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Nunes, Ana Raquel (2020) General and specified vulnerability to extreme temperatures among older adults. International Journal of Environmental Health Research, 30 (5). pp. 515-532. doi:10.1080/09603123.2019.1609655 ISSN 0960-3123.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09603123.2019.1609655
Abstract
Extreme temperatures pose significant risks to human health and well-being. Older adults are particularly at risk and their susceptibility is a function of vulnerability to general daily life circumstances and to specified events or threats. For the first time, this paper develops a combined general and specified approach to understand the determinants of vulnerability. The findings show that most participants exhibit high levels of heat-related vulnerability, followed by cold-related vulnerability and lastly, general vulnerability. General vulnerability was shown to be primarily shaped by financial, physical and social assets. Whilst, specified vulnerability was found to be mainly shaped by human, physical and placed based assets. Such findings present opportunities to focus on the types of assets that contribute to reducing vulnerability. These findings also suggest that the role assets play in shaping vulnerability must be attended to if we are to fully understand and effectively implement strategies to reduce vulnerability.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare Q Science > QC Physics Q Science > QP Physiology R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Statistics and Epidemiology Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Older people -- Health and hygiene, Aging -- Physiological aspects, Heat -- Physiological effect, High temperatures | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | International Journal of Environmental Health Research | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0960-3123 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 2020 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 30 | ||||||||
| Number: | 5 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 515-532 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/09603123.2019.1609655 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | “This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Environmental Health Research on 13/05/2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09603123.2019.1609655 | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 23 May 2019 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 13 May 2020 | ||||||||
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