{"id":35723,"date":"2020-11-26T10:54:29","date_gmt":"2020-11-26T15:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.inrs.ca\/?p=35723"},"modified":"2020-11-26T12:12:06","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T17:12:06","slug":"a-cold-health-watch-and-warning-system-for-cold-waves-in-quebec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.inrs.ca\/en\/news\/a-cold-health-watch-and-warning-system-for-cold-waves-in-quebec\/","title":{"rendered":"A cold-health watch and warning system for cold waves in Quebec"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Professor Fateh Chebana<\/a>‘s team has developed a cold-health watch and warning system for cold waves, a first in the world, in collaboration with Professor Taha Ouarda<\/a> and the Institut national de sant\u00e9 publique du Qu\u00e9bec<\/a> (INSPQ). Their results were published in November 2020 in the journal Science of the Total Environment<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cold days are just around the corner. Each year, high wind chill and severe winter storms cause the premature death of more than 100 Canadians. “Cold waves, which are particularly severe in Quebec, can affect everyone, but especially people with chronic diseases. Data provided by the Institut national de sant\u00e9 publique du Qu\u00e9bec (INSPQ) indicates an increase in hospitalizations and mortality in cold weather. Therefore, designing an alert system similar to the one we developed for heat waves in 2010 seemed essential to us,” says Professor Chebana, who led the study<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based on past data, researchers were able to determine two temperature thresholds that would trigger an alert to warn healthcare professionals.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Depending on the region, the temperature thresholds for a two-day cold wave causing an alert and related to excess mortality observed in the population vary between -15\u00b0C and -23\u00b0C during the day, and between -20\u00b0C and -29\u00b0C at night. The thresholds causing an alert and related to an excess of hospitalization in the population vary between -13\u00b0C and -23\u00b0C during the day, and between -17\u00b0C and -30\u00b0C at night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Grouping of the 16 administrative health regions of the province of Quebec into four climatically homogeneous classes. b) A visual comparison with the Quebec climate map based on the average temperature for the winter period of 1981\u20132010 (Ouranos consortium).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Once the system is operational, it will use Environment Canada’s forecasts<\/a> and will take into account the reliability of these forecasts. The alert system also considers the effect of delays between exposure and observed health impacts. “Just because it was cold today doesn’t mean that people die or go to the hospital on the same day. It takes several days to see the impact, longer than with high temperatures,” he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


A promising alert system<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For now, these thresholds are the same throughout the winter period. The team is planning to improve the tool by adjusting thresholds according to the month. “A temperature of -15\u00b0C in December will not have the same effect on health as in February because the body has not yet adapted,” says Professor Chebana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The alert system currently considers the general population, but it could specifically look at higher-risk groups such as the elderly or those with respiratory problems.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Researchers are also considering a specific feature applicable to tourism or the education sector, during school closures for example. It is with the objective of creating specific systems that Professor Chebana’s team has developed a second tool related to air pollution<\/a> for Montreal and Quebec City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently managed by the INSPQ, the model will be integrated into its Syst\u00e8me de surveillance et de pr\u00e9vention des impacts sanitaires des \u00e9v\u00e9nements m\u00e9t\u00e9orologiques extr\u00eames<\/a> (SUPREME), a source of information on the impacts of extreme weather events on the health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Excessive mortality or hospitalizations caused by cold waves are not as well-known as for heat waves, even though their impact is high during the winter. This work, in collaboration with INRS hydrometeorological data modelling experts, will enable public health stakeholders to better monitor cold waves and implement appropriate interventions to prevent avoidable deaths or hospitalizations”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


About this study<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The article “A cold-health watch and warning system, applied to the province of Quebec (Canada)” was published in November 2020 in the journal Science of the Total Environment. Researchers received financial support from the Climate Change Action Plan 2013-2020, the Institut national de sant\u00e9 publique du Qu\u00e9bec (INSPQ), Mitacs and the Ouranos consortium. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.scitotenv.2020.140188<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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