Mortality Rising: A review of the Human Health Consequences of Global Climate Change
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Date
2016-06
Authors
Guzzi, Brittney
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University of Oregon
Abstract
The objective of this review is to assess the projected health risks associated
with climate variability. Primary studies pertaining to the health consequences of ~kin
cancer, cataract incidence, and immunosuppression were used to explore the projected
increased incidence of these conditions under the conditions associated with ozone
depletion. A similar strategy was used to show the cardiovascular and respiratory risks
associated with direct thermal stress and ambient air pollution, and the increased
incidence of vector-borne and waterborne diseases present with geographic climate
variability. In closing, a section of this review was designed to explore current public
health infrastructure intended to protect at-risk populations and to use this analysis to
identify what strategies should be prioritized in current public health practices. This
paper will combine the two fields of global health and ecology studies, to which this
thesis wi11 attribute most of its significance and relevance. With enough appropriate
data and correlation done within the research field, preventative global health measures
could potentially improve preparedness levels for given illness outbreaks.
Description
46 pages. A thesis presented to the Department of Human Physiology and the Clark Honors College of the University of Oregon in partial fulfillment of the requirements for degree of Bachelor of Science, Spring 2016.
Keywords
Health, Human physiology, Human health, Climate change, Diseases, Public health, Global warming, Human mortality