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The significance of natural and climatic factors in social and hygienic monitoring (literature review, part 1)

https://doi.org/10.47470/0016-9900-2025-104-6-799-804

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Abstract

Natural and climatic conditions are among the most important factors acting on the Earth on a global scale, independently of anyone’s will inevitably influencing all aspects of human existence, and, what is especially significant, the state of his health. Natural and climatic factors are included in social and hygienic monitoring (SHM): the identification of dependencies between their trend and the health of the population has always been of scientific interest, and in modern conditions it is acquiring particular importance in connection with global warming and significant changes in the impact of climate on morbidity and mortality in the population.

The research material was scientific reports on the problems of the trend in global warming indicators, materials available in the scientific press devoted to the discussion of possible causes (natural and anthropogenic) of the current climate change and the resulting danger of adverse consequences of the unfolding climate crisis for the inhabitants of planet Earth. Attention was paid to the work on identifying the links between the abnormally changing natural and climatic conditions during global warming, in particular, non-optimal temperatures of the atmospheric air, with the health status and mortality rates in the population, especially its most vulnerable contingents. Literature search methods: according to the CyberLeninka and PubMed databases, selective, analytical, and typological.

Conclusion. The most important indicators, mirroring the overall result of direct and indirect interaction of humanity with natural and climatic factors and their abnormal changes, remain morbidity and mortality in the population. The review emphasizes the danger of global climate change and the increasing role of social and hygienic monitoring in the registration, study and assessment of the risk of natural and climatic factors for public health as priority areas, largely determining the future effectiveness of counteracting the adverse effects of global warming on the health of citizens of the Russian Federation.

Contribution. All co-authors made an equal contribution to the research and preparation of the article for publication.

Conflict of interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Funding. The study had no sponsorship.

Received: May 12, 2025 / Accepted: May 28, 2025 / Published: July 31, 2025

About the Authors

Natalija A. Egorova
Centre for Strategic Planning of the Federal medical and biological agency
Russian Federation

DSc (Medicine), Leading Researcher, Centre for Strategic Planning of the Federal medical and biological agency, Moscow, 119121, Russian Federation

e-mail: NEgorova@cspmz.ru



Marina G. Kochetkova
Centre for Strategic Planning of the Federal medical and biological agency
Russian Federation

Researcher, Centre for Strategic Planning of the Federal medical and biological agency, Moscow, 119121, Russian Federation

e-mail: MKochetkova@cspmz.ru 



Irina N. Ryzhova
Centre for Strategic Planning of the Federal medical and biological agency
Russian Federation

PhD (Medicine) leading specialist, Centre for Strategic Planning of the Federal medical and biological agency, Moscow, 119121, Russian Federation

e-mail: IRyzhova@cspmz.ru



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Egorova N.A., Kochetkova M.G., Ryzhova I.N. The significance of natural and climatic factors in social and hygienic monitoring (literature review, part 1). Hygiene and Sanitation. 2025;104(6):799-804. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.47470/0016-9900-2025-104-6-799-804. EDN: dfusgf

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