Health and the Environment
The Health and the Environment research theme has been established to pursue research which explores the connection between the health of people and the environment.
The intersection and interrelationships between our health and our environment are essential, as exemplified by the effects of climate change on the physical and mental health of individuals, health system sustainability and resilience, and the inequalities and marginalisation of communities adversely affected by extreme weather.
This theme draws from the expertise available across ScHARR to encompass a broad range of research activity that has been completed, is currently underway, or that we plan to undertake.
Theme information
- Theme Leader: Dr John Richmond
- Theme Deputy: Jeffrey Tochkin
- Theme email: scharr-ph-healthandenvironment@sheffield.ac.uk
Regions
Primary focus on the United Kingdom, and ongoing work with individuals and organisations in Nepal, Canada, USA, Australia, Ghana, Thailand, and Taiwan.
Methods
- Evidence synthesis
- Survey development
- Epidemiology
- Qualitative approaches
- Community engagement and involvement
Our interests
- Health system sustainability initiatives and cost-effectiveness
- Disaster management and climate change
- Health security
- Sustainability and adaptation initiatives
- Air pollution and health
- Greenspaces
- Geographical disparities
- One health approach (multi-sectoral coordination)
Selected publications
Health System Resilience
Tochkin J, Richmond J & Hertelendy A (2022). BMJ Leader
Richmond, J., & Hill, R. (2023) , Public Health.
Waste Management
Karki A, Karki J, Joshi S, Black MN, Rijal B, Basnet S, Makai P, Fossier Heckmann A, Baral YR & Lee A (2022). INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 59.
Sapkota S, Lee A, Karki J, Makai P, Adhikari S, Chaudhuri N & Fossier-Heckmann A (2020). Public Health in Practice, 1.
Black M, Karki J, Lee ACK, Makai P, Baral YR, Kritsotakis EI, Bernier A & Fossier Heckmann A (2019). Public Health, 166, 10-18.
Karki J, Pohl G, Baral YR, Makai P, Black M, Lee A, Kritsotakis E, Fossier-Heckman A, Poudel S & Bernier A (2018) Health Status and Occupational Risks in Informal Waste Workers in Nepal
Greenspaces
Mears M, Brindley P, Barrows P, Richardson M & Maheswaran R (2021). PLoS ONE, 16(7).
Mears M, Brindley P, Baxter I, Maheswaran R & Jorgensen A (2020). Pediatric Obesity.
Mears M, Brindley P, Jorgensen A & Maheswaran R (2020). Health & Place.
Mears M, Brindley P, Jorgensen A, Ersoy E & Maheswaran R (2019). Ecological Indicators, 106.
Lee A, Jordan H & Horsley J (2015). Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 8, 131-137
Air Pollution
Maheswaran R. Air pollution and stroke - an overview of the evidence base. Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology 2016;18:74-81.
Maheswaran R, Pearson T, Beevers SD, Campbell MJ, Wolfe CD. Air pollution and subtypes, severity and vulnerability to ischemic stroke - a population-based case-crossover study. PLoS One; 2016:11(6):e0158556.
Maheswaran R, Pearson T, Beevers SD, Campbell MJ, Wolfe CD. Outdoor air pollution, subtypes and severity of ischemic stroke - a small-area level ecological study. International Journal of Health Geographics; 2014;13:23.