Developing solutions for temperature-related health impacts in the UK

为英国与温度相关的健康影响开发解决方案

• 批准号: NE/Y503253/1
• 负责人: Shakoor Hajat
• 金额: $ 325.28万
• 依托单位: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2024 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=NE%2FY503253%2F1
• 关键词: Developing; solutions; temperature; related; health

There is growing recognition that ambient temperature and other climate factors can affect the health of the UK population via multiple pathways, ranging from direct impacts such as increased deaths and hospital admissions during a heat-wave, to indirect processes such as the role of climate factors in driving the spread of ticks and other vectors that can cause diseases. Understanding such impacts and developing solutions therefore requires multi-disciplinary expertise which the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit (HPRU) on Environmental Change and Health is uniquely placed to deliver since its long-standing programme of research and training is already contributing to improved understanding of the health impacts of climate change and other environmental challenges, the actions needed to protect UK public health, and the opportunities for improving health of policies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This partnership between LSHTM, UKHSA, UCL, and the Met Office consists of members who have long been at the forefront of research into climate change and health, with expertise in health, environmental science, behavioural and social science, building science, climate change, health economics, insect biology, and mathematical modelling:https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/centres-projects-groups/hpru-ech#welcomeThe aims of this new project led by the HPRU consortium plus additional climate scientists are to foster strong and enduring links between the climate and health science communities and to generate policy-relevant evidence on the full range of health impacts associated with climate factors that can inform adaptation and mitigation measures and enhance climate resilience of the UK population. The project objectives are:To develop and apply methods for improved detection of weather-related health impacts and to identify high-risk groups and health inequalities associated with climate exposures.To undertake a dedicated programme of work in the home, built and natural environments that will improve understanding of climate-related health impacts and the gains and risks associated with interventions in these settings.To develop a national synthetic population model incorporating environmental, demographic and socio-economic data with detailed spatial information that can be used to quantify the impacts of different environmental interventions on population health and health inequalities, which can inform local and national policies.The project responds to the call by assessing the impacts of climate variability on a range of health outcomes, including novel use of the UK Renal Registry's automated alert system which enables assessment of whether the timing of Acute Kidney Injury episodes coincide with temperature extremes. We will estimate future mortality and morbidity impacts under different global warming scenarios. We will evaluate the health benefits and economic costs associated with a range of adaptation strategies, including building design and retrofit measures in the housing sector, the impacts of future urbanisation trends on urban heat islands, and natural environment interventions such as the cooling potential of urban trees in enhancing population adaptation to climate change. We will quantify the health benefits of mitigation policies needed to achieve the Government's net zero targets.This ambitious project will also enhance research capacity between climate and health scientists by developing a programme of training courses and placement visits of health researchers to the Met Office. The HPRU's extensive stakeholder engagement and other knowledge mobilisation activities will ensure that research has maximum policy impact. The HPRU's dedicated public involvement and engagement group will inform research planning and dissemination of results.

人们越来越认识到，环境温度和其他气候因素会通过多种途径影响英国人口的健康，从直接影响（例如，在热浪期间的死亡和住院增加）到间接过程，例如气候因素在驱动tick传播和其他可能引起疾病的媒介中的作用。 Understanding such impacts and developing solutions therefore requires multi-disciplinary expertise which the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit (HPRU) on Environmental Change and Health is uniquely placed to deliver since its long-standing programme of research and training is already contributing to improved understanding of the health impacts of climate change and other environmental challenges, the actions needed to protect UK public health, and the opportunities for improving health of policies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. LSHTM，UKHSA，UCL和MET办公室之间的这种伙伴关系由长期以来一直是气候变化和健康研究的最前沿，在健康，环境科学，行为科学和社会科学，建筑科学，气候变化，健康经济学，昆虫生物学以及数学方面具有专业知识建模：https：//www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/centres-projects-groups/hpru-ech#welcomethe hip ins he hip Consortium和其他气候科学家所领导的这个新项目的目标是促进牢固和持久的联系，以促进气候和健康科学社区之间的联系，并将整个范围与整个健康范围相关联，该范围与整个健康范围相关联，该范围与整个健康范围相关联，该范围与整个范围有关缓解措施并增强英国人口的气候韧性。项目目标是：开发和应用方法以改善与天气相关的健康影响的检测，并确定与气候暴露相关的高风险群体和健康不平等，并在家庭中进行专门的工作计划，建立和自然环境中的专门工作计划，以改善对气候相关的健康影响的理解，并在这些范围内开发与这些社会的范围，并构成了与民众的融合。 data with detailed spatial information that can be used to quantify the impacts of different environmental interventions on population health and health inequalities, which can inform local and national policies.The project responds to the call by assessing the impacts of climate variability on a range of health outcomes, including novel use of the UK Renal Registry's automated alert system which enables assessment of whether the timing of Acute Kidney Injury episodes coincide with temperature extremes.我们将在不同的全球变暖情景下估计未来的死亡率和发病率影响。我们将评估与一系列适应策略相关的健康福利和经济成本，包括建筑设计和住房部门的改造措施，未来城市化趋势对城市热岛的影响以及自然环境干预措施，例如城市树木在增强人群适应气候变化方面的冷却潜力。我们将通过制定一项培训课程和健康研究人员的安置计划来量化实现政府净零净目标所需的缓解政策的健康益处。该雄心勃勃的项目还将增强气候和健康科学家之间的研究能力。 HPRU广泛的利益相关者参与和其他知识动员活动将确保研究具有最大的政策影响。 HPRU专门的公众参与和参与小组将为研究计划和结果传播提供信息。