Hilary Bambrick
Biographic Data
| ID | 1246857 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hilary Bambrick |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hilary |
| FAMILY NAME | Bambrick |
| SIGNATURE | BAMBRICK H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western Sydney University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5361-950X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
National environmental health risk assessment of short-term air pollution effects on cardiovascular disease in Australia
Background Although there is substantial evidence linking ambient air pollution to increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, the specific effects of different air pollutants in Australia remain unclear, and quality-assessed evidence is lacking. We aimed to examine the short-term effects of air pollution exposure on the risk of CVD-related health outcomes in Australia and evaluate the quality of available evidence to enable tailored actions. Me…
Mortality attributable to ambient PM2.5 pollution in China's aging population
As China's population is aging rapidly, understanding the shifts in PM 2.5 attributable mortality within this context is crucial for informing future clean air policies. We adopted a Fusion relative risk model, combined with 100 m resolution age structure data, to better estimate China's age- and cause-specific mortality attributable to PM 2.5 over 2010–2019, and projected attributable mortality in 2030 and 2060 at a 0.1° spatial resolution under…
Sustaining planetary health in the Anthropocene
The inextricable link between global environmental change and human health has gained attention as we witness increasingly catastrophic weather events and widespread environmental degradation wrought by pollution and biodiversity loss and respond to an ongoing COVID pandemic of zoonotic origins [1,2]. In 2014, Richard Horton et al. called for a collective manifesto to transform public [...]
Hospitalization Costs of Respiratory Diseases Attributable to Temperature in Australia and Projections for Future Costs in the 2030s and 2050s under Climate Change
This study aimed to estimate respiratory disease hospitalization costs attributable to ambient temperatures and to estimate the future hospitalization costs in Australia. The associations between daily hospitalization costs for respiratory diseases and temperatures in Sydney and Perth over the study period of 2010-2016 were analyzed using distributed non-linear lag models. Future hospitalization costs were estimated based on three predicted clima…
Age- and Gender-Specific Differences in the Seasonal Distribution of Diabetes Mortality in Shandong, China
Diabetes mortality in Shandong is higher than the national average in China. This study first explored diabetes mortality variation spatially at the county/district level among adults aged over 30 years in terms of age and gender, specifically by season. Daily diabetes mortality data were collected from 31 mortality surveillance points across Shandong Province in 2014. A geographic information system, spatial kriging interpolation and a spatial c…
Small Island Developing States
Emergency department visits and associated healthcare costs attributable to increasing temperature in the context of climate change in Perth, Western Australia, 2012–2019
Increasing temperature and its impact on population health is an emerging significant public health issue in the context of climate change in Australia. While previous studies have primarily focused on risk assessment, very few studies have evaluated heat-attributable emergency department (ED) visits and associated healthcare costs, or projected future health and economic burdens. This study used a distributed lag non-linear model to estimate hea…
Climate change and socioeconomic determinants are structural constraints to agency in diet-related non-communicable disease prevention in Vanuatu
The interaction of structural determinants creates food and health environments that amplify the risk, burden, and consequences of DR-NCDs. It is recommended that the DR-NCD narrative in Vanuatu be re-framed with an emphasis on the range of structural determinants of DR-NCD risk. This will serve to enhance individual and collective agency to not only make healthy food and other behavioural choices but also to exercise agency to transform the stru…
White flour, white sugar, white rice, white salt’
Adaptation to the Climate Crisis
Climate change, malnutrition, and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are three of the most significant health challenges of this century, and they share fundamental underlying drivers. Pacific Island countries (PICs) are at the forefront of the impacts of climate change, which is likely to affect food and nutrition security (FNS) directly and indirectly, and many countries have existing high NCD burdens. This paper surveys the climate change adaptat…
Natural hazards and adaptive response choices in a changing climate
Bushfires are an escalating natural hazard worldwide. This requires developing and implementing new strategies to narrow the bushfire awareness-preparedness gap and improve human safety in the medium to long terms. Redirecting adverse decision-making to achieve positive outcomes in a fire situation is a social imperative given the high human, economic and environmental cost of a serious fire. This paper explores underlying aetiologies that influe…
Climate change, food security and health in Kiribati
Obesity and its association with sociodemographic factors, health behaviours and health status among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal adults in New South Wales, Australia
Background High body mass index (BMI) is the second leading contributor to Australia’s burden of disease and is particularly prevalent among Aboriginal peoples. This paper aims to provide insight into factors relating to obesity among Aboriginal adults and Aboriginal–non-Aboriginal differences. Methods Cross-sectional analysis of data from the 45 and Up Study, comparing obesity (BMI ≥30 kg/m 2 ) prevalence and risk factors among 1515 Aboriginal a…
Collecting water
A water point was installed in 2012 as part of a biogas \ndevelopment initiative in an informal urban community \nof 200 households. The facility provides sanitation, gas \nfor cooking, and organic fertiliser. It consists of four \nlatrines and an inlet for animal waste, a fermentation \nchamber where the biogas (methane) is produced, and a \ncommunal kitchen with four stoves. The slurry byproduct \nis rendered safe by fermentation and used as \n…
Climate change and health vulnerability in informal urban settlements in the Ethiopian Rift Valley
Climate change in Ethiopia is occurring against a backdrop of rapid population growth and urbanization, entrenched poverty and a heavy burden of disease, and there is little information on specific health risks with which to approach adaptation planning and strengthen adaptive capacity. Using detailed household surveys (400 households, 1660 individuals, 100% participation) and focus groups in two informal urban communities in the Southern city of…
Differential Effects of Temperature Extremes on Hospital Admission Rates for Respiratory Disease between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians in the Northern Territory
The health gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians may be exacerbated by climate change if temperature extremes have disproportionate adverse effects on Indigenous people. To explore this issue, we analysed the effect of temperature extremes on hospital admissions for respiratory diseases, stratified by age, Indigenous status and sex, for people living in two different climates zones in the Northern Territory during the period 1993-…
Is enough attention given to climate change in health service planning? An Australian perspective
BACKGROUND: Within an Australian context, the medium to long-term health impacts of climate change are likely to be wide, varied and amplify many existing disorders and health inequities. How the health system responds to these challenges will be best considered in the context of existing health facilities and services. This paper provides a snapshot of the understanding that Australian health planners have of the potential health impacts of clim…
Effect of Ambient Temperature on Australian Northern Territory Public Hospital Admissions for Cardiovascular Disease among Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Populations
Hospitalisations are associated with ambient temperature, but little is known about responses in population sub-groups. In this study, heat responses for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in two age groups were examined for two categories of cardiac diseases using daily hospital admissions from five Northern Territory hospitals (1992-2011). Admission rates during the hottest five per cent of days and the coolest five per cent of days were comp…
Independent roles of country of birth and socioeconomic status in the occurrence of type 2 diabetes
Country of birth and socioeconomic status are independent predictors of type 2 diabetes. However, in this population, country of birth had a stronger association with type 2 diabetes
Socio-cultural reflections on heat in Australia with implications for health and climate change adaptation
BACKGROUND: Australia has a hot climate with maximum summer temperatures in its major cities frequently exceeding 35°C. Although 'heat waves' are an annual occurrence, the associated heat-related deaths among vulnerable groups, such as older people, suggest that Australians could be better prepared to deal with extreme heat. OBJECTIVE: To understand ways in which a vulnerable sub-population adapt their personal behaviour to cope with heat within …
P2-145 BMI and the risk of hospitalisation
Introduction Obesity and overweight have a range of health effects, yet little evidence is available on their effect on hospitalisation. This study quantifies the risk of hospitalisation relating to overweight and obesity. Methods 241 949 45 and Up Study participants with linked hospital admissions and death data were followed from recruitment (February 2006 onwards) through to June 2009. Self-reported height and weight were used to classify pati…
P2-365 Climate change impacts on Ross river virus in Australia
Introduction Ross River virus disease is the most prevalent mosquito-borne disease in Australia, with 4400 cases annually. We explore how changing future climate, in combination with social responses, may alter the habitat and survival of vectors and hosts. Subsequent changes to the pattern and distribution of infections suggest a range of adaptation strategies for reducing transmission. Methods We map projected changes to rainfall across Austral…
P2-364 Climate change threatens blood supply through altering the distribution of vector-borne disease
Introduction Climate change is expected to promote more intense and prolonged outbreaks of vector-borne disease, and alter the geographic boundaries of transmission. This has implications for the safety and supply of fresh blood products around the world. In Australia, a recent outbreak of dengue fever caused a prolonged regional shortage in the supply of fresh blood products. Climate change thus has the potential to affect the safety and supply …
P2-366 The global distribution of dengue
Introduction Approximately 2.5 billion people are at risk from dengue. Climate change could drive the epidemic potential of this disease through temperature impacts on both the virus and the mosquito vector. We describe the past and present global distribution of transmission and estimate possible changes to dengue distribution arising from climate change. Methods Two systematic reviews: Geographically defined case reports, and Models of climate …
Climate change could threaten blood supply by altering the distribution of vector-borne disease
BACKGROUND: Climate change is expected to promote more intense and prolonged outbreaks of vector-borne disease, and alter the geographic boundaries of transmission. This has implications for the safety and supply of fresh blood products around the world. In Australia, a recent outbreak of dengue fever caused a prolonged regional shortage in the supply of fresh blood products. OBJECTIVE: To highlight the potential for climate change to affect the …
Mortality attributable to ambient PM2.5 pollution in China's aging population
As China's population is aging rapidly, understanding the shifts in PM 2.5 attributable mortality within this context is crucial for informing future clean air policies. We adopted a Fusion relative risk model, combined with 100 m resolution age structure data, to better estimate China's age- and cause-specific mortality attributable to PM 2.5 over 2010–2019, and projected attributable mortality in 2030 and 2060 at a 0.1° spatial resolution under…
Obesity and its association with sociodemographic factors, health behaviours and health status among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal adults in New South Wales, Australia
Background High body mass index (BMI) is the second leading contributor to Australia’s burden of disease and is particularly prevalent among Aboriginal peoples. This paper aims to provide insight into factors relating to obesity among Aboriginal adults and Aboriginal–non-Aboriginal differences. Methods Cross-sectional analysis of data from the 45 and Up Study, comparing obesity (BMI ≥30 kg/m 2 ) prevalence and risk factors among 1515 Aboriginal a…
White flour, white sugar, white rice, white salt’
Meat consumption trends and health
Humans come from a long line of meat-eaters. For much of the past two million years our hominid forebears have been evolving from scavenging to systematic hunting. This trend was intimately coupled with the evolution of the human brain, which now is much larger and more complex than was the brain of our mostly vegetarian australopithecine ancestors. In many hunter-gatherer communities meat became a major, even the majority, source of dietary ener…
Is the global rise of asthma an early impact of anthropogenic climate change
The increase in asthma incidence, prevalence, and morbidity over recent decades presents a significant challenge to public health. Pollen is an important trigger of some types of asthma, and both pollen quantity and season depend on climatic and meteorological variables. Over the same period as the global rise in asthma, there have been considerable increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration and global average surface temperature. We h…
Risky Trade
"Risky Trade: Infectious Disease in the Era of Global Trade." Health Sociology Review, 16(2), pp. 206–207
Climate change could threaten blood supply by altering the distribution of vector-borne disease
BACKGROUND: Climate change is expected to promote more intense and prolonged outbreaks of vector-borne disease, and alter the geographic boundaries of transmission. This has implications for the safety and supply of fresh blood products around the world. In Australia, a recent outbreak of dengue fever caused a prolonged regional shortage in the supply of fresh blood products. OBJECTIVE: To highlight the potential for climate change to affect the …
P2-145 BMI and the risk of hospitalisation
Introduction Obesity and overweight have a range of health effects, yet little evidence is available on their effect on hospitalisation. This study quantifies the risk of hospitalisation relating to overweight and obesity. Methods 241 949 45 and Up Study participants with linked hospital admissions and death data were followed from recruitment (February 2006 onwards) through to June 2009. Self-reported height and weight were used to classify pati…
P2-365 Climate change impacts on Ross river virus in Australia
Introduction Ross River virus disease is the most prevalent mosquito-borne disease in Australia, with 4400 cases annually. We explore how changing future climate, in combination with social responses, may alter the habitat and survival of vectors and hosts. Subsequent changes to the pattern and distribution of infections suggest a range of adaptation strategies for reducing transmission. Methods We map projected changes to rainfall across Austral…
P2-364 Climate change threatens blood supply through altering the distribution of vector-borne disease
Introduction Climate change is expected to promote more intense and prolonged outbreaks of vector-borne disease, and alter the geographic boundaries of transmission. This has implications for the safety and supply of fresh blood products around the world. In Australia, a recent outbreak of dengue fever caused a prolonged regional shortage in the supply of fresh blood products. Climate change thus has the potential to affect the safety and supply …
P2-366 The global distribution of dengue
Introduction Approximately 2.5 billion people are at risk from dengue. Climate change could drive the epidemic potential of this disease through temperature impacts on both the virus and the mosquito vector. We describe the past and present global distribution of transmission and estimate possible changes to dengue distribution arising from climate change. Methods Two systematic reviews: Geographically defined case reports, and Models of climate …
Socio-cultural reflections on heat in Australia with implications for health and climate change adaptation
BACKGROUND: Australia has a hot climate with maximum summer temperatures in its major cities frequently exceeding 35°C. Although 'heat waves' are an annual occurrence, the associated heat-related deaths among vulnerable groups, such as older people, suggest that Australians could be better prepared to deal with extreme heat. OBJECTIVE: To understand ways in which a vulnerable sub-population adapt their personal behaviour to cope with heat within …
Independent roles of country of birth and socioeconomic status in the occurrence of type 2 diabetes
Country of birth and socioeconomic status are independent predictors of type 2 diabetes. However, in this population, country of birth had a stronger association with type 2 diabetes
Is enough attention given to climate change in health service planning? An Australian perspective
BACKGROUND: Within an Australian context, the medium to long-term health impacts of climate change are likely to be wide, varied and amplify many existing disorders and health inequities. How the health system responds to these challenges will be best considered in the context of existing health facilities and services. This paper provides a snapshot of the understanding that Australian health planners have of the potential health impacts of clim…
Effect of Ambient Temperature on Australian Northern Territory Public Hospital Admissions for Cardiovascular Disease among Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Populations
Hospitalisations are associated with ambient temperature, but little is known about responses in population sub-groups. In this study, heat responses for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in two age groups were examined for two categories of cardiac diseases using daily hospital admissions from five Northern Territory hospitals (1992-2011). Admission rates during the hottest five per cent of days and the coolest five per cent of days were comp…
Climate change and health vulnerability in informal urban settlements in the Ethiopian Rift Valley
Climate change in Ethiopia is occurring against a backdrop of rapid population growth and urbanization, entrenched poverty and a heavy burden of disease, and there is little information on specific health risks with which to approach adaptation planning and strengthen adaptive capacity. Using detailed household surveys (400 households, 1660 individuals, 100% participation) and focus groups in two informal urban communities in the Southern city of…
Differential Effects of Temperature Extremes on Hospital Admission Rates for Respiratory Disease between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians in the Northern Territory
The health gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians may be exacerbated by climate change if temperature extremes have disproportionate adverse effects on Indigenous people. To explore this issue, we analysed the effect of temperature extremes on hospital admissions for respiratory diseases, stratified by age, Indigenous status and sex, for people living in two different climates zones in the Northern Territory during the period 1993-…
Collecting water
A water point was installed in 2012 as part of a biogas \ndevelopment initiative in an informal urban community \nof 200 households. The facility provides sanitation, gas \nfor cooking, and organic fertiliser. It consists of four \nlatrines and an inlet for animal waste, a fermentation \nchamber where the biogas (methane) is produced, and a \ncommunal kitchen with four stoves. The slurry byproduct \nis rendered safe by fermentation and used as \n…
Obesity and its association with sociodemographic factors, health behaviours and health status among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal adults in New South Wales, Australia
Background High body mass index (BMI) is the second leading contributor to Australia’s burden of disease and is particularly prevalent among Aboriginal peoples. This paper aims to provide insight into factors relating to obesity among Aboriginal adults and Aboriginal–non-Aboriginal differences. Methods Cross-sectional analysis of data from the 45 and Up Study, comparing obesity (BMI ≥30 kg/m 2 ) prevalence and risk factors among 1515 Aboriginal a…
Climate change, food security and health in Kiribati
Adaptation to the Climate Crisis
Climate change, malnutrition, and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are three of the most significant health challenges of this century, and they share fundamental underlying drivers. Pacific Island countries (PICs) are at the forefront of the impacts of climate change, which is likely to affect food and nutrition security (FNS) directly and indirectly, and many countries have existing high NCD burdens. This paper surveys the climate change adaptat…
Natural hazards and adaptive response choices in a changing climate
Bushfires are an escalating natural hazard worldwide. This requires developing and implementing new strategies to narrow the bushfire awareness-preparedness gap and improve human safety in the medium to long terms. Redirecting adverse decision-making to achieve positive outcomes in a fire situation is a social imperative given the high human, economic and environmental cost of a serious fire. This paper explores underlying aetiologies that influe…
Small Island Developing States
Emergency department visits and associated healthcare costs attributable to increasing temperature in the context of climate change in Perth, Western Australia, 2012–2019
Increasing temperature and its impact on population health is an emerging significant public health issue in the context of climate change in Australia. While previous studies have primarily focused on risk assessment, very few studies have evaluated heat-attributable emergency department (ED) visits and associated healthcare costs, or projected future health and economic burdens. This study used a distributed lag non-linear model to estimate hea…
Climate change and socioeconomic determinants are structural constraints to agency in diet-related non-communicable disease prevention in Vanuatu
The interaction of structural determinants creates food and health environments that amplify the risk, burden, and consequences of DR-NCDs. It is recommended that the DR-NCD narrative in Vanuatu be re-framed with an emphasis on the range of structural determinants of DR-NCD risk. This will serve to enhance individual and collective agency to not only make healthy food and other behavioural choices but also to exercise agency to transform the stru…
White flour, white sugar, white rice, white salt’
Sustaining planetary health in the Anthropocene
The inextricable link between global environmental change and human health has gained attention as we witness increasingly catastrophic weather events and widespread environmental degradation wrought by pollution and biodiversity loss and respond to an ongoing COVID pandemic of zoonotic origins [1,2]. In 2014, Richard Horton et al. called for a collective manifesto to transform public [...]
Hospitalization Costs of Respiratory Diseases Attributable to Temperature in Australia and Projections for Future Costs in the 2030s and 2050s under Climate Change
This study aimed to estimate respiratory disease hospitalization costs attributable to ambient temperatures and to estimate the future hospitalization costs in Australia. The associations between daily hospitalization costs for respiratory diseases and temperatures in Sydney and Perth over the study period of 2010-2016 were analyzed using distributed non-linear lag models. Future hospitalization costs were estimated based on three predicted clima…
Medicine (21 works) · Geography (19 works) · Environmental health (17 works) · Climate change (14 works) · Climate Change and Health Impacts (14 works) · Ecology (13 works) · Population (13 works) · Biology (10 works) · Economic growth (8 works) · Economics (8 works)