alex
@alexazan.bsky.social
pop health assistant professor + primary care doc climate change, community health, land use 🌱
More studies are examining the complex relationship between extreme heat and urban crime. In this review, we summarize existing US-based evidence and discuss opportunities to improve the methodological quality and responsible policy translation of future research.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Examining the Association between Heat Exposure and Crime in Cities across the United States: A Scoping Review - Journal of Urban Health
Growing evidence suggests exposure to high temperatures may result in increased urban crime, a known driver of health and health inequity. Theoretical explanations have been developed to describe the ...
link.springer.com
March 11, 2025 at 10:05 PM
More studies are examining the complex relationship between extreme heat and urban crime. In this review, we summarize existing US-based evidence and discuss opportunities to improve the methodological quality and responsible policy translation of future research.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New review pub with Project HEATWAVE in BMJPO describing children’s heat health vulnerabilities + currents gaps and opportunities to center children in ongoing heat adaptation programming in one of the most extreme heat prone global regions.
bmjpaedsopen.bmj.com/content/9/1/...
bmjpaedsopen.bmj.com/content/9/1/...
bmjpaedsopen.bmj.com
January 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
New review pub with Project HEATWAVE in BMJPO describing children’s heat health vulnerabilities + currents gaps and opportunities to center children in ongoing heat adaptation programming in one of the most extreme heat prone global regions.
bmjpaedsopen.bmj.com/content/9/1/...
bmjpaedsopen.bmj.com/content/9/1/...
Invited to write about our ongoing evaluation of the heat-health impacts of cool roofs in NYC in Retrofit Magazine:
retrofitmagazine.com/a-study-seek...
retrofitmagazine.com/a-study-seek...
A Study Seeks to Determine whether Cool Roofs Can Protect the Health of Urban Children - retrofit
The study’s goal is to generate evidence that highlights the importance of centering health and health equity in shaping municipal heat-reduction policies based in built environment interventions.
retrofitmagazine.com
January 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Invited to write about our ongoing evaluation of the heat-health impacts of cool roofs in NYC in Retrofit Magazine:
retrofitmagazine.com/a-study-seek...
retrofitmagazine.com/a-study-seek...
Felt next to nothing on the MTA platform but wow re shaking intensity in NJ! 🫨
April 5, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Felt next to nothing on the MTA platform but wow re shaking intensity in NJ! 🫨