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ArticleMaternal health, neonatology and perinatology2025

Global call to understand intersectionality between heat exposure and perinatal mental health.

Ashish Kc, Lea Kreyenbaum

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Article in Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology, 2025. 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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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Ashish KcSchool of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Correspondence- Ashish KC, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Guldhedsgatan 5B, Gothenburg, Sweden. ashish.kc@gu.se.
Lea KreyenbaumSchool of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Correspondence- Ashish KC, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Guldhedsgatan 5B, Gothenburg, Sweden.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Increasing heat events, due to human induced climate change have shown to affect vulnerable populations such as pregnant and postpartum women and their mental health. Moreover, consequences of heat events can be unevenly distributed, affecting communities with existing structural discrimination and socially and economically disadvantaged populations. The risk of perinatal depression might be higher in pregnant and postpartum women. In this commentary, we argue, based on the review of literature, that there is a quintessential need for scientific research to investigate the interlinkage between heat events and perinatal depression.

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PMID40033424
PMCPMC11877883

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