The Impacts of Heat on Health Across All Dimensions – from Death to “Heat-Flation” on the Pocketbook
By Jane Sarasohn-Kahn on 3 September 2024 in Business and health, Cardiovascular health, Chronic disease, Climate change, Corporate responsibility, Death, Determinants of health, Diet and health, Environment and heatlh, ESG and health, Financial toxicity, Financial wellness, Food and health, Food security, Global Health, Health citizenship, Health Consumers, Health costs, Health disparities, Health ecosystem, Health politics, Heart disease, Heart health, Heat and health, Infectious disease, Life expectancy, Mental health, Mortality, Noncommunicable disease, Nutrition, Popular culture and health, Public health, SDoH, Social determinants of health, Sustainability, Wellbeing
Rising energy bills are confronting U.S. households (and indeed, health citizens in many parts of the world) due to extreme heat, PBS reported on 1st September. But the record heat waves in so much of the world is impacting both peoples’ fiscal and financial well-being along with physical health impacts, ranging from exacerbating chronic respiratory conditions to, literally, risks to lives. A recent letter to JAMA, published August 26, 2024, quantifies Trends of Heat-Related Deaths in the U.S., 1999-2023. The authors examined studies finding exposure to extreme heat associated with mortality,
Looking forward to speaking at OSF Healthcare's first digital summit to highlight the growing movement of healthcare-to-home, empowering and supporting patients for self-care, and bolstering community health citizen-by-citizen, clinician-by-clinician.
I had a wide-ranging conversation with WCBU reporter Collin Schopp to discuss the role of telehealth in health care to expand access, equity, quality, clinician well-being and patient engagement. We spoke in advance of my keynote speech to be delivered at the inaugural OSF Digital Health Symposium on October 16, 2024, in Peoria, IL.
Thank you, Feedspot, for calling out Health Populi as a top 15 women-led blog in health care. I am gratified to be in great company with these sisters in health/care communication!