Wildfire, deforestation and health in tropical rainforest areas: a scoping review protocol

Wildfire, deforestation and health in tropical rainforest areas: a scoping review protocol

IntroductionWildfires and deforestation potentially have direct effects on multiple health outcomes as well as indirect consequences for climate change. Tropical rainforest areas are characterised by high rainfall, humidity and temperature, and they are predominantly found in low-income and middle-i...

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Published in:BMJ open Vol. 14; no. 5; p. e082381
Main Authors: Casais, Gustavo, Guimarães, Nathalia Sernizon, Cortes, Taísa Rodrigues, Pescarini, Julia, Rebouças de Magalhães, Poliana, Wells, Valerie, de Sousa Filho, José Firmino, Delgado Neves, Danielson Jorge, Shimonovich, Michal, Olsen, Jonathan R, de Carvalho Neto, Edgar Marcelino, Cooper, Philip, Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal, Emanuel, Lucas, Andrade, Roberto F S, Ferreira dos Santos, Gervasio, Barreto, Mauricio L
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England British Medical Journal Publishing Group 08-05-2024
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Subjects:
Climate Change
Conservation of Natural Resources
Deforestation
EPIDEMIOLOGY
Humans
Humidity
Low income groups
National bibliographies
Public health
R&D
Rainforest
Rainforests
Research & development
Research Design
Respiratory diseases
Review Literature as Topic
STATISTICS & RESEARCH METHODS
Tropical Climate
TROPICAL MEDICINE
Vital statistics
Wildfires
PUBLIC HEALTH
STATISTICS & RESEARCH METHODS
EPIDEMIOLOGY
TROPICAL MEDICINE
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Summary:IntroductionWildfires and deforestation potentially have direct effects on multiple health outcomes as well as indirect consequences for climate change. Tropical rainforest areas are characterised by high rainfall, humidity and temperature, and they are predominantly found in low-income and middle-income countries. This study aims to synthesise the methods, data and health outcomes reported in scientific papers on wildfires and deforestation in these locations.Methods and analysisWe will carry out a scoping review according to the Joanna Briggs Institute’s (JBI) manual for scoping reviews and the framework proposed by Arksey and O’Malley, and Levac et al. The search for articles was performed on 18 August 2023, in 16 electronic databases using Medical Subject Headings terms and adaptations for each database from database inception. The search for local studies will be complemented by the manual search in the list of references of the studies selected to compose this review. We screened studies written in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish. We included quantitative studies assessing any human disease outcome, hospitalisation and vital statistics in regions of tropical rainforest. We exclude qualitative studies and quantitative studies whose outcomes do not cover those of interest. The text screening was done by two independent reviewers. Subsequently, we will tabulate the data by the origin of the data source used, the methods and the main findings on health impacts of the extracted data. The results will provide descriptive statistics, along with visual representations in diagrams and tables, complemented by narrative summaries as detailed in the JBI guidelines.Ethics and disseminationThe study does not require an ethical review as it is meta-research and uses published, deidentified secondary data sources. The submission of results for publication in a peer-reviewed journal and presentation at scientific and policymakers’ conferences is expected.Study registrationOpen Science Framework (https://osf.io/pnqc7/).
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ISSN:2044-6055
2044-6055
DOI:10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082381