ArticleAmerican journal of public health2020
High Ambient Temperature and Infant Mortality in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: A Case-Crossover Study.
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- Climate change impacts on child and adolescent health and well-being: A narrative review.Journal of global health · 2024Pooled it
- The Effect of High and Low Ambient Temperature on Infant Health: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Extreme Temperatures and Missed Pediatric Preventive Care Visits.JAMA network open · 2026Article
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- Climate Justice and Health Equity: A Public Health of Consequence, October 2023.American journal of public health · 2023Article
- Temperature and mental health-related emergency department and hospital encounters among children, adolescents and young adults.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2023Article
- Dose-response association between maternal smoking during pregnancy and the risk of infant death: a nationwide, population-based, retrospective cohort study.EClinicalMedicine · 2023Article
- Racial Disparities in Climate Change-Related Health Effects in the United States.Current environmental health reports · 2022Review
- High ambient temperature and child emergency and hospital visits in New York City.Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology · 2022Article
- A Low-Cost, Easy-to-Assemble Device to Prevent Infant Hyperthermia under Conditions of High Thermal Stress.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Chronic Conditions and Pediatric Healthcare Utilization during Warm Weather Days in New York City.The journal of applied research on children : informing policy for children at risk · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo quantify the association between heat and infant mortality and identify factors that influence infant vulnerability to heat.
methodsWe conducted a time-stratified case-crossover analysis of associations between ambient temperature and infant mortality in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the warm months of 2000 through 2015. We used conditional logistic regression models to estimate associations of infant mortality with daily temperatures on the day of death (lag 0) and for averaging periods of 0 to 1 to 0 to 3 days before the day of death. We explored modification of associations by individual and census tract-level characteristics and by amounts of green space.
resultsRisk of infant mortality increased by 22.4% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 5.0%, 42.6%) for every 1°C increase in minimum daily temperature over 23.9°C on the day of death. We observed limited evidence of effect modification across strata of the covariates.
conclusionsOur results contribute to a growing body of evidence that infants are a subpopulation that is particularly vulnerable to climate change effects. Further research using large data sets is critically needed to elucidate modifiable factors that may protect infants against heat vulnerability.
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