Journal article
Mapping social vulnerability indicators to understand the health impacts of climate change: a scoping review
A Li, M Toll, R Bentley
Lancet Planetary Health | ELSEVIER SCI LTD | Published : 2023
Abstract
The need to assess and measure how social vulnerability influences the health impacts of climate change has resulted in a rapidly growing body of research literature. To date, there has been no overarching, systematic examination of where this evidence is concentrated and what inferences can be made. This scoping review provides an overview of studies published between 2012 and 2022 on social vulnerability to the negative health effects of climate change. Of the 2115 studies identified from four bibliographic databases (Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, and CAB Direct), 230 that considered indicators of social vulnerability to climate change impacts on health outcomes were selected for review...
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Awarded by Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation
Funding Acknowledgements
This research was conducted with funding support from the National Health and Medical Research Council Centre of Research Excellence in Healthy Housing (grant number 1196456) , the Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course (grant number CE200100025) , and the Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation (proactive grant) . The authors acknowledge the support of the Healthy Environments And Lives (also known as HEAL) network. The funders of this Review had no role in the study design, data collection, data analysis, data interpretation, or writing of this Review.