ArticleNPJ digital medicine2025
A digital heat early warning system for older adults.
Article in NPJ digital medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.
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- Early warning system for high temperatures and heat waves: The need for a public health policy in ColombiaBiomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud · 2025Article
- A qualitative study on utilization of vulnerability assessment tool for heatwave-related health adaptation intervention in Australia.Health promotion international · 2025Article
- Promoting targeted heat early warning systems for at-risk populations.Nature climate change · 2025Article
- Biophysical versus machine learning models for predicting rectal and skin temperatures in older adults.Journal of thermal biology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Extreme heat events lead to considerable health burden and are becoming more severe and frequent, calling for the development of effective population-based and individualised heat early warning systems. We developed an individualised heat early warning system and tested it in 78 older adults' ( ≥ 65 years) homes in Southeast Queensland, Australia. Quantitative and qualitative data from this proof-of-concept testing study showed that the Ethos system performed well on a standard usability scale (mean score of 78 on the System Usability Scale). Following a summer-time use of this early warning system, there were increases in heat preparedness (P < 0.001, marginal homogeneity tests) but no significant increases in heat health risk perception or the uptake of low-cost cooling measures (e.g., hand/forearm bath, fans). This proof-of-concept research demonstrated the usability of this tailored, actionable, real-time digital heat early warning system, although the effectiveness of the system remains to be evaluated in a robust trial design.
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