TY - CHAP
T1 - A Novel Transdisciplinary Methodology and Experience to Guide Climate Change Health Adaptation Plans and Measures
AU - Aparicio-Effen, Marilyn
AU - Aparicio, James
AU - Ramallo, Cinthya
AU - Ocampo, Mauricio
AU - Nagy, Gustavo J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Climate change and socio-economic and environmental determinants of health (SDH) are the first acknowledged root-causes of infectious diseases. Controlling for SDH would reduce disease burden and promote adaptation. How can we determine which non-health sectors contribute the most and how to health vulnerability? No interdisciplinary and participative methodologies have yet been devised to address, from a complex systems perspective, the degree of responsibility non-health sectors and climate change have in disease occurrence, as a basis for adaptation. This study aims to identify climate change adaptation options for Dengue fever based on Eco-health and watershed approaches to influence public policies in the Bolivian Chaco Ecosystem. We carried out a transdisciplinary “Methodology for climate change Health Vulnerability Assessment considering Eco-health and Watershed Approaches” (MHVA), in selected areas of Pilcomayo watershed. Results established the level and type of current and future Dengue vulnerability, and the degree of responsibility of health and non-health sectors. Then, adaptation options were participatory prioritised, designing a Climate Change Health Strategic Adaptation Plan, which implementation has already begun. The use of MHVA and current adaptation experience would help in identifying the most vulnerable locations and target adaptation actions.
AB - Climate change and socio-economic and environmental determinants of health (SDH) are the first acknowledged root-causes of infectious diseases. Controlling for SDH would reduce disease burden and promote adaptation. How can we determine which non-health sectors contribute the most and how to health vulnerability? No interdisciplinary and participative methodologies have yet been devised to address, from a complex systems perspective, the degree of responsibility non-health sectors and climate change have in disease occurrence, as a basis for adaptation. This study aims to identify climate change adaptation options for Dengue fever based on Eco-health and watershed approaches to influence public policies in the Bolivian Chaco Ecosystem. We carried out a transdisciplinary “Methodology for climate change Health Vulnerability Assessment considering Eco-health and Watershed Approaches” (MHVA), in selected areas of Pilcomayo watershed. Results established the level and type of current and future Dengue vulnerability, and the degree of responsibility of health and non-health sectors. Then, adaptation options were participatory prioritised, designing a Climate Change Health Strategic Adaptation Plan, which implementation has already begun. The use of MHVA and current adaptation experience would help in identifying the most vulnerable locations and target adaptation actions.
KW - Bolivian chaco ecosystem
KW - Dengue fever
KW - Eco-health and integrated watershed approaches
KW - Environmental determinants of health
KW - Health vulnerability
KW - Infectious diseases
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85079853253&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-37425-9_48
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-37425-9_48
M3 - Capítulo
AN - SCOPUS:85079853253
T3 - Climate Change Management
SP - 941
EP - 959
BT - Climate Change Management
PB - Springer
ER -