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What is the effectiveness of public health interventions, and their unintended consequences, to reduce the health impacts of exposure to wildfires, wildfire smoke and combined heat-wildfire smoke events?
Rapid Review
Completed
2023-10-31
2023-07-27
National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools
Dr. Maureen Dobbins
Adolescents, Adults, Environmental Health, Grade School Aged, Infants, Older Adults, Preschool Aged
There is limited evidence evaluating the effectiveness of public health interventions on reducing impacts of exposure to wildfires and their smoke: air cleaning systems likely improve indoor air quality during wildfire events, but there is some evidence of harmful impacts of executing evacuation orders and staying indoors.
National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools & National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health. (2023, October 31). Rapid Review: What is the effectiveness of public health interventions on reducing the direct and indirect health impacts of wildfires? https://nccmt.ca/pdfs/res/wildfires.
Population: Public health units, Policy makers (all levels), Decision makers (all levels), Communities
Intervention: Interventions to mitigate the effects of wildfires, wildfire smoke, and combined heat-wildfire smoke events on the community Interventions include both policies for mitigating effects and provision of protective items, including, but not limited to
Comparison: N/A
Outcome: Direct (e.g., respiratory, cardiovascular, burns, mental health, etc.) or indirect (e.g., environmental, economic, etc.) health impacts