ArticleJournal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology2021
Emergency department visits associated with satellite observed flooding during and following Hurricane Harvey.
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- Obstetric care for environmental migrants.Irish journal of medical science · 2024Review
- Impact of extreme weather events on healthcare utilization and mortality in the United States.Nature medicine · 2024Article
- Anticipating older populations' health risk exacerbated by compound disasters based on mortality caused by heart diseases and strokes.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Emergency department visits respond nonlinearly to wildfire smoke.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023Article
- Adverse Health Outcomes Following Hurricane Harvey: A Comparison of Remotely-Sensed and Self-Reported Flood Exposure Estimates.GeoHealth · 2023Article
- Remotely sensed measures of Hurricane Michael damage and adverse perinatal outcomes and access to prenatal care services in the Florida panhandle.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2022Article
- Flooding and emergency department visits: Effect modification by the CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index.International journal of disaster risk reduction : IJDRR · 2022Article
- The Changing Climate and Pregnancy Health.Current environmental health reports · 2022Review
- Exposure Assessment for Tropical Cyclone Epidemiology.Current environmental health reports · 2022Review
- Exposure science perspective on disaster preparedness and resilience.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2021Article
- Climate Change and Infections on the Move in North America.Infection and drug resistance · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundFlooding following heavy rains precipitated by hurricanes has been shown to impact the health of people. Earth observations can be used to identify inundation extents for subsequent analysis of health risks associated with flooding at a fine spatio-temporal scale.
objectiveTo evaluate emergency department (ED) visits before, during, and following flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey in 2017 in Texas.
methodsA controlled before and after design was employed using 2016-2018 ED visits from flooded and non-flooded census tracts. ED visits between landfall of the hurricane and receding of flood waters were considered within the flood period and post-flood periods extending up to 4 months were also evaluated. Modified Poisson regression models were used to estimate adjusted rate ratios for total and cause specific ED visits.
resultsFlooding was associated with increased ED visits for carbon monoxide poisoning, insect bite, dehydration, hypothermia, intestinal infectious diseases, and pregnancy complications. During the month following the flood period, the risk for pregnancy complications and insect bite was still elevated in the flooded tracts. SIGNIFICANCE: Earth observations coupled with ED visits increase our understanding of the short-term health risks during and following flooding, which can be used to inform preparedness measures to mitigate adverse health outcomes and identify localities with increased health risks during and following flooding events.
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