The health and well-being effects of drought: assessing multi-stakeholder perspectives through narratives from the UK
The health and well-being effects of drought: assessing multi-stakeholder perspectives through narratives from the UK
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DOI：
10.1007/s10584-020-02916-x
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发表时间：
2020-12-07
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4.8
通讯作者：
McEwen, Lindsey
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作者：
Bryan, Kimberly;Ward, Sarah;McEwen, Lindsey
关于干旱与健康的全球文献突出强调了对发展中国家人民健康的各种影响，在这些国家，某些普遍存在的社会、经济和环境条件增加了他们的脆弱性，特别是气候变化。尽管人们越来越重视气候变化，但对发达国家的健康-干旱影响了解相对较少。在英国，与气候变化相关的水资源短缺风险已被确定为一个关键的行动领域，有必要更好地了解干旱与健康的联系。本文评估了人们的叙述干旱对健康和福祉在英国使用源受体的影响框架。利益攸关方的陈述表明，干旱可通过减少水量、水质、损害个人卫生和环境卫生、粮食安全和空气质量，对健康和福祉产生明显影响。与干旱有关的热浪也被确定为通过高温和野火以及与干旱有关的病媒对健康产生影响的一个来源。干旱被视为可能对身心健康产生消极和积极影响，重点是心理健康。健康影响往往是复杂和跨部门的，这表明需要在风险评估和适应规划进程中针对干旱和健康的跨部门管理方针。在英国的叙述中，两个反复出现的主题是干旱对"风险“群体的健康影响和针对他们的必要性，以及气候变化中的干旱对风险群体的潜在健康影响。
The global literature on drought and health highlights a variety of health effects for people in developing countries where certain prevailing social, economic and environmental conditions increase their vulnerability especially with climate change. Despite increased focus on climate change, relatively less is known about the health-drought impacts in the developed country context. In the UK, where climate change-related risk of water shortages has been identified as a key area for action, there is need for better understanding of drought-health linkages. This paper assesses people's narratives of drought on health and well-being in the UK using a source-receptor-impact framing. Stakeholder narratives indicate that drought can present perceived health and well-being effects through reduced water quantity, water quality, compromised hygiene and sanitation, food security, and air quality. Heatwave associated with drought was also identified as a source of health effects through heat and wildfire, and drought-related vectors. Drought was viewed as potentially attributing both negative and positive effects for physical and mental health, with emphasis on mental health. Health impacts were often complex and cross-sectoral in nature indicating the need for a management approach across several sectors that targets drought and health in risk assessment and adaptation planning processes. Two recurring themes in the UK narratives were the health consequences of drought for 'at-risk' groups and the need to target them, and that drought in a changing climate presented potential health implications for at-risk groups.