Evaluatıng the Effects of Clımate Change on Maternal Fetal Health

Abstract

The aim of this review is to provide information about the adverse effects of climate change on maternal-fetal health in line with the current literature. Climate change is one of the most important global problems threatening human health and life in the 21st century. Gebeler, iklim değişikliğinin olumsuz sağlık etkilerine karşı en savunmasız gruplardan biridir. The impacts of climate change on pregnant women can be conceptualised directly through environmental disasters (heat waves, forest fires, etc.) and indirectly through changes in the natural (air pollution, food shortages and water pollution, etc.) and social (conflict due to resource scarcity, stress, etc.) environment. Climate change can lead to adverse pregnancy outcomes, including low birth weight, preterm birth, premature rupture of membranes, stillbirth, gestational diabetes, gestational hypertension and pre-eclampsia, spontaneous abortion, dehydration and associated renal failure, malnutrition, diarrhoea, respiratory diseases and mental health problems such as stress, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. Therefore, understanding the adverse effects of climate change on maternal fetal health is important for the development of effective strategies to mitigate and adapt to these problems.

Keywords

• Midwifery
• Pregnancy
• Climate change

İKLİM DEĞİŞİKLİĞİNİN MATERNAL FETAL SAĞLIK ÜZERİNDEKİ ETKİLERİNİN DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ

Abstract

Bu derlemenin amacı, iklim değişikliğinin maternal-fetal sağlık üzerindeki olumsuz etkileri hakkında güncel literatür doğrultusunda bilgi sahibi olmaktır. İklim değişikliği, 21.yüzyılın insan sağlığı ve yaşamını tehdit eden en önemli küresel sorunlarından biridir. Gebeler, iklim değişikliğinin olumsuz sağlık etkilerine karşı en savunmasız gruplardan biridir. İklim değişikliğinin gebeler üzerindeki etkileri; doğrudan çevresel felaketler (sıcak hava dalgaları, orman yangınları, vs.) yoluyla, dolaylı olarak ise doğal (hava kirliliği, yiyecek kıtlığı ve su kirliliği, vs.) ve sosyal (kaynak kıtlığı nedeniyle çatışma, stres, vs.) çevredeki değişiklikler şeklinde kavramsallaştırılabilir. İklim değişikliği; düşük doğum ağırlığı, erken doğum, erken membran rüptürü, ölü doğum, gestasyonel diyabet, gebelik hipertansiyonu ve preeklampsi, spontan abortus, dehidratasyon ve buna bağlı böbrek yetmezliği, yetersiz beslenme, ishal, solunum yolu hastalıkları ve stres, depresyon, travma sonrası stres bozukluğu gibi ruh sağlığı problemleri de dâhil olmak üzere olumsuz gebelik sonuçlarına yol açabilmektedir. Bu nedenle, iklim değişikliğinin maternal fetal sağlık üzerindeki olumsuz etkilerini anlamak, bu sorunları azaltmak ve uyum sağlamak için etkili stratejilerin geliştirilmesi açısından önem taşımaktadır.

Keywords

• Ebelik,
• Gebelik
• İklim değişikliği

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