Amos Grünebaum: A Growing Gap Between Heat Exposure Evidence and Public Health Messaging
Amos Grünebaum, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“A new Viewpoint in Pregnancy highlights a growing gap between what we know about heat exposure in pregnancy and what public health systems are actually communicating to pregnant women. The authors review mounting evidence linking extreme heat to preterm birth, stillbirth, hypertensive disorders, placental complications, fetal growth restriction, and other adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes, while pointing out that most heat-health action plans still fail to identify pregnancy as a high-risk condition. They argue that climate-related heat exposure is increasingly becoming a maternal-fetal health issue, particularly in low-resource settings, yet public messaging and preventive strategies remain underdeveloped.
What stands out to me is that pregnancy is still often omitted from major heat vulnerability frameworks despite clear biologic plausibility and increasing epidemiologic evidence. If public health agencies can routinely warn elderly patients and people with chronic disease during heat waves, pregnant women should no longer remain an afterthought in climate-health planning.”
Title: Heat exposure in pregnancy: A gap between evidence and public health messaging
Authors: Carrie J. Ngongo, Tidiane Gadiaga, Pierre Zalagile Akilimali
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