sudden infant death syndrome were inconsistent. Only five studies were conducted in low- or middle-income countries, and evidence on subpopulations and temperature-sensitive infectious diseases was limited. Public health measures are required to reduce the impacts of heat and cold on infant health.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
卷号:19|期号:15
收录类别:SCIE
语种
英语
来源机构
University of Witwatersrand; University of London; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; Royal College of Surgeons of England; University of Oslo; University of Botswana; University of London; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
资助信息
B.N., M.F.C. and S.K. were funded by the Research Council of Norway (RCN) (grant number 312601); the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) (grant numbers NE/T013613/1, NE/T01363X/1), the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life andWelfare in collaboration with the Swedish Research Council (Forte) (grant number 2019-01570); and the National Science Foundation (NSF) (grant number ICER-2028598); coordinated through a Belmont Forum partnership (CHAMNHA project). Part of this work was funded through the HE2AT Center, a grant supported by the NIH Common Fund, which is managed by the Fogarty International Center. NIH award number 1U54TW012083-
被引频次(WOS)
0
被引频次(其他)
0
180天使用计数
4
2013以来使用计数
5
EISSN
1660-4601
出版年
2022-8
DOI
10.3390/ijerph19159109
学科领域
循证公共卫生
关键词
heat exposure cold exposure ambient temperature SIDS mortality neonatal health infant health
资助机构
Research Council of Norway (RCN)(Research Council of Norway) Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)(UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)) Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare(Swedish Research CouncilSwedish Research Council for Health Working Life & Welfare (Forte)) Swedish Research Council (Forte) National Science Foundation (NSF)(National Science Foundation (NSF)National Research Foundation of Korea) NIH Common Fund(United States Department of Health & Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA) NIH(United States Department of Health & Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA)
WOS学科分类
Environmental Sciences Public, Environmental & Occupational Health