{"title":"The association between PM2.5 and clinical antibiotic resistance","authors":"Thomas K Bauer , Christiane Wuckel","doi":"10.1016/S2542-5196(24)00335-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2542-5196(24)00335-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48548,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Planetary Health","volume":"9 2","pages":"Page e90"},"PeriodicalIF":24.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143445328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Peninah Murage PhD , Blanca Anton MSc , Faraja Chiwanga MD , Roberto Picetti PhD , Tabby Njunge MSc , Syreen Hassan MD PhD , Sarah Whitmee PhD , Jane Falconer MA , Hugh Sharma Waddington PhD , Prof Rosemary Green PhD
{"title":"Impact of tree-based interventions in addressing health and wellbeing outcomes in rural low-income and middle-income settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis","authors":"Peninah Murage PhD , Blanca Anton MSc , Faraja Chiwanga MD , Roberto Picetti PhD , Tabby Njunge MSc , Syreen Hassan MD PhD , Sarah Whitmee PhD , Jane Falconer MA , Hugh Sharma Waddington PhD , Prof Rosemary Green PhD","doi":"10.1016/S2542-5196(25)00003-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2542-5196(25)00003-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The impact of nature-based solutions on human health is increasingly recognised; however, our understanding of the strength of evidence and the extent to which it supports policy and practice is insufficient. We aimed to assess the health and wellbeing impacts of solutions in low-income and middle-income settings in which trees are a central feature in the protection, restoration, and sustainable management of landscapes. For this systematic review and meta-analysis, we searched Web of Science, Embase, APA PsycInfo, MEDLINE ALL, Global Health, Global Index Medicus, GreenFILE, SciELO, EconLit, and Africa-Wide Information for studies that evaluated the impacts of relevant interventions on health and wellbeing. Searches were limited to records published from Jan 1, 2000, to the search date; an initial search was conducted on Nov 23, 2021, and was updated on Feb 27–28, 2023. We extracted data from studies comparing interventions with matched controls, calculated standardised mean differences, and pooled the effects using random-effects meta-analysis with adjustments for potential effect dependence. Studies were assessed for quality using seven risk-of-bias domains. Our search identified 23 402 studies, of which 54 were included in the meta-analysis. We found significant positive pooled effects for agricultural yields (standardised mean difference 0·41 [95% CI 0·11 to 0·70]), dietary diversity (0·10 [0·02 to 0·18]), total household income (0·21 [0·09 to 0·33]), poverty reduction (0·17 [0·07 to 0·27]), child growth (0·11 [0·00 to 0·22]), and self-reported wellbeing (0·21 [0·00 to 0·43]). Loss of income from timber production could be a negative outcome (−0·13 [−0·29 to 0·02]); however, these effects might be partially offset by increased income from non-timber forest products (0·32 [0·04 to 0·61]). Effects varied substantially by intervention type, with more positive effects associated with interventions in which the primary target was livelihood improvement than with interventions that targeted biodiversity or carbon mitigation. However, cautious interpretation is urged owing to the low certainty of the evidence. In conclusion, evidence suggests that tree-based solutions can support the health and wellbeing of the implementing communities. Such evidence strengthens the case for aligning health objectives with the goals of nature-based solutions by making community wellbeing an integral component of conservation programmes. Future studies should examine a wider range of outcomes that have direct relevance for health.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48548,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Planetary Health","volume":"9 2","pages":"Pages e157-e168"},"PeriodicalIF":24.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143445330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thank you to The Lancet Planetary Health's statistical and peer reviewers in 2024","authors":"The Lancet Planetary Health Editors","doi":"10.1016/S2542-5196(25)00031-2","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2542-5196(25)00031-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48548,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Planetary Health","volume":"9 2","pages":"Pages e83-e86"},"PeriodicalIF":24.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143445168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hong Chen PhD , Matthew Quick PhD , Prof Jay S Kaufman PhD , Chen Chen PhD , Prof Jeffrey C Kwong MD , Aaron van Donkelaar PhD , Prof Randall V Martin PhD , Michael Tjepkema MSc , Tarik Benmarhnia PhD , Richard T Burnett PhD
{"title":"Impact of a 10-year shift in ambient air quality on mortality in Canada: a causal analysis of multiple pollutants","authors":"Hong Chen PhD , Matthew Quick PhD , Prof Jay S Kaufman PhD , Chen Chen PhD , Prof Jeffrey C Kwong MD , Aaron van Donkelaar PhD , Prof Randall V Martin PhD , Michael Tjepkema MSc , Tarik Benmarhnia PhD , Richard T Burnett PhD","doi":"10.1016/S2542-5196(25)00002-6","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2542-5196(25)00002-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>The impact of past air quality improvements on health and equity at low pollution levels near the revised WHO air quality guidelines remains largely unknown. Less is known about the influence of simultaneous reductions in multiple major pollutants. Leveraging real-world improvements in air quality across Canada, we sought to directly evaluate their health benefits by quantifying the impact of a joint shift in three criteria pollutants on mortality in a national cohort.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>In this population-based cohort study, we assembled a cohort of 2·7 million adults living in Canada in 2007 who were followed up through 2016. Annual mean concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM<sub>2·5</sub>), nitrogen dioxide (NO<sub>2</sub>), and ozone (O<sub>3</sub>) were assigned to participants’ residential locations. For each pollutant individually and combined, we conducted a causal analysis of the impact of the decadal shift in annual exposure from the pre-baseline level (2004–06) on the risk of non-accidental mortality using the parametric g-formula, a structural causal model. To check the robustness of our results, we conducted multiple sensitivity analyses, including exploring alternative exposure scenarios. We also evaluated differential benefits across regions and socio-demographic subgroups.</div></div><div><h3>Findings</h3><div>Between 2007 and 2016, annual mean exposures to PM<sub>2·5</sub> and NO<sub>2</sub> decreased (from 7·1 μg/m<sup>3</sup> [SD 2·3] to 5·5 μg/m<sup>3</sup> [1·9] for PM<sub>2·5</sub> and from 11·1 ppb [SD 6·6] to 8·0 ppb [4·9] for NO<sub>2</sub>), whereas O<sub>3</sub> declined initially and then rebounded (from 38·6 [SD 8·3] ppb to 36·0 [6·0] ppb and then 38·1 [5·4] ppb). Compared to pre-baseline (2004–06) levels, the joint change in the pollution exposures beginning in 2007 resulted in, per million population, 70 (95% CI 29–111) fewer deaths by 2009, 416 (283–549) fewer deaths by 2012, and 609 (276–941) fewer deaths by 2016, corresponding to a –0·7% change in mortality risk over the decade. Stratified analyses showed greater beneficial impacts in men, adults aged 50 years and older, low income-earners, and residents in regions undergoing substantial air quality improvements. Had all regions experienced pollution reductions similar to the most improved region, approximately three times as many deaths would have been averted (2191 fewer deaths per million). Conversely, if the observed air quality improvements had been delayed in all regions by 3 years, there would have been 429 more deaths per million by 2016.</div></div><div><h3>Interpretation</h3><div>In Canada, substantial health gains were associated with air quality improvements at levels near the revised WHO guidelines between 2007 and 2016, with notable heterogeneity observed across socio-demographic subgroups and regions. These findings indicate that modest declines in air pollution can considerably improve health a","PeriodicalId":48548,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Planetary Health","volume":"9 2","pages":"Pages e92-e102"},"PeriodicalIF":24.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143445169","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Planetary Health Research Digest","authors":"Cahal McQuillan","doi":"10.1016/S2542-5196(25)00032-4","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2542-5196(25)00032-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48548,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Planetary Health","volume":"9 2","pages":"Page e87"},"PeriodicalIF":24.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143444134","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Joshua Ettinger PhD , Julia Fine PhD , Kathryn Thier PhD , Nicholas Badullovich PhD , John Kotcher PhD , Prof Edward Maibach PhD
{"title":"Communicating with policy makers about climate change, health, and their intersection: a scoping review","authors":"Joshua Ettinger PhD , Julia Fine PhD , Kathryn Thier PhD , Nicholas Badullovich PhD , John Kotcher PhD , Prof Edward Maibach PhD","doi":"10.1016/S2542-5196(24)00307-3","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2542-5196(24)00307-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Ambitious policies are urgently needed to protect human health from the impacts of climate change. Civil society, including researchers and advocates, can help advance such policies by communicating with policy makers. In this scoping review, we examined what is known about effectively communicating with policy makers to encourage them to act on public health, climate change, or their nexus. We analysed 139 studies published in the literature on health, climate, and their intersection that focused on strategies for communicating with policy makers. Among many other recommendations, the most frequently recommended communication strategies were to tailor messaging to target audiences; share accessible, concise, and timely evidence; and build coalitions and trusted relationships. The studies were largely about health communication to policy makers, were predominantly based in high-income countries, and most frequently used case studies, interviews, and surveys as methods. Further experimental research is needed to test the findings generated by non-experimental methods. Additionally, future research should seek to generate and test communication strategies in more low-income and middle-income countries. Based on this literature, we have produced a list of strategic questions that communicators might wish to consider as they prepare to communicate with policy makers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48548,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Planetary Health","volume":"9 1","pages":"Pages e53-e61"},"PeriodicalIF":24.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143042467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
James M Hassell PhD , Shaleen Angwenyi DVM , Meredith C VanAcker PhD , Abdi Adan , Nelly Bargoiyet , Geoffrey Bundotich PhD , Joseph Edebe PhD , Prof Eric M Fèvre PhD , Peter Gichecha , Joseph Kamau PhD , Ezra Lekenit MD , Argeo Lekopien DVM , Julius L Leseeto BSc , Koisinget G Lupempe , James Mathenge PhD , David Manini , Bridgit Muasa PhD , Mathew Muturi DVM , Romana Ndanyi PhD , Millicent Ndia MSc , Stephen Chege DVM
{"title":"A framework for ecologically and socially informed risk reduction before and after outbreaks of wildlife-borne zoonoses","authors":"James M Hassell PhD , Shaleen Angwenyi DVM , Meredith C VanAcker PhD , Abdi Adan , Nelly Bargoiyet , Geoffrey Bundotich PhD , Joseph Edebe PhD , Prof Eric M Fèvre PhD , Peter Gichecha , Joseph Kamau PhD , Ezra Lekenit MD , Argeo Lekopien DVM , Julius L Leseeto BSc , Koisinget G Lupempe , James Mathenge PhD , David Manini , Bridgit Muasa PhD , Mathew Muturi DVM , Romana Ndanyi PhD , Millicent Ndia MSc , Stephen Chege DVM","doi":"10.1016/S2542-5196(24)00329-2","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2542-5196(24)00329-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Despite increasing emphasis being placed on the inclusion of upstream ecological and social perspectives for zoonotic disease control, few guidelines exist for practitioners and decision makers to work with communities in identifying suitable, locally relevant interventions and integrating these into public health action plans. With an interdisciplinary group of Kenyan stakeholders, we designed and tested a comprehensive framework for the co-design, evaluation, and prioritisation of beneficiary-oriented, ecologically and socially informed interventions for preventing and controlling outbreaks of wildlife-borne zoonoses. Our approach used four globally important wildlife-borne pathogens—Rift Valley fever virus, Congo–Crimean haemorrhagic fever virus, and the causative agents of anthrax and rabies—enabling stakeholders to develop a shared understanding of complex transmission pathways, identify a broad array of measures targeting ecological, biological, and social processes governing outbreaks of these pathogens, and explore trade-offs for specific interventions. The framework can be applied early in the decision-making process to encourage broader, cross-sectoral co-production of knowledge, ideas, and consensus on the control of complex zoonotic diseases.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48548,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Planetary Health","volume":"9 1","pages":"Pages e41-e52"},"PeriodicalIF":24.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143042451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}