Human health and climate change in the Pacific: a review of current knowledge

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Figure 1. Map of Pacific region. Copyright of the Pacific Community (SPC) [Colour figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com].

Table 1. Literature review search strategy (Across: AND. Down: OR).

Concept 1: Population/Context	Concept 2: Exposure	Concept 3: Outcome
Pacific Island Countries (PICs)	Climate Change	Public health
Papua New Guinea (PNG)	Climate variability	Population health
Samoa	Environmental change	Development
Fiji	Environmental degradation	Livelihood
Solomon Islands	Global warming	Health sector
		Health care system
Small Island Developing States (SIDs)	Extreme weather	Determinants of health
Low lying island states	+ disaster	Global Health
	+ sea-level rise	Climate-resilient development
	+ storm	Vector-borne disease
	+ flood	Water-borne disease
	+ drought	Climate-sensitive disease
		Food security
		Mental Illness/health
		Mental disorders
		Non-communicable disease
		Infectious disease

Table 2. Inclusion and exclusion criteria.

	Include	Exclude
Context	PICs, SIDs, Low-lying islands in the Pacific. Focus on Fiji, Solomon Islands, PNG, and Samoa. Extend to regional evidence if country evidence was not available	SIDs/low-lying islands outside the Pacific
Population	Research at the individual, household, community, country or regional level	Research not about human health. Global research not relevant to the setting.
Exposure	Climate change hazards and their impact on humanitarian and development assistance programmes and health systems, including mitigation and adaptation	Exposures unrelated to climate change, climate variability, and the environment
Outcome	Human health issues, including gender and social inclusion. Used the WHO definition of health, including mental health. Outcomes for health systems included health-determining sectors (agriculture, water, disaster response).	Outcomes not related to human health and well-being.
Date & Language	2011–2022 Published in English	Published outside the time range. Published in languages other than English.
Type of study	Any type of study using empirical evidence published in an academic journal or by a recognized organization/agency (WHO, South Pacific Commission)	Editorials; blogs; media; not an academic-style report (without data)

Figure 2. Ten components comprising the WHO Operational Framework for building climate-resilient health systems and the main connections to the building blocks of health systems (Source: WHO, 2015b).

World Health Organisation. (2015b). Operational framework for building climate resilient health systems [Internet], p. 54. Retrieved April 18, 2022, from https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/operational-framework-for-building-climate-resilient-health-systems

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