An adaptation index to high summer heat associated with adverse health impacts in deprived neighborhoods.

摘要: Socially and materially disadvantaged urban areas present a group of factors strongly correlated with high heat humidity adverse health effects, particularly in densely populated cities where the island effect extends over large areas. This paper presents an adaptation index to summer whose validity was tested by correlating it self-reported impacts heat. The data comes from 2011 cross-sectional study conducted most deprived 9 100,000 or more inhabitants Quebec (Canada). In total, 3,485 people were interviewed at home. An various behavioral adaptations developed using Multiple Correspondence Analysis. individual-level summarizes range 14 easy-to-use energy-efficient solutions for cooling off protecting oneself against sun, both home other places, whether indoors out. addition, shows that goes beyond air conditioning People who experience effects on their tend adopt behaviors measured than those perceiving little none, regardless age presence Monitoring improving this time several populations contexts would establish significant milestone promotion prevention.