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20 Apr 2018 |
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It’s here! Are we ready? Five case studies of health promotion practices that address climate change from within Victorian health care settings.
ISSUE ADDRESSED: Climate changes and environmental degradation caused by anthropogenic activities are having an irrefutable impact on human health. The critical role played by health promotion in addressing environmental challenges has a history in seminal charters—such as the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion—that ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Toward a Quantitative Estimate of Future Heat Wave Mortality under Global Climate Change
Objectives: We estimated the future excess mortality attributable to heat waves under global climate change for a major U.S. city.Methods: We used a database comprising daily data from 1987 through 2005 on mortality from all nonaccidental causes, ambient levels of particulate matter and ozone, temperature, and dew point temperature ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Near-Roadway Pollution and Childhood Asthma: Implications for Developing “Win–Win” Compact Urban Development and Clean Vehicle Strategies
Background: The emerging consensus that exposure to near-roadway traffic-related pollution causes asthma has implications for compact urban development policies designed to reduce driving and greenhouse gases., Objectives: We estimated the current burden of childhood asthma-related disease attributable to near-roadway and regional ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change and Health on the U.S. Gulf Coast: Public Health Adaptation is Needed to Address Future Risks
The impacts of climate change on human health have been documented globally and in the United States. Numerous studies project greater morbidity and mortality as a result of extreme weather events and other climate-sensitive hazards. Public health impacts on the U.S. Gulf Coast may be severe as the region is expected to experience ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Towards More Comprehensive Projections of Urban Heat-Related Mortality: Estimates for New York City under Multiple Population, Adaptation, and Climate Scenario
Background: High temperatures have substantial impacts on mortality and, with growing concerns about climate change, numerous studies have developed projections of future heat-related deaths around the world. Projections of temperature-related mortality are often limited by insufficient information necessary to formulate hypotheses ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Heat-Related Mortality in a Warming Climate: Projections for 12 U.S. Cities
Heat is among the deadliest weather-related phenomena in the United States, and the number of heat-related deaths may increase under a changing climate, particularly in urban areas. Regional adaptation planning is unfortunately often limited by the lack of quantitative information on potential future health responses. This study ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Public health nurses’ knowledge and attitudes regarding climate change
BACKGROUND: Climate change affects human health, and health departments are urged to act to reduce the severity of these impacts. Yet little is known about the perspective of public health nurses—the largest component of the public health workforce—regarding their roles in addressing health impacts of climate change. ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Assessing climate change and health vulnerability at the local level: Travis County, Texas
We created a measure to help comprehend population vulnerability to potential flooding and excessive heat events using health, built environment and social factors. Through principal component analysis (PCA), we created non-weighted sum index scores of literature-reviewed social and built environment characteristics. We created ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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The health impacts of climate change
Can we at last accept that the climate is changing, that we are making it happen, and that there are profound implications for us? Chris Rapley answers the key questionsNo science is ever completely settled. However, among the tens of thousands of scientists working in the field of climate science worldwide there is almost complete ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change. A Global Threat to Cardiopulmonary Health
Recent changes in the global climate system have resulted in excess mortality and morbidity, particularly among susceptible individuals with preexisting cardiopulmonary disease. These weather patterns are projected to continue and intensify as a result of rising CO2 levels, according to the most recent projections by climate ...