Effect of climate change on the health and nutritional status of children and their families in Africa
Scoping review
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 19590912 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Mutshidzi Mulondo (0000-0002-9178-3412, University of the Free State, autor de correspondencia), Adam Hege (0000-0003-2515-6848, Appalachian State University, autor de correspondencia), Joyce Mahlako Tsoka-Gwegweni (0000-0002-4888-1973, University of the Free State, autor de correspondencia), Joyce Tsoka-Gwegweni, James Ndirangu (0000-0002-2768-5631, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, autor de correspondencia) |
| Editores | John R Weinstein John R Weinstein |
| Año | 2025 |
| Volumen | 5 |
| Número | 7 |
| Páginas | e0004897 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2025-07-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | PLOS Global Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 2767-3375 • E-ISSN: 2767-3375 |
| Editorial | Public Library of Science (PLoS) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004897 |
| PMID | 40658712 |
| OpenAlex | W4412406191 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 1 |
| Referencias citadas | 24 |
The health and nutritional status of children and their families is essential particularly during climate change. Most of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) affect children in some way, namely, poverty (SDG 1), hunger (SDG 2), health (SDG 3), climate change (SDG 13). Evidence suggests that most countries are behind in achieving the SDGs, with only 17% of the SDGs currently achieved. The reason is because the SDGs are interconnected such that failure in one SDG, may affect the others negatively. For example, evidence from the global north provides many examples of the effects of climate change on other SDGs, particularly health. Within the global south, evidence of the effects of climate change on health is limited. This scoping review aims to document the effects of climate change on the health and nutritional status of children and their families in Africa. The review was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR). Three electronic databases were searched by a librarian. One reviewer screened the articles to be included in the synthesis and a second author went through the selected articles to confirm their inclusion. Data was extracted and mapped according to four categories: i) climate change events or phenomena, ii) effect of climate change on nutritional and health status, iii) factors influencing vulnerabilities of population to climate change, iv) interventions and innovations used to mitigate impact of climate change on health
Biology · Climate change · Environmental health · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Global health · MEDLINE · Political science · Population · Poverty · Psychological intervention · Public health · Sustainable development · Systematic review · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Energy and Environment Impacts · Environmental Science · Medicine · Psychology · Ecology
Undertaking a scoping review
Climate change and child health
Scoping studies
A time series analysis of weather variables and all-cause mortality in the Kasena-Nankana Districts of Northern Ghana, 1995–2010
Flood-Exposure is Associated with Higher Prevalence of Child Undernutrition in Rural Eastern India
Water scarcity and birth outcomes in the Brazilian semiarid
Scoping studies
| Obras citantes distintas | 1 |
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| Citas por año | 1 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Velocidad de citación | recent |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 1 |