Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC.
Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Curr Opin Pediatr. 2021 Dec 1;33(6):684-690. doi: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000001078.
Climate change remains a major threat to the health and well-being of children globally. This article reviews the myriad health effects of climate change on children throughout their lives and discusses ways in which the general pediatrician can be an advocate for climate solutions.
Rising atmospheric temperatures, increased air pollution, and destabilized weather patterns all lead to adverse health outcomes for children and adverse obstetric outcomes. However, the impact of climate change is not evenly distributed. Children living in poverty are more likely to be adversely impacted by the changing climate.
Ongoing and emerging research suggests that children are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. The primary care pediatrician is encouraged to see this irrefutable evidence as a call to action for advocacy on behalf of our patients and the planet.
气候变化仍然是全球儿童健康和福祉的主要威胁。本文综述了气候变化对儿童一生健康的诸多影响，并讨论了普通儿科医生如何成为气候解决方案的倡导者。
大气温度上升、空气污染增加和天气模式不稳定都会导致儿童健康状况恶化和产科不良结局。然而，气候变化的影响并不均衡。生活在贫困中的儿童更有可能受到气候变化的不利影响。
正在进行和新出现的研究表明，儿童特别容易受到气候变化的影响。鼓励初级保健儿科医生将这一无可争议的证据视为代表患者和地球采取行动倡导的号召。
