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Taxonomy Archive: public health/health sector response
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate change: could it help develop ‘adaptive expertise’?
Preparing health practitioners to respond to the rising burden of disease from climate change is emerging as a priority in health workforce policy and planning. However, this issue is hardly represented in the medical education research. The rapidly evolving wide range of direct and indirect consequences of climate change will ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate change & infectious diseases in India: implications for health care providers
Climate change has the potential to influence the earth’s biological systems, however, its effects on human health are not well defined. Developing nations with limited resources are expected to face a host of health effects due to climate change, including vector-borne and water-borne diseases such as malaria, cholera, and ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Extreme Weather and Climate Readiness: A toolkit for State and Territorial Health Departments
The toolkit outlines a comprehensive approach to integrating climate readiness into all policies and programs. It is divided into seven thematic content areas, all of which are likely to address elements of multiple departments, and, possibly, programs in multiple agencies. Key program areas – such as chronic disease and health ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Michigan Climate and Health Adaptation Plan (MI-CHAP) 2010-2015 Strategic Plan
A strategic plan to prepare Michigan’s state and local public health community for these potential health risks.After conducting needs assessments/surveys/workgroups, goals and objectives arose that may be applicable to most state departments.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Health Care Facility Climate Change Resiliency Toolkit
This tool kit has been developed to help health care facilities access their resiliency to climate change. The toolkit includes three components: Facilitator’s guide, a presentation which facilitators can tailor to the specific needs of their health care facilities. The presentation outlines instructions for conducting the ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Developing-world disaster research: present evidence and future priorities
OBJECTIVES: The technology and resource-rich solutions of the developed world may not be completely applicable to or replicable in disasters occurring in the developing world. With the current looming hazards of pandemics, climate change, global terrorism and conflicts around the world, policy makers and governments will need ...
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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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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Impact of diurnal temperature range on human health: a systematic review
Increasing epidemiological studies have shown that a rapid temperature change within 1 day is an independent risk factor for human health. This paper aimed to systematically review the epidemiological evidence on the relationship between diurnal temperature range (DTR) and human health and to propose future research directions. A ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Integrating climate change adaptation into public health practice: using adaptive management to increase adaptive capacity and build resilience
BACKGROUND: Climate change is expected to have a range of health impacts, some of which are already apparent. Public health adaptation is imperative, but there has been little discussion of how to increase adaptive capacity and resilience in public health systems. OBJECTIVES: We explored possible explanations for the lack of work on ...