Health, Climate Change and Sustainability: A systematic Review and Thematic Analysis of the Literature

Environmental Health Insights

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Nichols, A ^a   Maynard, V ^a   Goodman, B ^a   Richardson, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate change; health; sustainability; systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956459810     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11786302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/EHI.S3003     Document Type: Article

References (130)

1. Harrison D., Peak oil, climate change, public health and well-being. Journal of the Royal Society of Health. 2006; 126(2): 62–3.
2. Appleby J., Data briefing. How climate change will affect health. The Health Service Journal. 2007; 117(6057): 21–1.
3. King D., Climate change challenge laid before public health workforce. Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health. 2007; 127(5): 195–195.
4. McMichael A.J., Woodruff R.E., Hales S., Climate change and human health: present and future risks. Lancet. 2006; 367(9513): 859–69.
5. Maryon-Davis A., Gilmore I., Hamilton P., Climate change and health. We must all act now… British Medical Journal. 2007; 335(7630): 1110–1110.
6. Gibbons J., Our greatest health menace. World of Irish Nursing and Midwifery. 2008; 16(3): 47–47.
7. Roberts I., The economics of tackling climate change. British Medical Journal. 2008; 336(7637): 165–6.
8. Stott R., Godlee F., What should we do about climate change? Health professionals need to act now, collectively and individually. British Medical Journal. 2006; 333(7576): 983–4.
9. Ihekweazu C., Barlow M.. Outbreak of E. coli O157 infection in the south west of the UK: risks from streams crossing seaside beaches. Euro Surveillance: European Communicable Disease Bulletin. 2006; 11(4): 128–30.
10. Frumkin H., Hess J., Vindigni S., Peak petroleum and public health. The Journal of the American Medical Association. 2007; 298(14): 1688–90.
11. Mayor S., NHS should bring in measures to reduce its carbon footprint, BMA says. British Medical Journal. 2008; 336(7647): 740-a.
12. O'Dowd A., NHS is told it must play its part in tackling climate change. British Medical Journal (Clinical Research Ed.). 2007; 334(7608): 1343–1343.
13. Lambert J., Social care must prepare for the effects of climate change. Community Care. 2008; (1704): 29-29.
14. Coote A., What health services could do about climate change. British Medical Journal (Clinical Research Ed.). 2006; 332(7554): 1343–4.
15. Gill M., Godlee F., Horton R., Stott R., Doctors and climate change. British Medical Journal. 2007; 335(7630): 1104–5.
16. United Kingdom Public Health Association. Climates and Change: The Urgent Need to Connect Health and Sustainable development. 2007.
17. Department of Health The Health Impact of Climate Change; Promoting Sustainable Communities. http://www.dh.gov.uk accessed 25th March 2009.
18. Stott R., Contraction and convergence. Healthy response to climate change. British Medical Journal. 2006; 332(7554): 1385–7.
19. Roberts I., Godlee F., Reducing the carbon footprint of medical conferences. British Medical Journal (Clinical Research Edition). 2007; 334(7589): 324–5.
20. Tudor T., Barr S., Gilg A., A novel conceptual framework for examining environmental behaviour in large organizations: a case study of the Cornwall National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom. Environment and Behaviour. 2008; 40(3): 426–50.
21. Richardson J., Kagawa F., Nichols A., Health, Energy Vulnerability and Climate Change: A Retrospective Thematic Analysis of Primary Care Trust Policies and Practices (unpublished). 2008.
22. Twisselmann B., Climate change: Summary of responses. British Medical Journal. 2006; 332(7556): 1509-a.
23. Mays N., Pope C., Popay J., Systematically reviewing qualitative and quantitative evidence to inform management policy making in the health field. Journal of Health Service Research Policy. 2005; 10(1)S1: 6–19.
24. Richardson J., Kagawa F., Nichols A., Health, Climate Change and Energy Vulnerability: A Retrospective Assessment of Strategic Health Authority Policy and Practice in England. Environmental Health Insights. 2008; 2: 97–103. http://www.la-press.com/article.php?article_id=1157.
25. Campbell S., Nursing the planet. Primary Health Care. 2008; 18(3): 41–8.
26. Haines A., Kovats R.S., Campbell-Lendrum D., Corvalan C., “Climate change and human health: impacts, vulnerability and public health.” Public Health. 2006; 120(7): 585–96.
27. Hunter P.R., Climate change and waterborne and vector-borne disease. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 2003; 94 Suppl: 37S–46.
28. Montgomery H., The medical impacts of climate change. British Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2007; 68(12): 663–5.
29. Haines A., Smith K.R.. Policies for accelerating access to clean energy, improving health, advancing development, and mitigating climate change. Lancet. 2007; 370(9594): 1264–81.
30. Hales S., Baker M., Howden-Chapman P., Menne B., Woodruff R., Woodward A., Implications of global climate change for housing, human settlements and public health. Reviews on Environmental Health. 2007; 22(4): 295–302.
31. Goodwin J., A deadly harvest: the effects of cold on older people in the UK. British Journal of Community Nursing. 2007; 12(1): 23–6.
32. Diffey B., Climate change, ozone depletion and the impact on ultraviolet exposure of human skin. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2004; 49(1): R1–11.
33. Sinclair J., The effects of the hole in the ozone layer on health. Nursing Standard. 1999; 14(8): 42–3.
34. Donaldson G.C., Climate change and the end of the respiratory syncytial virus season. Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2006; 42(5): 677–9.
35. Fairchild R.M., Morgan M.Z., Delivering multidisciplinary public health in action—the Cardiff food strategy case study. Public Health Nutrition. 2007; 10(1): 42–8.
36. Caraher M., Coveney J., Public health nutrition and food policy. Public Health Nutrition. 2004; 7(5): 591–8.
37. Roberts I., Hillman M., Climate change: the implications for policy on injury control and health promotion. Injury Prevention. 2005; 11(6): 326–9.
38. Stott R., Climate change, poverty and war. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 2007; 100(9): 399–402.
39. Wilkinson P., Climate change and health: the case for sustainable development. Medicine Conflict and Survival. 2008; 24 Suppl 1: S26–35.
40. McCartney G., Hanlon P., Romanes F., Climate change and rising energy costs will change everything: A new mindset and action plan for 21st Century public health. Public Health (Nature). 2008; 122(7): 658–63.
41. Wilkinson P., Peak oil: threat, opportunity or phantom? Public Health. 2008; 122(7): 664.
42. Brayford L., Action across the NHS must happen now. Health Estate. 2004; 58(3): 33–7.
43. Strategy Unit Waste Not, Want Not—A Strategy for Tackling Waste Production in England, Cabinet Office. 2002. http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/strategy.aspx accessed 1st May 2009.
44. Mohan R., Spiby J., Leonardi G.S., Robins A., Jefferis S., Sustainable waste management in the UK: the public health role. Public Health. 2006; 120(10): 908–14.
45. Hanlon P., McCartney G., Peak oil: will it be public health's greatest challenge? Public Health. 2008; 122(7): 647–52.
46. Coote A., Labour's health policy: the cart before the horse? Soundings. 2007b; (35): 137–47.
47. Roberts I., Arnold E., Policy at the crossroads: climate change and injury control. Injury Prevention. 2007; 13(4): 222–3.
48. Mazzi E.A., Dowlatabadi H., Air quality impacts of climate mitigation: UK policy and passenger vehicle choice. Environmental Science and Technology. 2007; 41(2): 387–92.
49. Haines A., Sustainable energy, economic growth and public health. Medicine Conflict and Survival. 2001; 17(1): 56–62.
50. Department of Trade and Industry, et al. Our energy future: creating a low carbon economy. The Stationery Office. 2003. http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file10719.pdf accessed 1st May 2009.
51. NHS Estates. New Environmental Strategy for the NHS. HMSO UK. 2002.
52. Coote A., Sustainability. Fuelling health. The Health Service Journal. 2007a; 117(6055): 26–7.
53. Griffiths J., Hill A., Spiby J., Gill M., Stott R., Ten Practical Actions for Doctors to Combat Climate Change. British Medical Journal. 2008; 336(7659).
54. Barton H., Grant M., Testing time for sustainability and health: striving for inclusive rationality in project appraisal. Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health. 2008; 128(3): 130–9.
55. Few R., Health and climatic hazards: framing social research on vulnerability, response and adaptation. Global Environmental Change. 2007; 17(2): 281–95.
56. Middleton J.D., Health, environmental and social justice. Local Environment. 2003; 8(2): 155–65.
57. Jeffery J., Governance for a sustainable future. Public Health. 2006; 120(7): 604–8.
58. Tudor T., Barr S., Gilg A., Strategies for improving recycling behaviour within the Cornwall National Health Service (NHS) in the UK. Waste Management and Research: The Journal Of The International Solid Wastes And Public Cleansing Association. 2007; 25(6): 510–6.
59. Tudor T., Barr S., Gilg A., A tale of two locational settings: is there a link between pro-environmental behaviour at work and at home? Local Environment. 2007; 12(4): 409–22.
60. Moore A., Climate change. NHS heeds the global warning. The Health Service Journal. 2007; 117(6062): 26–7.
61. Holland L., Diversity and connections in community gardens: a contribution to local sustainability. Local Environment. 2004; 9(3): 285–306.
62. Potter R., Rehabilitation for the environment. Physiotherapy Frontline. 2001; 7(9): 22–3.
63. Griffiths J., Stewart L., Sustaining a healthy future: Taking action on climate change. Faculty of Public Health, London. 2008.
64. World Health Organisation World Health Day: Protecting health from climate change. WHO, Geneva. 2008. http://www.who.int/en/ accessed 1st May 2009.
65. Nursing and Midwifery Council Standards of Proficiency for Pre Registration Nursing Education. 2004. http://www.nmc.org accessed 25th March 2009.
66. Scrimshaw P., Educational Ideologies, Unit 2, E 204, Purpose and planning in curriculum, Milton Keynes, Open University Press. 1983.
67. Department of Health 2006 Sustainable Development Action Plan. 2006 http://www.dh.gov.uk accessed 25th March 2009.
68. Department of Health Taking the long term view: The Department of Health's strategy for delivering sustainable development 2008-2011. http://www.dh.gov.uk/ accessed 25th March 2009.
69. Adshead F., Thorpe A., The role of the Government in public health: a national perspective. Public Health. 2007; 121(11): 835–9.
70. Ahmad B., Coherent and comprehensive coverage. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal. 2007; 25(1): 70–1.
71. Armstrong R., Waters E.. Improving the reporting of public health intervention research: advancing TREND and CONSORT. Journal of Public Health. 2008; 30(1): 103–9.
72. Bird S.R., African carrier oils: linking aromatherapy, ethnobotany, fair trade, socio-economics and sustainability. Aromatherapy Today. 2003: 30.
73. Boykoff M.T., Rajan S.R., Signals and noise. Mass-media coverage of climate change in the USA and the UK. EMBO Reports. 2007; 8(3): 207–11.
74. Brown R.J.C., Yardley R.E.. Twenty-five years of nationwide ambient metals measurement in the United Kingdom: concentration levels and trends. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 2008; 142(1-3): 127–40.
75. Butcher C., McDonald B., Westhorp V., Healthchecks and sustainable livelihoods: a case study from Kent. Community development journal. 2003; 38(3): 225–34.
76. Carlisle D., Future NHS. NHS 60. The heat is on. The Health Service Journal. 2008; 28–31.
77. Catford J., Food security, climate change and heath promotion: opening up the streams not just helping out down stream. Health Promotion International. 2008; 23(2): 105–8.
78. Chan W.M., Access and Sustainability Advisory Service. Access by Design: 2007: 14.
79. Coote A., How should health professionals take action against climate change? British Medical Journal. 2008; 336(7647): 733–4.
80. Curry A., Emerging human protozoan infections in the temperate European climate. Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology. 2004; 36(2): 105–19.
81. Darier E., Schule R., ‘Think globally, act locally’? Climate change and public participation in Manchester and Frankfurt. Local Environment. 1999; 4(3): 317–30.
82. Davis A.M., Climate change. Why the NHS must think about sustainability. British Journal of Health Care Management. 2007; 13(7): 264–264.
83. Dobson R., Obesity and climate change could be tackled together. British Medical Journal (Clinical Research Ed.). 2008; 336(7657): 1333–1333.
84. el Ansari W., Educational partnerships for public health: do stakeholders perceive similar outcomes? Journal of Public Health Management And Practice. 2003; 9(2): 136–56.
85. Farmer J., Lauder W., Richards H., Sharkey S., Dr. John has gone: assessing health professionals’ contribution to remote rural community sustainability in the UK. Social Science and Medicine. 2003; 57(4): 673–86.
86. Field J., Access and Sustainability Advisory Service. Access by Design: 2006: 25.
87. Ford S., Climate change will lead to more kidney stones. Nursing Times. 2008; 104(29): 8–8.
88. Gill M., Why should doctors be interested in climate change? British Medical Journal. 2008; 336(7659): 1506–1506.
89. Gould E.A., Higgs S., Buckley A., Gritsun T.S., Potential arbovirus emergence and implications for the United Kingdom. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2006; 12(4): 549–55.
90. Graham I., Nursing and developmental sustainability. A personal reflection. Reflections on Nursing Leadership/Sigma Theta Tau International, Honor Society of Nursing. 2002; 28(4): 27.
91. Griffiths J., Mini-symposium: health and environmental sustainability. The convergence of public health and sustainable development. Public Health. 2006; 120(7): 581–4.
92. Guillebaud J., Hayes P., Population growth and climate change: universal access to family planning should be the priority. British Medical Journal. 2008; 337(7664): 247–8.
93. Holyoake D., Wheatley F., Brown J., Chapman K., Readers panel. Impact on climate change. Nursing Standard. 2007; 21(32): 24–5.
94. Howatson G., Exercise and Hot Spots. Sportex Health. 2004; 20: 28–30.
95. Hunt G., Climate change and health. Nursing Ethics. 2006; 13(6): 571–2.
96. Johnson E.K., Moran D., Vinten A.J.A., A framework for valuing the health benefits of improved bathing water quality in the River Irvine catchment. Journal of Environmental Management. 2008; 87(4): 633–8.
97. Kashefi E., Mort M., Grounded citizens’ juries: a tool for health activism? Health Expectations: An International Journal of Public Participation in Health Care And Health Policy. 2004; 7(4): 290–302.
98. Konidari P., Mavrakis D., A multi-criteria evaluation method for climate change mitigation policy instruments. Energy Policy. 2007; 35(12): 6235–57.
99. Lea R., The days of cheap oil have gone, but the peak oil theory is far too bleak. Public Health. 2008; 122(7): 667.
100. Lewis S., Andrews G.J., Climate change and health: Priorities for the CAM community. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice. 2009; 15(1): 1–4.
101. Lonsdale J., Only YOU can save the Earth! Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health. 2007; 127(5): 204–5.
102. Lorenzoni I., Nicholson-Cole S., Whitmarsh L., Barriers perceived to engaging with climate change among the UK public and their policy implications. Global Environmental Change. 2007; 17(3-4): 445–59.
103. Lorenzoni I.A., Leiserowitz A., De Franca Doria M., Poortinga W., Pidgeon N.F., Cross-National Comparisons of Image Associations with “Global Warming” and “Climate Change” Among Laypeople in the United States of America and Great Britain. Journal of Risk Research. 2006; 9: 265–81.
104. Milner S.J., Bailey C., Deans J., Pettigrew D., Integrated impact assessment in the UK-use, efficacy and future development. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 2005; 25(1): 47–62.
105. Morrison L., Climate change… what can we do? British Journal of General Practice. 2008; 58(549): 290–290.
106. Moseley M.J., Owen S., The future of services in rural England: the drivers of change and a scenario for 2015. Progress in Planning. 2008; 69(3): 93–130.
107. Myr R., Climate change: Breastfeeding tackles both obesity and climate change. British Medical Journal. 2008; 336(7659): 1454–1454.
108. Nicoll A., Murray V., Health protection—a strategy and a national agency. Public Health. 2002; 116(3): 129–137.
109. Pan H., Kohler J., Technological change in energy systems: learning curves, logistic curves and input-output coefficients. Ecological Economics. 2007; 63(4): 749–58.
110. Pidgeon N.F., Lorenzoni I., Poortinga W., Climate change or nuclear power—No thanks! A quantitative study of public perceptions and risk framing in Britain. Global Environmental Change. 2008; 18(1): 69–85.
111. Randolph S.E., Dynamics of tick-borne disease systems: minor role of recent climate change. Revue Scientifique Et Technique (International Office of Epizootics). 2008; 27(2): 367–81.
112. Sim F., Mackie P., Climate change and health. Lancet. 2006; 367(9528): 2039–2039.
113. Smith B., Climate change: Why so many open windows? British Medical Journal. 2008; 336(7659): 1454–454.
114. Smith C., Care closer to home. Keeping it real. The Health Service Journal. 2007; 117(6065): suppl 9.
115. Smith S., Swierzbinski J., Assessing the performance of the UK emissions trading scheme. Environmental and Resource Economics. 2007; 37(1): 131–58.
116. Smith P.F., Twisselmann B., Climate change… Stott R. Healthy response to climate change. British Medical Journal. 2006; 332(7556): 1509–1509.
117. Stevenson W.T., Doctors leading climate change is self delusion Stott R, Godlee F. What should we do about climate change? BMJ. 2006 November 11;333: 983-4. (11 November). British Medical Journal. 2006; 333(7578): 1124–1124.
118. Stanton J., MiniSymposium. Sustainability: public health's role in the 21st century. Public Health. 2008; 122(7): 645–6.
119. Watson R., UN conference on climate change will test countries’ commitment to public health. British Medical Journal. 2007; 335(7630): 1116–7.
120. While A., Climate change should matter to nurses. British Journal of Community Nursing. 2006; 11(10): 454–454.
121. Williams N., Costing climate change. Current Biology: CB. 2006; 16(23): R971–2.
122. Wilson N., Wallace C., Climate change control and injury prevention: more win-win solutions… Roberts I, Hillman M. Climate change: the implications for policy on injury control and health promotion. Inj Prev. 2005: 11: 326-9. Injury Prevention. 2006; 12(2): 135–135.
123. Zarocostas J., WHO chief calls for united front in face of three crises: food, climate change, and pandemic influenza. British Medical Journal. 2008; 336(7654): 1155–1155.
124. Climate change action must not forget vulnerable households. Working with Older People: Community Care Policy and Practice. 2007; 11(3): 7–7.
125. NHS has a major role to play in tackling climate change. Nursing in Practice: The Journal for Today's Primary Care Nurse. 2007; (36): 7–7.
126. Public health must be part of climate change ‘jigsaw. Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health. 2007; 127(6): 244–244.
127. Adapting to climate change. Lancet. 2008; 371(9613): 624–624.
128. Trusts urged to recruit locally to save the planet. Nursing Standard. 2008; 22(32): 5–5.
129. Fussel H.M., Assessing adaptation to the health risks of climate change: what guidance can existing frameworks provide? International Journal of Environmental Health Research. 2008; 18(1): 37–63.
130. Smith K.R., Haigler E., Co-benefits of climate mitigation and health protection in energy systems: scoping methods. Annual Review of Public Health. 2008; 29: 11–25.