Hurricanes and Health Equity: A Review of Structural Determinants of Vulnerability for Climate and Health Research.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose of review

Understanding hurricane vulnerability is crucial for targeting and identifying climate adaptation measures. However, vulnerability assessments often focus on proximal factors, which may obscure underlying drivers of health inequities. We sought to describe the literature characterizing hurricane vulnerability in the U.S., from 2000 to 2022. We abstracted the approaches and factors in each hurricane vulnerability assessment study, and developed a conceptual framework to guide data collection on structural determinants of climate vulnerability.

Recent findings

The review included a total of 121 studies. The majority pre-specified vulnerable populations, while 40% empirically derived vulnerability. Downstream factors pertaining to demographics, spatial analysi

SUBMITTER: Mathews S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11787172 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature