Tom Kosatsky
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 5408020 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Tom Kosatsky |
| NOMBRES | Tom |
| APELLIDO | Kosatsky |
| FIRMA | KOSATSKY T |
| AFILIACIONES | BC Centre for Disease Control |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 25 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 43 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 25 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2001 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2022 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Improving attribution of extreme heat deaths through interagency cooperation
Attributing individual deaths to extreme heat events (EHE) in Canada and elsewhere is important for understanding the risk factors, protective interventions, and burden of mortality associated with climate change. However, there is currently no single mechanism for identifying individual deaths due to EHE and different agencies have taken different approaches, including (1) vital statistics coding based on medical certificates of death, (2) proba…
A descriptive analysis of blood mercury test results in British Columbia to identify excessive exposures
Social connection as a public health adaptation to extreme heat events
Climate change is an increasingly important public health issue, reflected in morbidity and mortality outcomes during extreme heat events. At the same time, the harms of social isolation with respect to a wide range of health outcomes are becoming better understood. Given that older adults are at higher risk during hot weather and at higher risk of social isolation, they are among those at highest risk for adverse impacts of extreme heat events. …
Public health should promote co-operative housing and cohousing
Establishing Heat Alert Thresholds for the Varied Climatic Regions of British Columbia, Canada
Following an extreme heat event in 2009, a Heat Alert and Response System (HARS) was implemented for the greater Vancouver area of British Columbia (BC), Canada. This system has provided a framework for guiding public health interventions and assessing population response and adaptation to extreme heat in greater Vancouver, but no other parts of BC were covered by HARS. The objective of this study was to identify evidence-based heat alert thresho…
Severe and Moderate Asthma Exacerbations in Asthmatic Children and Exposure to Ambient Air Pollutants
Our results support the conclusion, within the limitation of this study, that asthma exacerbations in asthmatic children are mainly associated with time dependent residential exposures less with exposure at birth
What role for environmental public health practitioners in promoting healthy built environments
Differences in heat-related mortality across four ecological regions with diverse urban, rural, and remote populations in British Columbia, Canada
Temperature-mortality analyses are challenging in rural and remote communities with small populations, but this information is needed for climate change and emergency planning. The geographic health areas of British Columbia, Canada were aggregated into four ecoregions delineated by microclimatic conditions. Time series models were used to estimate the effect of maximum apparent temperature on daily non-traumatic mortality. The population of the …
Shifts in Mortality During a Hot Weather Event in Vancouver, British Columbia
Objectives. We assessed shifts in patterns of mortality during a hot weather event in greater Vancouver, British Columbia. Methods. We used a case-only analysis to compare characteristics of individuals who died during the hottest week of 2009 with those who died (1) during earlier summer weeks in 2009 and (2) during the same calendar weeks in the summers of 2001 through 2008. Results. Compared with the 8 previous weeks of 2009, odds of mortality…
Bed Bugs and Public Health
How to Ensure That National Radon Survey Results Are Useful for Public Health Practice
Increasing Use of Pyrethroids in Canadian Households
A Data-driven Approach to Setting Trigger Temperatures for Heat Health Emergencies
Impact of heat on mortality in 15 European cities
BACKGROUND: High ambient summer temperatures have been shown to influence daily mortality in cities across Europe. Quantification of the population mortality burden attributable to heat is crucial to the development of adaptive approaches. The impact of summer heat on mortality for 15 European cities during the 1990s was evaluated, under hypothetical temperature scenarios warmer and cooler than the mean and under future scenarios derived from the…
Health Promotion as Practiced by Public Health Inspectors
Lead in School Drinking Water
Health effects of hot weather
Heat–Health Warning Systems
Objectives. We compared the ability of several heat–health warning systems to predict days of heat-associated mortality using common data sets. Methods. Heat–health warning systems initiate emergency public health interventions once forecasts have identified weather conditions to breach predetermined trigger levels. We examined 4 commonly used trigger-setting approaches: (1) synoptic classification, (2) epidemiologic assessment of the temperature…
Variation of daily warm season mortality as a function of micro-urban heat islands
BACKGROUND: Little attention has been paid to how heat-related health effects vary with the micro-urban variation of outdoor temperatures. This study explored whether people located in micro-urban heat islands are at higher risk of mortality during hot summer days. METHODS: Data used included (1) daily mortality for Montreal (Canada) for June-August 1990-2003, (2) daily mean ambient outdoor temperatures at the local international airport and (3) …
Heat Awareness and Response among Montreal Residents with Chronic Cardiac and Pulmonary Disease
Validité des données enregistrées dans un nouveau système de surveillance de la mortalité quotidienne à Montréal (Canada)
Heat Effects on Mortality in 15 European Cities
BACKGROUND: Epidemiologic studies show that high temperatures are related to mortality, but little is known about the exposure-response function and the lagged effect of heat. We report the associations between daily maximum apparent temperature and daily deaths during the warm season in 15 European cities. METHODS: The city-specific analyses were based on generalized estimating equations and the city-specific results were combined in a Bayesian …
Impact of High Temperatures on Mortality
BACKGROUND: Mortality during sustained periods of hot weather is generally regarded as being in excess of what would be predicted from smooth temperature-mortality gradients estimated using standard time-series regression models. However, the evidence for an effect of continuous days of exceptional heat ("heat wave effect") is indirect. In addition, because some interventions may be triggered only during forecasted heat waves, it would be helpful…
Traffic intensity, dwelling value, and hospital admissions for respiratory disease among the elderly in Montreal (Canada)
Background: Persons exposed to residential traffic have increased rates of respiratory morbidity and mortality. As poverty is an important determinant of ill health, some have argued that these associations may relate to the lower socioeconomic status of those living along major roads. Aims: The objective was to evaluate the association between traffic intensity at home and hospital admissions for respiratory disease among Montreal residents of 6…
Enquête sociale et de santé de 1998 au Québec
Variation of daily warm season mortality as a function of micro-urban heat islands
BACKGROUND: Little attention has been paid to how heat-related health effects vary with the micro-urban variation of outdoor temperatures. This study explored whether people located in micro-urban heat islands are at higher risk of mortality during hot summer days. METHODS: Data used included (1) daily mortality for Montreal (Canada) for June-August 1990-2003, (2) daily mean ambient outdoor temperatures at the local international airport and (3) …
Shifts in Mortality During a Hot Weather Event in Vancouver, British Columbia
Objectives. We assessed shifts in patterns of mortality during a hot weather event in greater Vancouver, British Columbia. Methods. We used a case-only analysis to compare characteristics of individuals who died during the hottest week of 2009 with those who died (1) during earlier summer weeks in 2009 and (2) during the same calendar weeks in the summers of 2001 through 2008. Results. Compared with the 8 previous weeks of 2009, odds of mortality…
Public health should promote co-operative housing and cohousing
Traffic intensity, dwelling value, and hospital admissions for respiratory disease among the elderly in Montreal (Canada)
Background: Persons exposed to residential traffic have increased rates of respiratory morbidity and mortality. As poverty is an important determinant of ill health, some have argued that these associations may relate to the lower socioeconomic status of those living along major roads. Aims: The objective was to evaluate the association between traffic intensity at home and hospital admissions for respiratory disease among Montreal residents of 6…
Social connection as a public health adaptation to extreme heat events
Climate change is an increasingly important public health issue, reflected in morbidity and mortality outcomes during extreme heat events. At the same time, the harms of social isolation with respect to a wide range of health outcomes are becoming better understood. Given that older adults are at higher risk during hot weather and at higher risk of social isolation, they are among those at highest risk for adverse impacts of extreme heat events. …
Differences in heat-related mortality across four ecological regions with diverse urban, rural, and remote populations in British Columbia, Canada
Temperature-mortality analyses are challenging in rural and remote communities with small populations, but this information is needed for climate change and emergency planning. The geographic health areas of British Columbia, Canada were aggregated into four ecoregions delineated by microclimatic conditions. Time series models were used to estimate the effect of maximum apparent temperature on daily non-traumatic mortality. The population of the …
Heat–Health Warning Systems
Objectives. We compared the ability of several heat–health warning systems to predict days of heat-associated mortality using common data sets. Methods. Heat–health warning systems initiate emergency public health interventions once forecasts have identified weather conditions to breach predetermined trigger levels. We examined 4 commonly used trigger-setting approaches: (1) synoptic classification, (2) epidemiologic assessment of the temperature…
How to Ensure That National Radon Survey Results Are Useful for Public Health Practice
Heat Awareness and Response among Montreal Residents with Chronic Cardiac and Pulmonary Disease
A Data-driven Approach to Setting Trigger Temperatures for Heat Health Emergencies
Health Promotion as Practiced by Public Health Inspectors
Validité des données enregistrées dans un nouveau système de surveillance de la mortalité quotidienne à Montréal (Canada)
Enquête sociale et de santé de 1998 au Québec
Impact of High Temperatures on Mortality
BACKGROUND: Mortality during sustained periods of hot weather is generally regarded as being in excess of what would be predicted from smooth temperature-mortality gradients estimated using standard time-series regression models. However, the evidence for an effect of continuous days of exceptional heat ("heat wave effect") is indirect. In addition, because some interventions may be triggered only during forecasted heat waves, it would be helpful…
Traffic intensity, dwelling value, and hospital admissions for respiratory disease among the elderly in Montreal (Canada)
Background: Persons exposed to residential traffic have increased rates of respiratory morbidity and mortality. As poverty is an important determinant of ill health, some have argued that these associations may relate to the lower socioeconomic status of those living along major roads. Aims: The objective was to evaluate the association between traffic intensity at home and hospital admissions for respiratory disease among Montreal residents of 6…
Heat Effects on Mortality in 15 European Cities
BACKGROUND: Epidemiologic studies show that high temperatures are related to mortality, but little is known about the exposure-response function and the lagged effect of heat. We report the associations between daily maximum apparent temperature and daily deaths during the warm season in 15 European cities. METHODS: The city-specific analyses were based on generalized estimating equations and the city-specific results were combined in a Bayesian …
Variation of daily warm season mortality as a function of micro-urban heat islands
BACKGROUND: Little attention has been paid to how heat-related health effects vary with the micro-urban variation of outdoor temperatures. This study explored whether people located in micro-urban heat islands are at higher risk of mortality during hot summer days. METHODS: Data used included (1) daily mortality for Montreal (Canada) for June-August 1990-2003, (2) daily mean ambient outdoor temperatures at the local international airport and (3) …
Heat Awareness and Response among Montreal Residents with Chronic Cardiac and Pulmonary Disease
Validité des données enregistrées dans un nouveau système de surveillance de la mortalité quotidienne à Montréal (Canada)
Health effects of hot weather
Heat–Health Warning Systems
Objectives. We compared the ability of several heat–health warning systems to predict days of heat-associated mortality using common data sets. Methods. Heat–health warning systems initiate emergency public health interventions once forecasts have identified weather conditions to breach predetermined trigger levels. We examined 4 commonly used trigger-setting approaches: (1) synoptic classification, (2) epidemiologic assessment of the temperature…
Impact of heat on mortality in 15 European cities
BACKGROUND: High ambient summer temperatures have been shown to influence daily mortality in cities across Europe. Quantification of the population mortality burden attributable to heat is crucial to the development of adaptive approaches. The impact of summer heat on mortality for 15 European cities during the 1990s was evaluated, under hypothetical temperature scenarios warmer and cooler than the mean and under future scenarios derived from the…
Health Promotion as Practiced by Public Health Inspectors
Lead in School Drinking Water
Shifts in Mortality During a Hot Weather Event in Vancouver, British Columbia
Objectives. We assessed shifts in patterns of mortality during a hot weather event in greater Vancouver, British Columbia. Methods. We used a case-only analysis to compare characteristics of individuals who died during the hottest week of 2009 with those who died (1) during earlier summer weeks in 2009 and (2) during the same calendar weeks in the summers of 2001 through 2008. Results. Compared with the 8 previous weeks of 2009, odds of mortality…
Bed Bugs and Public Health
How to Ensure That National Radon Survey Results Are Useful for Public Health Practice
Increasing Use of Pyrethroids in Canadian Households
A Data-driven Approach to Setting Trigger Temperatures for Heat Health Emergencies
Differences in heat-related mortality across four ecological regions with diverse urban, rural, and remote populations in British Columbia, Canada
Temperature-mortality analyses are challenging in rural and remote communities with small populations, but this information is needed for climate change and emergency planning. The geographic health areas of British Columbia, Canada were aggregated into four ecoregions delineated by microclimatic conditions. Time series models were used to estimate the effect of maximum apparent temperature on daily non-traumatic mortality. The population of the …
Severe and Moderate Asthma Exacerbations in Asthmatic Children and Exposure to Ambient Air Pollutants
Our results support the conclusion, within the limitation of this study, that asthma exacerbations in asthmatic children are mainly associated with time dependent residential exposures less with exposure at birth
What role for environmental public health practitioners in promoting healthy built environments
Establishing Heat Alert Thresholds for the Varied Climatic Regions of British Columbia, Canada
Following an extreme heat event in 2009, a Heat Alert and Response System (HARS) was implemented for the greater Vancouver area of British Columbia (BC), Canada. This system has provided a framework for guiding public health interventions and assessing population response and adaptation to extreme heat in greater Vancouver, but no other parts of BC were covered by HARS. The objective of this study was to identify evidence-based heat alert thresho…
Public health should promote co-operative housing and cohousing
A descriptive analysis of blood mercury test results in British Columbia to identify excessive exposures
Social connection as a public health adaptation to extreme heat events
Climate change is an increasingly important public health issue, reflected in morbidity and mortality outcomes during extreme heat events. At the same time, the harms of social isolation with respect to a wide range of health outcomes are becoming better understood. Given that older adults are at higher risk during hot weather and at higher risk of social isolation, they are among those at highest risk for adverse impacts of extreme heat events. …
Improving attribution of extreme heat deaths through interagency cooperation
Attributing individual deaths to extreme heat events (EHE) in Canada and elsewhere is important for understanding the risk factors, protective interventions, and burden of mortality associated with climate change. However, there is currently no single mechanism for identifying individual deaths due to EHE and different agencies have taken different approaches, including (1) vital statistics coding based on medical certificates of death, (2) proba…
Medicine (23 obras) · Climate Change and Health Impacts (15 obras) · Environmental health (14 obras) · Geography (14 obras) · Thermoregulation and physiological responses (11 obras) · Demography (10 obras) · Public health (9 obras) · Environmental Science (8 obras) · Nursing (8 obras) · Air Quality and Health Impacts (7 obras)