Heat in Germany: Health risks and preventive measures.
HEALTH PROTECTION
HEAT EVENTS
HEAT-HEALTH ACTION PLAN
MORBIDITY
MORTALITY
PREVENTION
VULNERABILITY
Journal
Journal of health monitoring
ISSN: 2511-2708
Titre abrégé: J Health Monit
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 101757730
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Sep 2023
Sep 2023
Historique:
received:
05
01
2023
accepted:
05
06
2023
medline:
6
10
2023
pubmed:
6
10
2023
entrez:
6
10
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Climate change has already led to a significant temperature increase in Germany. The average temperature in the past decade was approximately 2°C above the pre-industrial level and eight of the ten hottest summers since the beginning of systematic weather records in 1881 were recorded in the last 30 years. Based on a selective literature search and authors' own results, the article summarises the current state of knowledge on heat and its health impacts for Germany, addresses adaptation measures, and gives an outlook on implementation and research questions. Heat can aggravate pre-existing conditions such as diseases of the cardiovascular system, the respiratory tract, or the kidneys and trigger potentially harmful side effects for numerous medications. A significant increase in mortality is regularly observed during heat events. Previous approaches to mitigate the health impact of high temperatures include, for example, the heat alerts of the German Meteorological Service and recommendations for the preparation of heat-health action plans. Evidence on health impacts of heat and awareness of the need for heat-related health protection have grown in recent years, but there is still a need for further action and research.
Sections du résumé
Background
UNASSIGNED
Climate change has already led to a significant temperature increase in Germany. The average temperature in the past decade was approximately 2°C above the pre-industrial level and eight of the ten hottest summers since the beginning of systematic weather records in 1881 were recorded in the last 30 years.
Methods
UNASSIGNED
Based on a selective literature search and authors' own results, the article summarises the current state of knowledge on heat and its health impacts for Germany, addresses adaptation measures, and gives an outlook on implementation and research questions.
Results
UNASSIGNED
Heat can aggravate pre-existing conditions such as diseases of the cardiovascular system, the respiratory tract, or the kidneys and trigger potentially harmful side effects for numerous medications. A significant increase in mortality is regularly observed during heat events. Previous approaches to mitigate the health impact of high temperatures include, for example, the heat alerts of the German Meteorological Service and recommendations for the preparation of heat-health action plans.
Conclusions
UNASSIGNED
Evidence on health impacts of heat and awareness of the need for heat-related health protection have grown in recent years, but there is still a need for further action and research.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37799534
doi: 10.25646/11651
pmc: PMC10548487
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
3-32Informations de copyright
© Robert Koch Institute. All rights reserved unless explicitly granted.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflicts of interest The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
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