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Climate change is a major stressor causing poor pregnancy outcomes and child development.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 57 citations in OpenAlex.
- From conception to care: a systematic review of the impact of the climate crisis on reproductive justice.Sexual and reproductive health matters · 2025Pooled it
- Climate change and gendered vulnerability: A systematic review of women's health.Women's health (London, England)Pooled it
- Disproportionate climate burden of rising temperatures on low birth weight in Pakistan.BMC medicine · 2026Article
- A review of early childhood psychosocial interventions following extreme weather events in low- and middle-income countries.Perspectives in public health · 2025Review
- Mapping the Research Landscape of Climate Change and its Impact on Pregnancy and Neonatal Outcomes: A Bibliometric Analysis.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2025Article
- Revisiting health systems to integrate perinatal mental health into maternal and child health services: perspectives from research, policy and implementation.BMJ global health · 2024Article
- Temperature-related neonatal deaths attributable to climate change in 29 low- and middle-income countries.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Environmental epigenetics and the loneliness epidemic.Environmental epigenetics · 2024Article
- Cyclone Freddy and its impact on maternal health service utilisation: Cross-sectional analysis of data from a national maternal surveillance platform in Malawi.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- A Difference-In Difference Analysis of the South Carolina 2015 Extreme Floods and the Association with Maternal Health.International journal of disaster risk reduction : IJDRR · 2023Article
- Climate Change and Substance-Use Behaviors: A Risk-Pathways Framework.Perspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2023Article
- Mental Health Impacts of Climate Change Among Vulnerable Populations Globally: An Integrative Review.Annals of global health · 2023Review
- Climate Change and Children's Mental Health: A Developmental Perspective.Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2022Review
- The Changing Climate and Pregnancy Health.Current environmental health reports · 2022Review
- The Challenges of Working in the Heat Whilst Pregnant: Insights From Gambian Women Farmers in the Face of Climate Change.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Climate and health education: A critical review at one medical school.Frontiers in public health · 2022Review
- The Effects of Climate Change on Child and Adolescent Mental Health: Clinical Considerations.Current psychiatry reports · 2021Review
- Climate Change and Child Health Inequality: A Review of Reviews.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- Climate Change and Reproductive Health: Adopting a Comprehensive Approach to Reduce the Impact.Journal of mid-life healthArticle
- Impact of extreme ambient temperatures on low birth weight: Insights from empirical findings in Pakistan.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
The climate crisis is the existential threat of our times and for generations to come. This is no longer a threat but a reality affecting us, our children, and the generations that follow. Pregnant mothers, their fetuses, and their children are among those at greatest risk in every population and every jurisdiction. A timely consideration is the health of racialized groups who are particularly vulnerable owing to the confluence of several risk factors that are compounded by climate change. Included among these are Indigenous communities that are the most directly threatened by climate change. This review discusses the main health challenges faced by mothers, fathers, and their children during the climate crisis, focusing on mental health as a causal factor. Exploration of this topic includes the role of prenatal maternal and paternal stresses, allostatic load, and the effect of degradation of the environment and ecosystems on individuals. These will be examined in relation to adverse pregnancy outcomes and altered developmental trajectories of children. The climate crisis is a health threat multiplier that amplifies the health inequities of the most at-risk populations and individuals. It accelerates the increase in allostatic load of those at risk. The path of tragedy begins with an accumulating allostatic load that overwhelms both individual and socio-ecological resilience. This can lead to worse mental health including depression and anxiety and, in the case of pregnant women and their children, more adverse pregnancy outcomes and impaired developmental trajectories for their newborn children. We argue that there is an urgent need to develop new (or re-discover or re-purpose existing) tools that will predict communities and individuals who are experiencing the highest levels of climate-related hazards and intervene to reduce stress and increase resilience in pre-conceptual women and men, pregnant and post-partum women, and their young children.
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