Protecting the Health and Well-Being of Communities in a Changing Climate: Proceedings of a Workshop

Protecting the Health and Well-Being of Communities in a Changing Climate: Proceedings of a Workshop
ISBN-10
0309463459
ISBN-13
9780309463454
Category
Medical
Pages
154
Language
English
Published
2018-06-04
Publisher
National Academies Press
Authors
Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Health and Medicine Division, Engineering

Description

On March 13, 2017, the Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine and the Roundtable on Population Health Improvement jointly convened a 1-day public workshop in Washington, DC, to explore potential strategies for public health, environmental health, health care, and related stakeholders to help communities and regions to address and mitigate the health effects of climate change. Participants discussed the perspectives of civic, government, business, and health-sector leaders, and existing research, best practices, and examples that inform stakeholders and practitioners on approaches to support mitigation of and adaptation to climate change and its effects on population health. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.

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