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20 Apr 2018 |
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Health promotion interventions to address climate change using a primary health care approach: a literature review
ISSUE ADDRESSED: This project explored the literature in which key concepts in primary health care and health promotion are overtly applied to the problem of climate change. This paper contains a discussion of the literature relevant to health promotion principles and intervention strategies for addressing climate change mitigation ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Heat exposure in the Canadian workplace
Exposure to excessive heat is a physical hazard that threatens Canadian workers. As patterns of global climate change suggest an increased frequency of heat waves, the potential impact of these extreme climate events on the health and well-being of the Canadian workforce is a new and growing challenge. Increasingly, industries rely ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Heatwave early warning systems and adaptation advice to reduce human health consequences of heatwaves
INTRODUCTION: With climate change, there has been an increase in the frequency, intensity and duration of heatwave events. In response to the devastating mortality and morbidity of recent heatwave events, many countries have introduced heatwave early warning systems (HEWS). HEWS are designed to reduce the avoidable human health ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Local heat stroke prevention plans in Japan: characteristics and elements for public health adaptation to climate change
The adverse health effects from hot weather and heat waves represent significant public health risks in vulnerable areas worldwide. Rising temperatures due to climate change are aggravating these risks in a context of fast urbanization, population growth and societal ageing. However, environmental heat-related health effects are ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Obesity and climate change mitigation in Australia: overview and analysis of policies with co-benefits
OBJECTIVE: To provide an overview of the shared structural causes of obesity and climate change, and analyse policies that could be implemented in Australia to both equitably reduce obesity rates and contribute to mitigating climate change. METHODS: Informed by the political economy of health theoretical framework, a review was ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Oceans and Human Health: a rising tide of challenges and opportunities for Europe
The European Marine Board recently published a position paper on linking oceans and human health as a strategic research priority for Europe. With this position paper as a reference, the March 2014 Cornwall Oceans and Human Health Workshop brought together key scientists, policy makers, funders, business, and non governmental ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Population, development, and climate change: links and effects on human health
Global health, population growth, economic development, environmental degradation, and climate change are the main challenges we face in the 21st century. However, because the academics, non-governmental organisations, and policy makers in these specialties work within separate communities, our understanding of the associations ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Preparing health services for climate change in Australia
Although the implications of climate change for public health continue to be elucidated, we still require much work to guide the development of a comprehensive strategy to underpin the adaptation of the health system. Adaptation will be an evolving process as impacts emerge. The authors aim is to focus on the responses of the ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Promoting global population health while constraining the environmental footprint
Populations today face increasing health risks from human-induced regional and global environmental changes and resultant ecological nonsustainability. Localized environmental degradation that has long accompanied population growth, industrialization, and rising consumerism has now acquired a global and often systemic dimension ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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The effects of extreme heat on human mortality and morbidity in Australia: implications for public health
Most regions of Australia are exposed to hot summers and regular extreme heat events; and numerous studies have associated high ambient temperatures with adverse health outcomes in Australian cities. Extreme environmental heat can trigger the onset of acute conditions, including heat stroke and dehydration, as well as exacerbate a ...