{"id":5257,"date":"2019-07-25T11:17:38","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T09:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.famelab.gr\/?p=5257"},"modified":"2025-10-30T08:06:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T08:06:08","slug":"overview-of-existing-heat-health-warning-systems-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/famelab.gr\/el\/overview-of-existing-heat-health-warning-systems-in-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview of existing heat-Health warning systems in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/famelab.gr\/el\/overview-of-existing-heat-health-warning-systems-in-europe\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6327 size-medium\" title=\"Overview of existing heat-Health warning systems in Europe - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health\" src=\"https:\/\/www.famelab.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/tuyjcvbnf-300x82.png\" alt=\"Overview of existing heat-Health warning systems in Europe - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health\" width=\"300\" height=\"82\" \/><\/a>Casanueva A, Burgstall A, Kotlarski S, Messeri A, Morabito M, <a href=\"https:\/\/famelab.gr\/el\/people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Flouris AD<\/a>, Nybo L, Spirig C, Schwierz C. Overview of Existing Heat-Health Warning Systems in Europe. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Jul 25;16(15):2657. doi: 10.3390\/ijerph16152657. PMID: 31349585; PMCID: PMC6695887.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Abstract<\/b><\/span><strong style=\"color: #000000;\">:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The frequency of extreme heat events, such as the summer of 2003 in Europe, and their corresponding consequences for human beings are expected to increase under a warmer climate. The joint collaboration of institutional agencies and multidisciplinary approaches is essential for a successful development of heat-health warning systems and action plans which can reduce the impacts of extreme heat on the population. The present work constitutes a state-of-the-art review of 16 European heat-health warning systems and heat-health action plans, based on the existing literature, web search (over the National Meteorological Services websites) and questionnaires.<\/p>\n<p>The aim of this study is to pave the way for future heat-health warning systems, such as the one currently under development in the framework of the Horizon 2020 HEAT-SHIELD project. Some aspects are highlighted among the variety of examined European warning systems. The meteorological variables that trigger the warnings should present a clear link with the impact under consideration and should be chosen depending on the purpose and target of the warnings. Setting long-term planning actions as well as pre-alert levels might prevent and reduce damages due to heat. Finally, education and communication are key elements of the success of a warning system.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Full Text Link: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/1660-4601\/16\/15\/2657\/htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/1660-4601\/16\/15\/2657\/htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Download PDF:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.famelab.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Overview-of-existing-heat-Health-warning-systems-in-Europe_2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.famelab.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Overview-of-existing-heat-Health-warning-systems-in-Europe_2019.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8302 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.famelab.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Line.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1316\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Casanueva A, Burgstall A, Kotlarski S, Messeri A, Morabito M, Flouris AD, Nybo L, Spirig C, Schwierz C. Overview of Existing Heat-Health Warning Systems in Europe. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Jul 25;16(15):2657. doi: 10.3390\/ijerph16152657. PMID: 31349585; PMCID: PMC6695887. Abstract: The frequency of extreme heat events, such as the summer of 2003 in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fame-lab-publications-2019"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/famelab.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/famelab.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/famelab.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/famelab.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/famelab.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5257"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/famelab.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16568,"href":"https:\/\/famelab.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5257\/revisions\/16568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/famelab.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/famelab.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/famelab.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}