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Climate Change: Mastering the Public Health Role Guidebook

Keywords / Description:

This guidebook is a translation of a six-part webinar series hosted by the American PublicHealth Association (APHA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and is intended to be a useful tool to help prepare the public health community for the challenges of climate change. The topics covered in this guidebook include the following:

• Basic Climate Change Science;
• Health Implications;
• Climate Change Action Planning and Public Health: State and Local Perspectives;
• Climate Change Communication;
• Climate Adaptation: Ensuring Public Health Preparedness; and
• Public Health and Climate Change: EPA and HHS Perspectives.

Toolkit:

Climate Change Toolkit

Keyword Area:

Adaptation, Assessment, Climate, Environmental Health, Evaluation, Health Promotion and Health Education, Mitigation, Natural Disaster, Risk Communication, Vulnerable Populations

Jurisdiction:

Institutional Author:

APHA

Submitted:

04/26/2012

Modified:

04/30/2012

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By Sandy Van Sant
excellent resource for all levels of public health