Volume : III, Issue : II, February - 2013

Climate Change and Children; Impact on Health and Wellbeing – A Comprehensive Overview

Nayanika Singh, S. K. Srivastava

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Recent demographic trend reveals that children below the age of 18 years account for a sizeable number of 2.2 billion in the population, but unfortunately it is estimated that 36% of the deaths occur amongst children younger than 14 years, attributed to illnesses arising from rapid climatic changes and poor environmental conditions. Review of literature indicates that children are amongst the most vulnerable segment and among the worst sufferers in terms of health and wellbeing in response to climatic changes such as increased temperature, precipitation, flooding, natural disasters, poor air quality etc. due to they being relatively immature in terms of their physical, cognitive and emotional development in comparison to their adult counterparts. This increases their susceptibility to a wide array of communicable and infectious diseases, disability, injury proneness and at times even death; adversely affecting their otherwise consequential and productive health and wellbeing. The present paper attempts to highlight and discuss the impact of climate change on the health and wellbeing of children and the role of psychologists in helping in inging about improved approaches to changing environmentally significant behavior.

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Nayanika Singh,S. K. Srivastava Climate Change and Children; Impact on Health and Wellbeing – A Comprehensive Overview Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.III, Issue.II February 2013

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