Health Management Planning for Landscape Fire Smoke Events: A Literature Review and Suggested Human-Centred Framework for Resource Development.

Authors

Anna M Gjedrem, Fay H Johnston, Sharon L Campbell

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Public health challenges. Volume 5. Issue 4. Pages e70428. Epub Oct 09, 2026.

Abstract

Poor air quality arising from landscape fire smoke (LFS) events presents a substantial health burden to at-risk individuals and communities. However, there are few dedicated health management resources available for priority populations, despite increasing climate-related landscape fire risks. We conducted a literature review to analyse health management plans and strategies available for at-risk individuals in Australia, Canada and the United States. Our review identified four resources, of which only two were dedicated LFS health action plans, revealing a critical gap in preparedness. Given this scarcity, we suggest a human-centred framework to inform LFS-specific resource development. We propose a design thinking approach to create tailored LFS health action plans for priority populations and healthcare providers and describe the steps a resource development team would take to apply a human-centred framework. This approach addresses both practical management challenges and socio-cultural contexts for implementation.

PMID:
42859485
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 11 Oct 2026.

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