La amenaza del cambio climático a la salud de la población y la necesidad urgente de actuar

Climate change is associated with negative health outcomes, such as cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. This article analyses the threat of climate change on population health and the urgent need to implement measures to avoid this damage. Heat vulnerability, heatwave exposures, and wildfire ex...

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Autores principales:	Palmeiro-Silva,Yasna K., Cifuentes,Luis A., Cortés,Sandra, Olivares,Macarena, Silva,Ignacio
Lenguaje:	Spanish / Castilian
Publicado:	Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2020
Materias:	Climate Change Environment and Public Health Population Health Public Policy
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description	Climate change is associated with negative health outcomes, such as cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. This article analyses the threat of climate change on population health and the urgent need to implement measures to avoid this damage. Heat vulnerability, heatwave exposures, and wildfire exposure to forest fires have increased in Chile. In 2018, the annual mean concentration of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exceeded the safe level proposed by the World Health Organization, increasing the risk of negative health outcomes. Thus, multidisciplinary and intersectoral mitigation and adaptation policies are needed. Among other elements, mental health impacts of climate change, health education provided by health workers to reduce negative health impacts of climate change, greater engagement of academia to generate evidence useful for policy-making processes and a better articulation between central and local governments should be considered. Finally, achieving a healthy population should be the aim of all these policies and efforts.
author	Palmeiro-Silva,Yasna K. Cifuentes,Luis A. Cortés,Sandra Olivares,Macarena Silva,Ignacio
author_facet	Palmeiro-Silva,Yasna K. Cifuentes,Luis A. Cortés,Sandra Olivares,Macarena Silva,Ignacio
author_sort	Palmeiro-Silva,Yasna K.
title	La amenaza del cambio climático a la salud de la población y la necesidad urgente de actuar
title_short	La amenaza del cambio climático a la salud de la población y la necesidad urgente de actuar
title_full	La amenaza del cambio climático a la salud de la población y la necesidad urgente de actuar
title_fullStr	La amenaza del cambio climático a la salud de la población y la necesidad urgente de actuar
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title_sort	la amenaza del cambio climático a la salud de la población y la necesidad urgente de actuar
publisher	Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate	2020
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La amenaza del cambio climático a la salud de la población y la necesidad urgente de actuar

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