Impact of Ontario’s Harmonized Heat Warning and Information System on emergency department visits for heat-related illness in Ontario, Canada: a population-based time series analysis
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DOI: 10.17269/s41997-022-00665-1
Abstract: Ontario’s Harmonized Heat Warning and Information System (HWIS) brings harmonized, regional heat warnings and standard heat-health messaging to provincial public health units prior to periods of extreme heat. Was implementation of the harmonized HWIS in… read more here.
Keywords: ontario; heat warning; heat; population ... See more keywords
Selecting Thresholds of Heat-Warning Systems with Substantial Enhancement of Essential Population Health Outcomes for Facilitating Implementation
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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18189506
Abstract: Most heat-health studies identified thresholds just outside human comfort zones, which are often too low to be used in heat-warning systems for reducing climate-related health risks. We refined a generalized additive model for selecting thresholds… read more here.
Keywords: selecting thresholds; heat warning; warning systems; heat ... See more keywords
Explorative Assessment of the Temperature–Mortality Association to Support Health-Based Heat-Warning Thresholds: A National Case-Crossover Study in Switzerland
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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20064958
Abstract: Defining health-based thresholds for effective heat warnings is crucial for climate change adaptation strategies. Translating the non-linear function between heat and health effects into an effective threshold for heat warnings to protect the population is… read more here.
Keywords: health based; temperature; mortality; heat ... See more keywords