Climate and environmental changes exacerbate health disparities in pregnant people and their offspring. How can we protect women and their babies?

IF 1.6 4区医学 Q4 DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY Birth Defects Research Pub Date : 2024-02-13 DOI:10.1002/bdr2.2313

Guillermina Girardi, Andrew A. Bremer

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Abstract

Background

The effects of climate and environmental changes (CEC) are being felt globally and will worsen over the next decade unless significant changes are made on a global level. Climate change is having serious consequences for health, particularly for vulnerable women and their offspring and less resilient individuals in communities with socioeconomic inequalities. To protect human health from CEC effects, efforts need to be directed toward building resilience strategies. Building political and economic power, as well as directly addressing CEC-related challenges, are critical components of climate resilience. Effective communication and tailored methods to engage women in preventive strategies are also necessary to ameliorate the deleterious effects of CEC on women's health. Furthermore, women from marginalized communities face more CEC-associated challenges.

Conclusions

Therefore, effective policies and programs targeting these at-risk populations—are crucial to improve the overall state of global health. In closing, it is time to increase awareness of the effects of CECs on women's health and their transgenerational effects in order to ensure that all people, regardless of race, ethnicity, education and income are protected from the detrimental effects of CECs.

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气候和环境变化加剧了孕妇及其后代的健康差异。我们该如何保护妇女及其婴儿？

背景：全球都能感受到气候和环境变化（CEC）的影响，除非在全球范围内做出重大改变，否则这种影响将在未来十年内加剧。气候变化正在对健康造成严重后果，尤其是对弱势妇女及其后代，以及社会经济不平等社区中抗灾能力较弱的个人。为了保护人类健康免受气候变化的影响，需要努力制定抗灾战略。建立政治和经济力量以及直接应对与《气候公约》相关的挑战，是气候复原力的关键组成部分。有效的沟通和量身定制的方法让妇女参与预防性战略也是改善《气候公约》对妇女健康的有害影响所必需的。此外，来自边缘化社区的妇女面临着更多与气候变化相关的挑战：因此，针对这些高危人群的有效政策和计划对于改善全球整体健康状况至关重要。最后，现在是时候提高人们对 CEC 对妇女健康的影响及其跨代影响的认识了，以确保所有人，无论种族、民族、教育程度和收入如何，都能免受 CEC 的有害影响。

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Birth Defects Research Medicine-Embryology

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3.60

自引率

9.50%

发文量

153

期刊介绍： The journal Birth Defects Research publishes original research and reviews in areas related to the etiology of adverse developmental and reproductive outcome. In particular the journal is devoted to the publication of original scientific research that contributes to the understanding of the biology of embryonic development and the prenatal causative factors and mechanisms leading to adverse pregnancy outcomes, namely structural and functional birth defects, pregnancy loss, postnatal functional defects in the human population, and to the identification of prenatal factors and biological mechanisms that reduce these risks. Adverse reproductive and developmental outcomes may have genetic, environmental, nutritional or epigenetic causes. Accordingly, the journal Birth Defects Research takes an integrated, multidisciplinary approach in its organization and publication strategy. The journal Birth Defects Research contains separate sections for clinical and molecular teratology, developmental and reproductive toxicology, and reviews in developmental biology to acknowledge and accommodate the integrative nature of research in this field. Each section has a dedicated editor who is a leader in his/her field and who has full editorial authority in his/her area.