{"title":"Intersection Between Age and Race-Ethnicity on Exposure to Heat Wave, Severe Weather, and Wildfire Events in a National U.S. Sample.","authors":"Roger Wong, Brian C Ganeles","doi":"10.1177/07334648261463078","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Older adults and people of color have been disproportionately impacted by extreme weather events. We examined the moderating role of race-ethnicity in the association between age and exposure to three weather events. Data were retrieved for 9,763 people from the 2022 American Trends Panel study, a nationally representative U.S. adult sample. Three separate logistic regression models analyzed whether the relationship between age group and weather event exposures (heat wave, wildfire, or flood/intense storm) varied by race-ethnicity (White, Black, Hispanic, or Asian). There was only a significant interaction between age and race-ethnicity on exposure to flood/intense storm (P < 0.001). Flood/intense storm exposure significantly decreased in older ages for White adults, but increased in older ages for Asian adults. There were no major trends in flood/intense storm exposure among Black and Hispanic adults. These findings have implications for aging-in-place and public policy as extreme weather events become more frequent.</p>","PeriodicalId":47970,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Gerontology","volume":"45 10","pages":"1966-1973"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0000,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Applied Gerontology","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648261463078","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2026/9/11 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"GERONTOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Older adults and people of color have been disproportionately impacted by extreme weather events. We examined the moderating role of race-ethnicity in the association between age and exposure to three weather events. Data were retrieved for 9,763 people from the 2022 American Trends Panel study, a nationally representative U.S. adult sample. Three separate logistic regression models analyzed whether the relationship between age group and weather event exposures (heat wave, wildfire, or flood/intense storm) varied by race-ethnicity (White, Black, Hispanic, or Asian). There was only a significant interaction between age and race-ethnicity on exposure to flood/intense storm (P < 0.001). Flood/intense storm exposure significantly decreased in older ages for White adults, but increased in older ages for Asian adults. There were no major trends in flood/intense storm exposure among Black and Hispanic adults. These findings have implications for aging-in-place and public policy as extreme weather events become more frequent.
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The Journal of Applied Gerontology (JAG) is the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society. It features articles that focus on research applications intended to improve the quality of life of older persons or to enhance our understanding of age-related issues that will eventually lead to such outcomes. We construe application broadly and encourage contributions across a range of applications toward those foci, including interventions, methodology, policy, and theory. Manuscripts from all disciplines represented in gerontology are welcome. Because the circulation and intended audience of JAG is global, contributions from international authors are encouraged.
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