ArticleGlobal health action2013
Climate change and the potential effects on maternal and pregnancy outcomes: an assessment of the most vulnerable--the mother, fetus, and newborn child.
Article in Global health action, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07489664 (Indigenous Nutritional Supplements for Pregnancy to Improve Resilience in Environmental Heat), which is not on this map. Cited by 75 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Indigenous Nutritional Supplements for Pregnancy to Improve Resilience in Environmental Heat
Who cites it
75 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 201 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Effect of Rainfall and Temperature Patterns on Childhood Linear Growth in the Tropics: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Pooled it
- Climate change impacts on child and adolescent health and well-being: A narrative review.Journal of global health · 2024Pooled it
- The Association Between Season and Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2023Pooled it
- Climate Change-Related Environmental Exposures and Perinatal and Maternal Health Outcomes in the U.S.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Association of Air Pollution and Heat Exposure With Preterm Birth, Low Birth Weight, and Stillbirth in the US: A Systematic Review.JAMA network open · 2020Pooled it
- Systematic review of current efforts to quantify the impacts of climate change on undernutrition.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2015Pooled it
- Climate change and gendered vulnerability: A systematic review of women's health.Women's health (London, England)Pooled it
- Impact of ambient heat exposure on pregnancy outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review.Women's health (London, England)Pooled it
- The Effectiveness of Narrative Versus Didactic Information Formats on Pregnant Women's Knowledge, Risk Perception, Self-Efficacy, and Information Seeking Related to Climate Change Health Risks.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Trial
- Planetary health in practice: A scoping review of education and training for nurses and midwives.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2026Review
- Dismantling structural inequities in global prevention of childhood and adolescent non-communicable diseases.Journal of global health · 2026Article
- Comparing the health implications of heat exposure in pregnant women in rural and urban Tamil Nadu: An exploratory cohort study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Observational
- The impact of ambient temperature on preeclampsia admissions in cold regions of developing countries: a distributed lag analysis in Harbin, China.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Spatial analysis of environmental and socioeconomic factors impacting maternal and infant health outcomes in North Carolina.Journal of environmental studies and sciences · 2026Article
- Vector-borne infectious diseases in pregnancy in the era of climate change: A focus on mosquito- and tick-borne pathogens (Review).Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2025Review
- Associations of climatic factors with pregnancy loss in Nicosia, Cyprus.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2025Article
- Adverse Birth Outcomes Associated with Heat Stress and Wildfire Smoke Exposure During Preconception and Pregnancy.Environmental science & technology · 2025Article
- Biological Mechanisms for Allen's Rule: DNA Methylation as Mediator of the Association Between In Utero Exposure to Environmental Heat and Tibial Growth in Childhood.American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council · 2025Article
- Ambient temperature in relation to ovarian reserve and early outcomes following ovarian stimulation and in vitro fertilization.Environmental research · 2025Article
- Interventions to reduce the effects of air pollution and of extreme heat on maternal, newborn, and child health outcomes: a mapping of the literature.Journal of global health · 2025Review
15 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
In 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) presented a large amount of evidence about global warming and the impact of human activities on global climate change. The Lancet Commission have identified a number of ways in which climate change can influence human health: lack of food and safe drinking water, poor sanitation, population migration, changing disease patterns and morbidity, more frequent extreme weather events, and lack of shelter. Pregnant women, the developing fetus, and young children are considered the most vulnerable members of our species and are already marginalized in many countries. Therefore, they may have increased sensitivity to the effects of climate change. Published literature in the fields of climate change, human health, tropical diseases, and direct heat exposure were assessed through the regular search engines. This article demonstrates that climate change will increase the risk of infant and maternal mortality, birth complications, and poorer reproductive health, especially in tropical, developing countries. Thus, climate change will have a substantial impact on the health and survival of the next generation among already challenged populations. There is limited knowledge regarding which regions will be most heavily affected. Research efforts are therefore required to identify the most vulnerable populations, fill knowledge gaps, and coordinate efforts to reduce negative health consequences. The effects of malnutrition, infectious diseases, environmental problems, and direct heat exposure on maternal health outcomes will lead to severe health risks for mothers and children. Increased focus on antenatal care is recommended to prevent worsening maternal health and perinatal mortality and morbidity. Interventions to reduce the negative health impacts caused by climate change are also crucial. Every effort should be made to develop and maintain good antenatal care during extreme life conditions as a result of climate change.
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