Heat and health: The effect of heat islands, green space and other factors

Numerous studies have reported an association between high ambient temperatures and mortality or morbidity. In this project, we aim to assess the effect of various environmental and socio-demographic factors that may modify these associations. A better understanding of how urban heat islands, green space, building characteristics, public health interventions and socio-demographic factors modify heat-related mortality risk is important for developing effective climate change adaption measures.

Flückiger B, Kloog I, Ragettli M.S, Eeftens M, Röösli M, de Hoogh K. Modelling daily air temperature at a fine spatial resolution dealing with challenging meteorological phenomena and topography in Switzerland. Int J Climatol. 2022;42(12):6413-6428. DOI: 10.1002/joc.7597

Schulte F, Röösli M, Ragettli M.S. Heat-related cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in Switzerland: a clinical perspective. Swiss Med Wkly. 2021;151:w30013. DOI: 10.4414/SMW.2021.w30013

Ragettli M.S, Röösli M. Hitze-Massnahmen-Toolbox 2021. Ein Massnahmenkatalog für den Schutz der menschlichen Gesundheit vor Hitze.. Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institut. Im Auftrag des BAG, 2021

Wicki B, Flückiger B, Vienneau D, de Hoogh K, Röösli M, Ragettli M.S. Socio-environmental modifiers of heat-related mortality in eight Swiss cities: a case time series analysis. Environ Res. 2024;246:118116. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.118116

Ragettli M.S, Flückiger B, Vienneau D, Domingo-Irigoyen S, Koschenz M, Röösli M. Vulnerability to heat-related mortality and the effect of prevention measures: a time-stratified case-crossover study in Switzerland. Swiss Med Wkly. 2024;154(10):3410. DOI: 10.57187/s.3418

Schulte F, Röösli M, Ragettli M.S. Risk, attributable fraction and attributable number of cause-specific heat-related emergency hospital admissions in Switzerland. Int J Public Health. 2024;69:1607349. DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2024.1607349

Ragettli M.S, Saucy A, Flückiger B, Vienneau D, de Hoogh K, Vicedo Cabrera A.M, Schindler C, Röösli M. Explorative assessment of the temperature–mortality association to support health-based heat-warning thresholds: a national case-crossover study in Switzerland. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023;20(6):4958. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20064958

Ragettli M.S, Flückiger B, Röösli M. Hitze und Gesundheit: Die Wirkung von Hitzeinseln, Grünräumen und anderen Faktoren. Ergebnisse des Pilotprojekts A.06. Hitze und Gesundheit, ein Projekt im Rahmen des Pilotprogramms Anpassung an den Klimawandel, unterstützt durch das Bundesamt für Gesundh. Bern: National Centre for Climate Services (NCCS), 2022

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