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The health impacts of climate-related migration

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Medicine, January 2018
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (98th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (91st percentile)

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Title
The health impacts of climate-related migration
Published in
BMC Medicine, January 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12916-017-0981-7
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Authors

Patricia Schwerdtle, Kathryn Bowen, Celia McMichael

Abstract

Changes in climate, in conjunction with other drivers of mobility, shape human migration. While there is an increasing focus on the adaptive potential of migration, the health impacts of climate-related migration, including planned relocation and forced displacement, have not been thoroughly examined. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change stated that migration is currently, and will increasingly be, influenced by environmental degradation and climate change, and that it needs to be addressed in a focused and coordinated manner. This paper examines the links between climate change, migration, and health, considering diverse migration responses, including immobility, forced displacement and planned migration, as well as the associated health risks and opportunities in different contexts. Using case studies, the paper illustrates strategies to reduce the health risks associated with climate change-related migration. While there is an increasing body of research examining the climate change-migration nexus, a dual approach is now required. This approach must include debate and further research regarding the health consequences and responses associated with climate migration as well as immediate strengthening of health systems to make them both climate resilient and migrant inclusive.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 320 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 42 13%
Student > Master 35 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 33 10%
Student > Bachelor 30 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 17 5%
Other 52 16%
Unknown 111 35%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 57 18%
Medicine and Dentistry 35 11%
Environmental Science 20 6%
Nursing and Health Professions 15 5%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 10 3%
Other 58 18%
Unknown 125 39%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 135. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 November 2023.
All research outputs
#304,224
of 25,271,884 outputs
Outputs from BMC Medicine
#252
of 3,966 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#6,957
of 455,903 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Medicine
#5
of 48 outputs
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