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Shiraz Sheriff

PhD Thesis

Climate change and Asthma: strengthening self-management and building resilience within individuals and healthcare systems in the UK

Abstract:

Asthma is the most common chronic respiratory disease present in the population. In the UK, 5.4 million people are currently receiving treatment for Asthma of which 1.1 million are children. One in every five households has a person suffering from Asthma.

Asthma is a multifactorial disease and most studies to date have looked into linking climate change with infectious diseases for which the etiology is known whereas the etiology for Asthma is complex and not well understood.

Applying a socio-ecological model of health (Dahlgren and Whitehead, 1991), the research will examine individual and health system scale understandings of, and responses to extreme weather events. The research will identify factors that make individuals and systems resilient (understood as adaptable, with good outcomes, in adverse circumstances-environmental triggers, pyschosocial stressors, vulnerability, deprivation etc.) and set out ways in which health professionals and healthcare organisations can boost resilience and self-management among its Asthma population and build preparedness within its systems.

Key Words:

Climate Change, Asthma, Resilience, Self-Management

Recent Work:

Shiraz Sheriff, Edward Hall, Thilo Kroll Impact of Climate Change on Asthma Exacerbations, CECHR Symposium. Dundee, Scotland. 4th November 2010

Academic Background:

Bachelors in Medicine and Surgery (MBBS)-Medical College Trivandrum, University of Kerala, India
Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Public Health (DTMPH)-Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
Masters in International Health (MIH)-Erasmus Mundus Programme- Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin,Germany;Center for International Health - University of Bergen, Norway and Institut de Santé Publique et de Développement (ISPED) / Centre René Labusquière Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2,France.