Evidence map›Paper›PMID 26478613›Full record

ArticleBulletin of the World Health Organization2015

Climate change, cash transfers and health.

Frank Pega, Caroline Shaw, Kumanan Rasanathan, Jennifer Yablonski, Ichiro Kawachi, Simon Hales

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Article in Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Frank PegaDepartment of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, PO Box 7343, Wellington, New Zealand .
Caroline ShawDepartment of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, PO Box 7343, Wellington, New Zealand .
Kumanan RasanathanUnited Nations Children's Fund, New York, United States of America (USA).
Jennifer YablonskiUnited Nations Children's Fund, New York, United States of America (USA).
Ichiro KawachiDepartment of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA .
Simon HalesDepartment of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, PO Box 7343, Wellington, New Zealand .

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The forecast consequences of climate change on human health are profound, especially in low- and middle-income countries and among the most disadvantaged populations. Innovative policy tools are needed to address the adverse health effects of climate change. Cash transfers are established policy tools for protecting population health before, during and after climate-related disasters. For example, the Ethiopian Productive Safety Net Programme provides cash transfers to reduce food insecurity resulting from droughts. We propose extending cash transfer interventions to more proactive measures to improve health in the context of climate change. We identify promising cash transfer schemes that could be used to prevent the adverse health consequences of climatic hazards. Cash transfers for using emission-free, active modes of transport - e.g. cash for cycling to work - could prevent future adverse health consequences by contributing to climate change mitigation and, at the same time, improving current population health. Another example is cash transfers provided to communities that decide to move to areas in which their lives and health are not threatened by climatic disasters. More research on such interventions is needed to ensure that they are effective, ethical, equitable and cost-effective.

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Health StatusClimate ChangeDeveloping CountriesGift GivingHealth BehaviorHealth PolicyHealth PromotionHealth Services AccessibilityHumans

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PMID26478613
PMCPMC4581660

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