A scoping review on heat indices used to measure the effects of heat on maternal and perinatal health.

ABSTRACT: A previous systematic review has shown associations between exposure to high temperatures and negative birth outcomes. To date, a scoping review for heat indices and their use to measure effects of heat on maternal and perinatal health has not been considered.

Objectives

To provide a scoping review on heat stress and indices for those interested in the epidemiology and working in extreme heat and maternal perinatal health.

Methods

This study is a scoping review based on a previous review guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for scoping reviews. It identifies the main ways heat stress through different heat indices impacts maternal and perinatal health in available literature. For documents that met the inclusion criteria,

SUBMITTER: Brimicombe C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11812757 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature