Power Outages and Community Health: a Narrative Review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose of review

Power outages, a common and underappreciated consequence of natural disasters, are increasing in number and severity due to climate change and aging electricity grids. This narrative review synthesizes the literature on power outages and health in communities.

Recent findings

We searched Google Scholar and PubMed for English language studies with titles or abstracts containing "power outage" or "blackout." We limited papers to those that explicitly mentioned power outages or blackouts as the exposure of interest for health outcomes among individuals living in the community. We also used the reference list of these studies to identify additional studies. The final sample included 50 articles published between 2004 and 2020, with 17 (34%) appearing between 20

SUBMITTER: Casey JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7749027 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature