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Environmental Health Indicators: Climate Change
This webpage includes a template for collecting the 24 climate and health indicators the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) recommends, as well as detailed descriptions and instructions for how to calculate each one. These indicators are meant to measure current vulnerability to climate variability and change, as ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Cool Roofs and Cool Pavements Toolkit
The Practical Guide to Cool Roofs and Cool Pavements was developed as an informative primer and implementation guide for cool roofs enthusiasts, from the curious to professionals.
20 Apr 2018 |
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King County Human Health and Economic Impacts of Climate Change
Climate change will have long-term consequences for both public health and the economy in King County; some of these impacts are already occurring. King County is tracking human health and economic impact indicators that are showing improvements in air quality but also increasing natural disasters, decreasing salmon populations, and ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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SMART Hospitals Toolkit
The Caribbean region is prone to a wide variety of natural hazards and at risk from the impact of climate change, putting the safety of health facilities at risk when damage to structural and non-structural elements leave the facilities unable to function. At the same time, health care facilities are also leading consumers of energy, ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Impacts on Shellfish – Climate Change :: Washington State Dept. of Health
In 2011, illnesses caused by Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning (DSP) were found in Washington, making our state the first in the U.S. where tests confirmed DSP illness from shellfish. The algae that produces the DSP toxin has been detected in Washington’s marine waters for some time, but it hadn’t produced the toxin. Now the ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
We conduct scientific research on public climate change knowledge, attitudes, policy preferences, and behavior, and the underlying psychological, cultural, and political factors that influence them. We also engage the public in climate change science and solutions, in partnership with governments, media organizations, companies, and ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Rapid Health Impact Assessment: Weatherization Plus Health in Connecticut
The National Association for State Community Services Programs (NASCSP) is pleased to announce the release of a rapid Health Impact Assessment, prepared by Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) sub-grantee New Opportunities, Inc., and the Connecticut Association for Community Action (CAFCA), as part of Weatherization Plus Health ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Position Statement on Crude Oil Transport & Storage
Energy companies have proposed increases in oil-by-rail transport and storage in the states of Washington and Oregon with subsequent ocean shipments from Pacific Northwest ports. While there was no movement of oil-by-rail in Washington three years ago, dramatic increases in oil extraction from the Bakken fields in North Dakota and ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Protecting Patients From Climate Change One Nurse At A Time
Created by two graduate students, the award-winning Nurses for Cool and Healthy Homes program trains nurses on how to work with vulnerable communities to address extreme heat and the health impacts of climate change.
20 Apr 2018 |
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The Perfect Storm: Climate Change and Zika Virus Disease
If you were writing a popular novel designed to terrify, you could hardly come up with a better plot device than introducing Zika virus disease. A perfect storm of a vector-borne disease, its kaleidoscopic facets are staggering in number and touch on a multitude of aspects—lack of sanitation and rampant urbanization, reproductive ...