A5026260849- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Circadian rhythm and melatonin
- Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
- Global Health Care Issues
- Delphi Technique in Research
- Thermoregulation and physiological responses
- Impact of Light on Environment and Health
- Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
- Climate Change and Sustainable Development
- Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment
- Smart Materials for Construction
- Noise Effects and Management
- Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
- Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
- demographic modeling and climate adaptation
- Asthma and respiratory diseases
- Urban Heat Island Mitigation
- Research in Social Sciences
Finnish Meteorological Institute
2015-2025
Quality Research
2023
Elderly people are known to be more vulnerable than the general population a range of weather-related hazards such as heat waves, icy conditions and cold periods. In Nordic region, some these projected change their frequency intensity in future, while at same time strong increases proportion elderly population. This paper reports results from three projects studying potential impacts climate on region. An interactive web-based tool has been developed for mapping combining indicators...
Abstract Global climate change is predicted to alter precipitation and temperature patterns across the world, affecting a range of infectious diseases particularly foodborne infections such as Campylobacter . In this study, we used national surveillance data analyse relationship between campylobacteriosis in Denmark, Finland, Norway Sweden estimate impact changes on future disease patterns. We show that incidences are linked increases especially week before illness, suggesting non-food...
ABSTRACT The number and intensity of individual hot days affecting Finland in the current future climate is investigated together with circulation patterns associated days. In addition, number, length heat waves lasting at least 3 also considered. ERA‐Interim reanalysis data both direct model output bias‐corrected for historical [representative concentration pathway 4.5 (RCP4.5) scenario] simulations from 17 global models are analysed. Three intensities defined based on daily mean...
Urbanization and ongoing climate change increase the exposure of populations to heat stress, urban island (UHI) effect may magnify heat-related mortality, especially during heatwaves. We studied temperature-related mortality in city Helsinki—with suburban land uses—and surrounding Helsinki-Uusimaa hospital district (HUS-H, excluding Helsinki)—with more rural types uses—in southern Finland for two decades, 2000–2018. Dependence risk daily all-cause deaths (all-age 75+ years) on mean...
Feedbacks between air pollutants and meteorology play a crucial role in the direction of response future climate pollution. These feedbacks are important to understand quantify potential impact adaptation mitigation policies setup for protecting population against pollution heat stress. We review interactions pollution, with special focus on projections under different scenarios time horizons, based literature research articles reports from last decade. The assessment focuses 1) specific...
Climate change is expected to increase heat-related and decrease cold-related mortality. The extent of acclimatization the population gradually-changing thermal conditions not well understood. We aimed define relationship between mortality temperature extremes in different age groups Helsinki-Uusimaa hospital district Southern Finland, changes sensitivity over period 1972–2014. Time series were made stationary with a method that utilizes 365-day Gaussian smoothing, removes trends...
Socioeconomic conditions remain an important factor in determining health outcomes Northern Europe. In this commentary, we argue for evidence-based temperature-related climate adaptation policies Europe that account disparities socioeconomic and aim at universal coverage. We highlight the role of spatial occupational urban areas can be factors increased physical mental impacts related to heat cold. further how these interplay with exposure air pollution access green worsen conditions....
Background: In Northern latitudes, winter is the darkest time of year, and depressive episodes during are prevalent. Although changing weather patterns due to climate change projected result in warmer wetter and, thus, even darker winters, research on impact winter-time natural light precipitation mental health scarce. We examined associations exposure solar radiation with psychotropic medication antidepressant purchases months. Methods: Of 251,268 eligible participants from Finnish public...
Suicide peaks in late spring and October are still seen Finland among many countries. Weather factors have been suggested as explanations for these peaks, although with inconsistent results. Since the exact timing of varies each year, length daylight changes it seem inadequate an explanation. We hypothesized that ambient temperature thermal seasons might associate suicide rate. rates from three areas across (N = 10,802) were analyzed Poisson regression six different models against variables...
Abstract Icy and snowy sidewalks are typical wintertime phenomena in Finland. Wintertime slipping injuries common lead to substantial economic costs health care as well losses society due long sick leaves. In Finland, almost every second person slips falls outdoors annually, around 70,000 persons injured needing medical attention. Typically, the most slippery conditions encountered when daily average temperature is slightly below 0°C or crosses there precipitation some form. The Finnish...
Emergency departments (ED) and prehospital emergency medical services (EMS) will experience new or increasing challenges due to the changing climate. The aims of this study was add knowledge about these in Finland help EMS ED operators prepare for effects climate change. A two-round Delphi conducted. Ten participants expressed their views change-related currently future, how ahead. First-round questions based on literature search climate-related impacts ED. stage one data analysed by...
Evidence suggests that sunlight counteracts depression, but the associations of long-term exposure with specific symptoms depression are not well known. We evaluated symptom-specific average 1-year solar insolation DSM-5 depressive in a representative cohort Finnish adults. The sample included 1,845 participants from Cardiovascular Risk Young Finns Study data on symptoms, place residence and covariates. Daily recordings global radiation were obtained Meteorological Institute. Each...
Developing countries are highly vulnerable to extreme weather and climate events. This vulnerability is perpetuated compounded by the lack of efficient early warning services, a consequence gaps in meteorological infrastructure chronic shortage trained experts. Climate change foreseen increase these challenges as many events predicted become more frequent intense during next decades. paper analyses constraints that National Meteorological Services (NMSs) facing two Southern African Malawi...
Mosquito-borne Sindbis virus (SINV) causes rash-arthritis syndrome in Finland. Major outbreaks with approximately 7-year cycles have caused substantial burden of illness. Forest dwelling grouse are suspected to be amplifying hosts, the infection transmitted humans by mosquito bites. SINV surveillance data for 1984–2010 were used create a negative binomial hurdle model, seasonality, long-term cycles, climatic, ecological and socioeconomic variables. Climatic factors during early summer amount...