Return to Toolbox Main.

Climate Change: Public Health Preparedness and Response Online Course

Keywords / Description:

Upon successful completion of all the course content, you can obtain a certificate for “Climate Change: Public Health Preparedness and Response”.

The goals of this course are to:

• Familiarize the learner to the basic concepts of and trends related to climate change and health effects;
• Explore the relationship of climate change to a vector-borne disease outbreak through an applied case study simulation.
  

Key messages of this course are:

• Climate change is real.
• Climate change directly and indirectly impacts our environment and our health.
• Public health plays a role in addressing climate change problems and protecting human health.
  

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Describe 3 climate change trends supported by scientific evidence.
• Recognize 4 environmental effects caused by climate change.
• Name 6 potential health effects that result from the environmental changes caused by climate change.
• Identify the roles of the 10 essential public health services in climate change mitigation and adaptation.
• Identify 4 steps a public health worker can take to personally and professionally address climate change problems.

Toolkit:

Climate Change Toolkit

Keyword Area:

Adaptation, All-Hazards, Climate, Environmental Health, Health Promotion and Health Education, Workforce Competency

Jurisdiction:

Institutional Author:

The National Center for Disaster Preparedness

Submitted:

05/08/2012

Modified:

The NACCHO Toolbox is a repository of available resources to help local public health practitioners. Tools are produced by local, state, and federal agencies, as well as academic institutions and other stakeholders. The contents of this Toolbox are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect any official recommendations of NACCHO. NACCHO makes no express or implied warranty with respect to the contents and disclaims liability for any damages arising from or connected to the use of the material in this Toolbox.

Five most recent user comments

rating
By Sandy Van Sant
easy to follow and clear online instruction