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Taxonomy Archive: public health/health sector response
20 Apr 2018 |
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Building Resilience Against Climate Change: Climate-Ready States Webinar
In this second webinar, we will hear from two states, Minnesota and Oregon who are putting BRACE’s framework in action. Speakers will speak more about the BRAC framework, answer questions.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Changes Health: Tools to Communicate the Problem
APHA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are proud to present this webinar. The webinar will provide information about the health impacts of climate change, share fact sheets to communicate the health risks and highlight communications research that fueled the fact sheets.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Working Together: Building Health in All Policies Partnerships
Health in All Policies is an innovative approach to addressing the social determinants of health, such as transportation, housing, and economic policy, which are key drivers of health outcomes and health inequities. It is founded in the recognition that public health practitioners must collaborate with partners outside of public ...
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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12 Steps to Operationalize Climate Change in a Local Health Department
A fact sheet based off a journal article: Marinucci, G., Luper, G., Uejio, C., Saha, S., & Hess, J. (2014). Building resilience against climate effects—A novel framework to facilitate climate readiness in public health agencies. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 11(6), 6433-6458; doi:10.3390/ijerph110606433
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Action is Health Action: Why Support for California Climate Legislation is Good for Our Health
Linda Rudolph, MD, MPH, director of PHI’s Center for Climate Change and Health, recently testified before the California State Assembly on SB 350, one of the key bills moving through the legislature, and serves as a national spokesperson to raise awareness of the connections between climate change and health. We sat down with Linda ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change and Food Safety
This week, the 2015 World Health Day took place on April 7th, focusing on the theme of Food Safety, and included the production of many useful informational resources, accessible here.Following this, we have produced a briefing document which explores some of the main connections between climate change and food safety, including ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change Adaptation for Health and Social Services
Written by expert researchers and practitioners, this book presents existing research, innovative practice and useful tools to support organisations taking practical steps towards adaptation to the impacts of climate change on people. It examines the evidence of climate change impacts on six of the most vulnerable population groups ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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How well does climate change and human health research match the demands of policymakers? A scoping review
BACKGROUND: In 2008, the World Health Organization (WHO) Member States passed a World Health Assembly resolution that identified the following five priority areas for research and pilot projects on climate change and human health: health vulnerability, health protection, health impacts of mitigation and adaptation policies, ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Addressing Climate Change in the Health Care Setting: Opportunities for Action
Combating climate change is not a finite goal but an ongoing effort. Whether focusing on fleet management, local sourcing, energy and water conservation strategies, or green energy, climate change response is a continuous process. The important thing is to get started. Initiate the conversation internally, get others excited about ...