At this year’s joint conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) and International Society of Exposure Science (ISES), PhD candidate Marie-Claire Meadows presented her research titled “Are Indigenous populations at increased risk from extreme temperature exposures? A systematic review and meta-analysis.”
Ms. Meadows and collaborators evaluated the existing literature on the effects of temperature for health of highly vulnerable Indigenous populations. Her team completed a systematic literature review and found sparse scientific literature on this topic. Of the literature that did exist, they found a greater risk of acute health outcomes following an extreme temperature exposure for Indigenous Peoples compared to all other populations. Her findings highlight that more research focused on extreme weather impacts on Indigenous communities is needed.
This work was supported in part by the Mni Sota Center for Weather and Health and a University of Minnesota Health Equities Working Group microgrant.