ReviewCurrent environmental health reports2020
Power Outages and Community Health: a Narrative Review.
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- Recurrent power outages and the mental health burden of grid reliability in Maryland.iScience · 2026Article
- Emergency Preparedness in Older Adults With and Without COPD During Power Outages and Natural Disasters.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2026Article
- A dangerous combination: how co-occurring floods and blackouts increase cardiovascular hospitalizations.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2026Article
- Assessing the Sensitivities of Input-Output Methods for Natural Hazard-Induced Power Outage Macroeconomic Impacts.Risk analysis : an official publication of the Society for Risk Analysis · 2026Article
- Estimating Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Residential Power Outages in Massachusetts from 2013 to 2022 Using Public Records.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2026Article
- Grid development for energy justice and a just transition.iScience · 2026Review
- Excess mortality attributable to the 2025 Iberian Peninsula blackout.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Classifying electric service disruptions under deep uncertainty: A comparative analysis of algorithms and their policy outcomes.iScience · 2026Article
- Living in the dark: self-perceived health and social impacts of nationwide electricity rationing in Ecuador.BMJ global health · 2026Article
- Hurricane power outage burden lands unequally: satellite evidence across 30 Atlantic storms.Research square · 2026Article
- Effect of requiring advanced respiratory support on disaster-related anxiety among caregivers of children with medical complexity: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- The Underexplored Patterns of Respiratory Risks Associated With Climate Disasters.Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) · 2026Article
- Do Power Outages Impact Mental Health? Empirical evidence from Maryland.Research square · 2026Article
- The association between power outages and cardiovascular and respiratory hospitalizations among US Medicare beneficiaries in 2018: A case-crossover study.PLoS medicine · 2026Article
- Energy insecurity and health among older adults: chronic disease management and resilience strategies in rural Puerto Rico.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Emergency Department Visits During the Fall 2019 Public Safety Power Shutoff Events in California.Disaster medicine and public health preparedness · 2026Article
- Perceptions and Needs of Primary Healthcare Providers Regarding Electricity Shortages and Blackouts: A Qualitative Study Using a Realistic Narrative Approach.International journal of public health · 2026Article
- Air pollution exposure among people with limitations in activities of daily living in the United States.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
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- De-energization as maladaptation: Uneven residential exposure to wildfire Public Safety Power Shutoffs and compound heat.Global environmental change : human and policy dimensions · 2025Article
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purpose of reviewPower outages, a common and underappreciated consequence of natural disasters, are increasing in number and severity due to climate change and aging electricity grids. This narrative review synthesizes the literature on power outages and health in communities. RECENT
findingsWe searched Google Scholar and PubMed for English language studies with titles or abstracts containing "power outage" or "blackout." We limited papers to those that explicitly mentioned power outages or blackouts as the exposure of interest for health outcomes among individuals living in the community. We also used the reference list of these studies to identify additional studies. The final sample included 50 articles published between 2004 and 2020, with 17 (34%) appearing between 2016 and 2020. Exposure assessment remains basic and inconsistent, with 43 (86%) of studies evaluating single, large-scale power outages. Few studies used spatial and temporal control groups to assess changes in health outcomes attributable to power outages. Recent research linked data from electricity providers on power outages in space and time and included factors such as number of customers affected and duration to estimate exposure. The existing literature suggests that power outages have important health consequences ranging from carbon monoxide poisoning, temperature-related illness, gastrointestinal illness, and mortality to all-cause, cardiovascular, respiratory, and renal disease hospitalizations, especially for individuals relying on electricity-dependent medical equipment. Nonetheless the studies are limited, and more work is needed to better define and capture the relevant exposures and outcomes. Studies should consider modifying factors such as socioeconomic and other vulnerabilities as well as how community resiliency can minimize the adverse impacts of widespread major power outages.
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