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Climate Change Mitigation Policies and Co-Impacts on Indigenous Health: A Scoping Review
- Source :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 9063, p 9063 (2020), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2020.
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Abstract
- Climate change mitigation policies can either facilitate or hinder progress towards health equity, and can have particular implications for Indigenous health. We sought to summarize current knowledge about the potential impacts (co-benefits and co-harms) of climate mitigation policies and interventions on Indigenous health. Using a Kaupapa Māori theoretical positioning, we adapted a validated search strategy to identify studies for this scoping review. Our review included empirical and modeling studies that examined a range of climate change mitigation measures, with health-related outcomes analyzed by ethnicity or socioeconomic status. Data were extracted from published reports and summarized. We identified 36 studies that examined a diverse set of policy instruments, with the majority located in high-income countries. Most studies employed conventional Western research methodologies, and few examined potential impacts of particular relevance to Indigenous peoples. The existing body of knowledge is limited in the extent to which it can provide definitive evidence about co-benefits and co-harms for Indigenous health, with impacts highly dependent on individual policy characteristics and contextual factors. Improving the quality of evidence will require research partnerships with Indigenous communities and study designs that centralize Indigenous knowledges, values, realities and priorities.
- Subjects :
- 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Psychological intervention
lcsh:Medicine
Public Policy
Review
01 natural sciences
Indigenous
Body of knowledge
03 medical and health sciences
equity
0302 clinical medicine
Population Groups
Political science
Health Services, Indigenous
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Indigenous Peoples
environmental justice
Socioeconomic status
Environmental planning
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Environmental justice
Equity (economics)
Indigenous health
lcsh:R
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
climate policy
Health equity
Climate change mitigation
climate change
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16617827 and 16604601
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 9063
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....61417e8aaf05d7c29630cd766ee2af86