ReviewCurrent environmental health reports2022
The Changing Climate and Pregnancy Health.
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44 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 112 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
- Association between drought and adverse birth outcomes: a nationwide cohort study with 29.8 million live births in Brazil.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2026Article
- Safeguarding maternal health against extreme heat in India: A policy analysis of state-level heat action plans.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2026Article
- The impact of ambient temperature on preeclampsia admissions in cold regions of developing countries: a distributed lag analysis in Harbin, China.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Prenatal exposure to flood and risk of low birth weight: a multi-country study from 36 African countries.BMC medicine · 2026Article
- The association between women's climate change anxiety, awareness of maternal-fetal health impacts, and their desire to avoid pregnancy.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Association between climate change awareness and psychological distress among Turkish pregnant women: A cross-sectional study.Medicine · 2026Article
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- High ambient temperature during pregnancy and offspring cerebral palsy: A population-based case-control study in California.Environmental research · 2026Article
- Applying a climate lens framework to the World Health Organization's maternal and perinatal intervention recommendations.Pregnancy (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2026Article
- Prenatal exposure to heat stress and postpartum depressive symptoms in the MADRES cohort in urban Los Angeles.Environmental research · 2026Article
- Effects of heat exposure on self-reported heat strain symptoms among pregnant and postpartum women in South Africa.npj digital public health · 2026Article
- Frontlines burning: Women's lives at the heart of climate injustice.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Placental biology links genetic, epigenetic, ancestral, and social determinants to maternal-fetal health inequities.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2026Review
- From the Atacama to Patagonia: Understanding the Effects of Extreme Temperatures on Birth Weight Across Climate Regions in Chile.GeoHealth · 2025Article
- A review of early childhood psychosocial interventions following extreme weather events in low- and middle-income countries.Perspectives in public health · 2025Review
- The effect of climate anomalies and ambient air pollution on spontaneous miscarriage in Ghana: Evidence from a national cross-sectional survey.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2025Article
- Explaining Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Hypertension and Diabetes during Pregnancy in the United States (2016-2022): A Decomposition Analysis.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Experience of pregnant women living in temporary shelters post-earthquake: a phenomenological study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewClimate change is the biggest public health threat of the twenty-first century but its impact on the perinatal period has only recently received attention. This review summarizes recent literature regarding the impacts of climate change and related environmental disasters on pregnancy health and provides recommendations to inform future adaptation and mitigation efforts. RECENT
findingsAccumulating evidence suggests that the changing climate affects pregnancy health directly via discrete environmental disasters (i.e., wildfire, extreme heat, hurricane, flood, and drought), and indirectly through changes in the natural and social environment. Although studies vary greatly in design, analytic methods, and assessment strategies, they generally converge to suggest that climate-related disasters are associated with increased risk of gestational complication, pregnancy loss, restricted fetal growth, low birthweight, preterm birth, and selected delivery/newborn complications. Window(s) of exposure with the highest sensitivity are not clear, but both acute and chronic exposures appear important. Furthermore, socioeconomically disadvantaged populations may be more vulnerable. Policy, clinical, and research strategies for adaptation and mitigation should be continued, strengthened, and expanded with cross-disciplinary efforts. Top priorities should include (a) reinforcing and expanding policies to further reduce emission, (b) increasing awareness and education resources for healthcare providers and the public, (c) facilitating access to quality population-based data in low-resource areas, and (d) research efforts to better understand mechanisms of effects, identify susceptible populations and windows of exposure, explore interactive impacts of multiple exposures, and develop novel methods to better quantify pregnancy health impacts.
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