Climate change and COVID-19: Assessing the vulnerability and resilience of U.S. Indigenous communities to syndemic crises.

Stefan Wheat, Shasta Gaughen, James Skeet, Larry Campbell, Jamie Donatuto, Jacqualine Schaeffer, Cecilia Sorensen

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Review in The journal of climate change and health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Navigating concurrent public health emergencies: Indigenous perspectives from the Cedar Project in British Columbia.PLOS global public health · 2025
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7 authors.

Stefan WheatDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA.

Shasta GaughenPala Environmental Department, Director and Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, Pala Band of Mission Indians, Pala, CA, USA.

James SkeetCovenant Pathways, Navajo Nation, Vanderwagen, NM, USA.

Larry CampbellSwinomish Community Environmental Health Program, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, WA, USA.

Jamie DonatutoSwinomish Community Environmental Health Program, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, WA, USA.

Jacqualine SchaefferCommunity Environment and Health, Division of Environmental Health and Engineering, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK, USA.

Cecilia SorensenDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The rapid emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic and the insidiously evolving climate crisis represent two of the most pressing public health threats to Indigenous Peoples in the United States. Understanding the ways in which these syndemics uniquely impact Indigenous Peoples, given the existing health disparities for such communities, is essential if we are to address modifiable root causes of health vulnerability and devise effective and equitable strategies to protect and improve health in the evolving climate landscape. We explore the compounding burden of the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change on Indigenous Peoples' health, and present several case studies which outline novel Indigenous approaches and perspectives that address climate change, COVID-19 and future health threats.

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Climate adaptationClimate changeCOVID-19Indigenous healthIndigenous resilience

Identifiers

PMID35722027

DOI10.1016/j.joclim.2022.100148

PMCPMC9197810

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