SynthesisInternational journal of public health2014
Addressing equity in interventions to reduce air pollution in urban areas: a systematic review.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Individual-level interventions to reduce personal exposure to outdoor air pollution and their effects on people with long-term respiratory conditions.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Social Inequalities in Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution: A Systematic Review in the WHO European Region.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
- The effects of public health policies on health inequalities in high-income countries: an umbrella review.BMC public health · 2018Pooled it
- Heterogeneity in the Relationship between Disinfection By-Products in Drinking Water and Cancer: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Pooled it
- Air Quality Strategies on Public Health and Health Equity in Europe-A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2016Pooled it
- How Can Urban Policies Improve Air Quality and Help Mitigate Global Climate Change: a Systematic Mapping Review.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2016Pooled it
- Narrative review of wildfire smoke interventions: considering the unique vulnerabilities of children and pregnant individuals.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2026Review
- Time-activity and daily mobility patterns during pregnancy and inequalities in air pollution exposure in perinatal outcomes: a cohort study.International journal of health geographics · 2025Article
- The association of short-term increases in ambient PM2.5 and temperature exposures with stillbirth: racial/ethnic disparities among Medicaid recipients.American journal of epidemiology · 2024Article
- Mending the gap: Measurement needs to address policy implementation through a health equity lens.Translational behavioral medicine · 2024Article
- Air pollution and timing of childbirth: a retrospective survey analysis based on birth registration data of Chinese newborns.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Personal Interventions for Reducing Exposure and Risk for Outdoor Air Pollution: An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2021Article
- A multi-scalar perspective on health and urban housing: an umbrella review.Buildings & cities · 2021Article
- Assessing the Influence of Socioeconomic Status and Air Pollution Levels on the Public Perception of Local Air Quality in a Mexico-US Border City.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Air pollution and children's respiratory health: a scoping review of socioeconomic status as an effect modifier.International journal of public health · 2020Article
- Searching for health equity: validation of a search filter for ethnic and socioeconomic inequalities in transport.Systematic reviews · 2019Article
- Decomposition Analysis of Black-White Disparities in Birth Outcomes: The Relative Contribution of Air Pollution and Social Factors in California.Environmental health perspectives · 2017Article
- A Difference-in-Differences Approach to Assess the Effect of a Heat Action Plan on Heat-Related Mortality, and Differences in Effectiveness According to Sex, Age, and Socioeconomic Status (Montreal, Quebec).Environmental health perspectives · 2016Article
- Global standards for global health in a globalized economy!International journal of public health · 2015Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe did a systematic review to assess quantitative studies investigating the association between interventions aiming to reduce air pollution, health benefits and equity effects.
methodsThree databases were searched for studies investigating the association between evaluated interventions aiming to reduce air pollution and heath-related benefits. We designed a two-stage selection process to judge how equity was assessed and we systematically determined if there was a heterogeneous effect of the intervention between subgroups or subareas.
resultsOf 145 identified articles, 54 were reviewed in-depth with eight satisfying the inclusion criteria. This systematic review showed that interventions aiming to reduce air pollution in urban areas have a positive impact on air quality and on mortality rates, but the documented effect on equity is less straightforward.
conclusionsIntegration of equity in evidence-based public health is a great challenge nowadays. In this review we draw attention to the importance of considering equity in air pollution interventions. We also propose further methodological and theoretical challenges when assessing equity in interventions to reduce air pollution and we present opportunities to develop this research area.
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