Extreme Heat, Social Factors, and Mortality Among California Veterans With Cardiometabolic Disease
In this study of California veterans with common cardiometabolic diseases, EHEs were significantly associated with mortality. These results suggest that the VA should develop EHE risk-mitigating interventions to protect veterans, particularly those at greatest risk, from heat-related mortality.
Authors
- David P. Eisenman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4320-1331)
- Sonya Gabrielian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1790-4271)
- Donna L. Washington (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7917-4609)
- Evan Michael Shannon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0248-7038)
- Lillian Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5353-8117)
- Aarthi Chary
- Anita H. Yuan
Institutions
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- VA Palo Alto Health Care System (US)
- Center for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior (US)
- VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2025-11-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.45524
- Primary Topic
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities