"Beyond "Snow Shoveler's Infarction
Broadening perspectives on winter health risks
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5696609 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christa Haney (0000-0001-8561-2310, Mississippi State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Publication date | 2020-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geography Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1749-8198 • E-ISSN: 1749-8198 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/gec3.12494 |
| OpenAlex | W3011271710 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 72 |
Winter constitutes a significant threat to humans via damages, injuries, and fatalities in mid and high latitude environments. Much of the research into the health impacts of winter centers on urban areas in the snow climates of North America. When considering how humans are vulnerable to winter hazards, the legend of Snow-Shoveler's Infarction dominates the public's assessment of winter health risks. This article seeks to broaden the understanding of winter hazards by summarizing the diversity of impacts on human health including frostbite, hypothermia, traffic accidents, slips, and falls, unintentional carbon monoxide poisoning in addition to injuries, and fatalities associated with snow removal. Further, social determinants such as poverty and social isolation are identified as being associated with negative health outcomes. The disproportionate health impacts of winter are also summarized, thus revealing how some groups, particularly the disadvantaged, the elderly and those with preexisting health issues in urbanized snow climates of the United States and Canada, are more vulnerable to winter hazards
Disadvantaged · Environmental health · Geography · Hazard · Meteorology · Occupational safety and health · Political science · Public health · Snow · Air Quality and Health Impacts · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Injury Epidemiology and Prevention · Medicine · Ecology
Social determinants of health inequalities
Understanding associations among race, socioeconomic status, and health
A discourse analysis of the social determinants of health
Insights into driver adaptation to inclement weather in Canada
Carbon Monoxide Epidemic Among Immigrant Populations
Health consequences of the snow disaster in Massachusetts, February 6, 1978
Winter weather and cardiovascular mortality in Minneapolis-St. Paul
Blizzard morbidity and mortality
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |