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20 Apr 2018 |
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The Public Health Role in Climate Change Communication and Effective Messaging Strategy
The 3rd of CDC’s six part webinar series, concentrating specifically on communication and the public health role.
20 Apr 2018 |
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An Eye Toward Public Health Adaptation Strategy
The 5th in CDC’s webinar series, focused on considerations for public health departments when it comes to adaptation. Includes a presentation from Kristie Ebi (from working group II of the UGPCC) and Kim Knowlton from NRDC.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Dealing with Disasters
Every community is vulnerable to disaster, and every disaster presents a unique set of health hazards. Fortunately, it is possible to reduce disaster risk and improve the resilience of our communities. In Part 1 of this 2-part series, hear about the types of health risks associated with disasters and how disaster research helps to ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate and Health
Widespread scientific consensus exists that the world’s climate is changing. Some of these changes will likely include more variable weather, heat waves, heavy precipitation events, flooding, droughts, more intense storms, sea level rise, and air pollution. Each of these impacts could negatively affect public health. While climate ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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CDC – Extreme Heat and Your Health: Media Toolkit
Includes brochures, door hanger, outdoor worker poser, athlete poster, water bottle label, bus advertisement, etc. There are web tools, press releases, and outreach emails and letters.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Guidance for Integrating Culturally Diverse Communities into Planning for and Responding to Emergencies: A Toolkit: Recommendations of the National Consensus Panel on Emergency Preparedness and Cultural Diversity
This toolkit offers a comprehensive framework and specific guidance for engaging communities to inform the integration of issues related to race, ethnicity, culture, language, and trust into preparedness plans, programs, and actions.By issuing the toolkit the Consensus Panel intends to achieve at least three goals: (1)To highlight ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Excessive Heat Events Guidebook
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has produced the Excessive Heat Events Guidebook with assistance from federal, state, and local and academic partners. Designed to help community officials, emergency managers, meteorologists, and others plan for and respond to excessive heat events, the guidebook highlights best practices ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Reducing Urban Heat Islands: Compendium of Strategies | Heat Island Effect | US EPA
Links to PDF versions of the Reducing Urban Heat Islands: Compendium of Strategies publication
20 Apr 2018 |
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A Review of the Impacts of Climate Variability and Change on Aeroallergens and Their Associated Effects
This report assesses the state of the scientific literature and examines the potential effects of climate variability and change on aeroallergens and their associated health outcomes in the United States.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change: The Cost of Inaction
This short video produced by the US Environmetnal Protection Agency presents the environmental and health impacts of climate change. The Earth’s climate is changing at an unprecedented rate. Climate change is already having impacts on people’s lives across the country. It’s affecting many things that people care ...