Impact of extreme heat on health in Australia: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT: Climate change has been recognized as a driver of increased heatwave events in the Asia Pacific region, including Australia. This review systematically retrieved and summarized published evidence on heat-related health impacts in Australia, focusing on heat-associated deaths, morbidity, and vulnerability. We searched PubMed, Scopus, Embase, and Web of Science for heat-health studies published in Australia between 2007 and 2023. A total of 64 articles met the inclusion criteria and were included in our review. Most were epidemiological studies [56 (87.5%)], which accumulatively considered 85 different cause-specific diseases linked to deaths, hospital admissions, emergency department (ED) presentations, and ambulance callouts, while eight studies focused on heat vulnerability index (HVI) as

SUBMITTER: Amoatey P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11806623 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature