Morris, GP, Reis, S, Beck, SA et al. (4 more authors) (2017) Scoping the proximal and distal dimensions of climate change on health and wellbeing. Environmental Health, 16. ARTN 116. pp. 69-76. ISSN 1476-069X
Abstract
The impacts of climate on health and wellbeing occur in time and space and through a range of indirect, complicated mechanisms. This diversity of pathways has major implications for national public health planning and influence on interventions that might help to mitigate and adapt to rapidly changing environmental conditions, nationally and internationally. This paper draws upon evidence from public health and adverse impact studies across climate science, hydrology, agriculture, public health, and the social sciences. It presents a conceptual model to support decision-making by recognizing both the proximal and distal pathways from climate-induced environmental change to national health and wellbeing. The proximal and distal pathways associated with food security, migration and mobility illustrate the diverse climate change influences in different geographic locations over different timescales. We argue that greater realization and articulation of proximal and distal pathways should radically alter how climate change is addressed as a national and international public health challenge.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s). 2017. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
Keywords: | Ecosystems; Food; Nutrition; Mobility; Migration; Concepts; Stakeholder engagement; Theoretical frameworks; Ecosystem services |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Biological Sciences (Leeds) > School of Biology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 03 Jan 2018 12:30 |
Last Modified: | 04 Jan 2018 09:27 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | BioMed Central |
Identification Number: | 10.1186/s12940-017-0329-y |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:125712 |