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Public Health & Heat Stress

2025

Schizophrenia Research

Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism

Journal of Urban Health

Climate change and schizophrenia: Implications and directions.


Kidd SA, Rosenbaum D, Rotenberg M, Kenny GP.


PMID: 40273829

DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2025.04.020

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Journal of Urban Health

Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism

Journal of Urban Health

Heat-Related Health Risks for People Experiencing Homelessness: A Rapid Review.


Noor J, Bezgrebelna M, Kerman N, Farooq M, Green S, Hajat S, Kenny GP, Meade RD, Metz C, Stergiopoulos V, McKenzie.


PMID: 40106210

DOI: 10.1007/s11524-025-00968-x

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Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism

Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism

Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism

Effects of pedestal-mounted electric fans on self-reported symptoms and mood-state in older adults exposed to indoor overheating during a simulated heatwave: an exploratory analysis.


O'Connor F, McGarr GW, Harris-Mostert RC, Boulay P, Sigal RJ, Meade RD, Kenny GP.


PMID: Coming soon

DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2024-0461

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Public Health in Practice

Public Health in Practice

Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism

Heat-health messaging in Canada: A review and content analysis of public health authority webpages and resources.


Tetzlaff EJ, Wagar KE, Johnson SJ, Gorman M, Kenny GP.


PMID: 39877315

DOI: 10.1016/j.puhip.2024.100576

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PLOS One

Public Health in Practice

PLOS One

The combined impacts of toxic drug use and the 2021 Heat Dome in Canada: A thematic analysis of online news media articles.


Tetzlaff EJ, Goulet N, Gorman M, Kenny GP.


PMID: 39888886

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0318229

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2024

Social Science & Medicine

The Journal of Climate Change and Health

Social Science & Medicine

Surviving the 2021 heat dome with schizophrenia: A qualitative, interview-based unpacking of risks and vulnerabilities.


Yoon L, Tetzlaff EJ, Chiu T, Wong C, Hiscox L, Choquette D, Mew S, Kenny GP, White RF, Schütz CG.


PMID: N/A

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117656

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PEC Innovation

The Journal of Climate Change and Health

Social Science & Medicine

Assessing the language availability, readability, suitability and comprehensibility of heat-health messaging content on health authority webpages and online resources in Canada.


Tetzlaff EJ, Janetos KM, Wagar KE, Mourad F, Gorman M, Gallant V, Kenny GP.


PMID: N/A

DOI: 10.1016/j.pecinn.2024.100368

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The Journal of Climate Change and Health

The Journal of Climate Change and Health

The Journal of Climate Change and Health

Climate Change, Poverty, and Health: A Scoping Review of the Canadian Context.


Bezgrebelna M, Aliyev E, Amoah YS, Atkinson D, Chiblow SB, Daley M, Drolet JL, Fletcher A, Harper S, Kenny GP, Lacap LM.


PMID: N/A

DOI: 10.1016/j.joclim.2024.100348

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Temperature

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

The Journal of Climate Change and Health

Foot immersion with and without neck cooling reduces self-reported environmental symptoms in older adults exposed to simulated indoor overheating.


O’Connor FK, McGarr GW, McCourt ER, Meade RD, Kenny GP. 


PMID: 39583896

DOI: 10.1080/23328940.2024.2394341

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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Responding to the Heat and Planning for the Future: An Interview-Based Inquiry of People with Schizophrenia Who Experienced the 2021 Heat Dome in Canada.


Yoon L, Tetzlaff EJ, Wong C, Chiu T, Hiscox L, Mew S, Choquette D, Kenny GP, Schütz CG. 


PMID: 39200717

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph21081108

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Temperature

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Indoor overheating: A review of vulnerabilities, causes, and strategies to prevent adverse human health outcomes during extreme heat events.


GP Kenny, EJ Tetzlaff, WS Journeay, SB Henderson, FK O’Connor.


PMID: 39193048

DOI: 10.1080/23328940.2024.2361223

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Climatic Change

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

The Lancet Planetary Health

Beach day or deadly heat wave? Content analysis of media images from the 2021 Western Heat Dome in Canada. 


Tetzlaff EJ, Goulet N, Yapici, N, Gorman M, Richardson, GRA, Enright P, Kenny GP.


PMID: N/A

DOI: 10.1007/s10584-024-03713-6

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The Lancet Planetary Health

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

The Lancet Planetary Health

Available evidence does not support electric fan use as an effective personal cooling intervention during hot weather and heat waves: A critical review.


Meade RD, Notley SR, Kirby NV, Kenny, GP.


PMID: 38580427

DOI: 10.1016/S2542-5196(24)00030-5

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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

“Death is a possibility for those without shelter”: A Thematic Analysis of News Coverage on Homelessness and the 2021 Heat Dome in Canada.


Tetzlaff EJ, Mourad, F, Goulet N, Gorman M, Siblock R, Kidd SA, Bezgrebelna M, Kenny GP.


PMID: N/A

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph21040405

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Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Hot topic: A systematic review and content analysis of heat-related messages during the 2021 Heat Dome.


Tetzlaff EJ, Goulet N, Gorman M, Richardson GR, Enright PM, Meade RD, Kenny GP.


PMID: 38032231

DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001817

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Environmental Health Perspectives

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Environmental Health Perspectives

Effects of daylong exposure to indoor overheating on thermal and cardiovascular strain in older adults: A randomized crossover trial.


Meade RD, Akerman AP, Notley SR, Kirby NV, Sigal RJ, Kenny GP. 


PMID: 38329752

DOI: 10.1289/EHP13159

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Journal of Applied Physiology

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Environmental Health Perspectives

Physiological responses to 9 hours of heat exposure in young and older adults. Part III: association with self-reported symptoms and mood state.


McGarr GW, Meade RD, Notley SR, Akerman AP, Richards BJ, McCourt ER, King KE, McCormick JJ, Boulay P, Sigal RJ, Kenny GP. 


PMID: 38153847

DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00740.2023

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2023

JAMA Network

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Body core temperature after foot immersion and neck cooling in older adults exposed to extreme heat.


Meade RD, McCourt ER, McCormick JJ, Boulay P, Sigal RJ, Kenny GP. 


PMID: 38127341

DOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.24417

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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

The intersection of the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2021 Heat Dome in Canadian digital news media: A content analysis.


Tetzlaff EJ, Goulet N, Gorman M, Richardson GR, Kenny GP.


PMID: 37681814

DOI: 10.3390/ijreph20176674

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Physiology & Behavior

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Journal of Applied Physiology

Indoor overheating influences self-reported symptoms and mood-state in older adults during a simulated heatwave: Effects of mid-day cooling centre use.


McGarr GW, Meade RD, Kenny GP.


PMID: 37607601

DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2023.114335

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Journal of Applied Physiology

Environmental Health Perspectives

Journal of Applied Physiology

Physiological responses to 9 hours of heat exposure in young and older adults. Part I: Body temperature and hemodynamic regulation.


Meade RD, Notley SR, Akerman A, McGarr G, Richards B, McCourt E, King K, McCormick J, Boulay P, Sigal RJ, Kenny GP. 


PMID: 37439239

DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00227.2023

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Environmental Health Perspectives

Environmental Health Perspectives

Environmental Health Perspectives

Efficacy of cooling centers for mitigating physiological strain in older adults during daylong heat exposure: A laboratory-based heat wave simulation.


Meade RD, Notley SR, Akerman AP, McCormick JJ, King KE, Sigal RJ, Kenny GP.


PMID: 37262028

DOI: 10.1289/EHP11651

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2020

Temperature (Austin)

Temperature (Austin)

Temperature (Austin)

Heat strain in children during unstructured outdoor physical activity in a continental summer climate.  

 

McGarr GW, Saci S, King KE, Topshee S, Richards BJ, Gemae MR, McCourt ER, Kenny GP. 


PMID: 33553507

DOI: 10.1080/23328940.2020.1801120

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Temperature (Austin)

Temperature (Austin)

Temperature (Austin)

Type 2 diabetes does not exacerbate body heat storage in older adults during brief, extreme passive heat exposure.


Poirier MP, Notley SR, Boulay P, Sigal RJ, Friesen BJ, Malcolm J, Flouris AD, Kenny GP.  


PMID: 33123619

DOI: 10.1080/23328940.2020.1736760

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2019

Temperature (Austin)

Temperature (Austin)

Temperature (Austin)

Age-related reductions in heart rate variability do not worsen during exposure to humid compared to dry heat: A secondary analysis.

 

Carrillo A, Flouris AD, Herry C, Poirier M, Friesen B, Notley S, Seely A, Wright-Beatty HE, Kenny GP. 


PMID: 31934605

DOI: 10.1080/23328940.2019.1684791

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JAMA

Temperature (Austin)

Temperature (Austin)

Exercise heat stress in patients with and without type 2 diabetes.


Notley SR, Poirier M, D’Souza A, Flouris AD, Fujii N, Kenny GP.  


PMID: 31593261

DOI: 10.1001/jama.2019.10943

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Diabetologia

Temperature (Austin)

Diabetologia

Impaired whole-body heat loss in type 1 diabetes during exercise in the heat: A cause for concern? 


Notley SR, Poirier M, Yardley J, Sigal RJ, Kenny GP. 


PMID: 30941449

DOI: 10.1007/s00125-019-4858-5

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2017

Medicine & Science & Sports Exercise

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Aging impairs whole-body heat loss in females under both dry and humid heat stress.  

 

Notley S, Poirier M, Hardcastle SG, Flouris AD, Boulay P, Sigal RJ, Kenny GP. 


PMID: 29045327

DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000001342

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Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Increasing age is a major risk factor for susceptibility to heat stress during physical activity.  


McGinn R, Poirier M, Louie J, Sigal RJ, Boulay P, Flouris AD, Kenny GP.  


PMID: 19703915

DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.081050

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2016

Temperature

Hyperthermia and cardiovascular strain during an extreme heat exposure in young versus older adults.  

 

Kenny GP, Metsios G, Poirier M, Boulay P, Dervis S, Friesen B, Malcolm J, Sigal RJ, Seely A, Flouris AD.


PMID: 28349096

DOI: 10.1080/23328940.2016.1230171

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