Impacts on Public Health

2018 ◽  
pp. 37-72
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Emergency Preparedness ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Heat Waves ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
Vector Borne Diseases ◽  
The Public ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

Many serious adverse public health impacts of climate change are already being felt around the globe, including record-breaking heat waves, severe air pollution, widespread water contamination that has brought a resurgence of cholera and has compromised clean drinking water and sanitation for more than one billion people worldwide, food scarcity and undernutrition from droughts and desertification, pandemics of vector-borne diseases, and increasingly frequent and severe natural hazards such as flooding, hurricanes, and earthquakes. Centralized, well-organized emergency preparedness planning is needed at the national, regional, and municipal levels to enable safe and efficient evacuations, and to minimize injuries and fatalities. In addition, effective planning to address the public health impacts of climate change is contingent on poverty reduction, and adequate access to education and healthcare for all. This chapter addresses the major public health impacts of global warming and the use of technologies in adapting to them.

Impacts on Public Health

2021 ◽  
pp. 647-672
Author(s):  
Debra N. Weiss-Randall
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Emergency Preparedness ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Heat Waves ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
Vector Borne Diseases ◽  
The Public ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

Many serious adverse public health impacts of climate change are already being felt around the globe, including record-breaking heat waves, severe air pollution, widespread water contamination that has brought a resurgence of cholera and has compromised clean drinking water and sanitation for more than one billion people worldwide, food scarcity and undernutrition from droughts and desertification, pandemics of vector-borne diseases, and increasingly frequent and severe natural hazards such as flooding, hurricanes, and earthquakes. Centralized, well-organized emergency preparedness planning is needed at the national, regional, and municipal levels to enable safe and efficient evacuations, and to minimize injuries and fatalities. In addition, effective planning to address the public health impacts of climate change is contingent on poverty reduction, and adequate access to education and healthcare for all. This chapter addresses the major public health impacts of global warming and the use of technologies in adapting to them.

The public health impacts of climate change in Macedonia

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 (1) ◽  
pp. 3539
Author(s):  
Vladimir Kendrovski ◽  
Margarita Spasenovska ◽  
Bettina Menne
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
The Public ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

scholarly journals The Health Impacts of Climate Change: Getting Started on a New Theme

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (S2) ◽  
pp. s60-s64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristie L. Ebi ◽  
Madeleen Helmer ◽  
Jari Vainio
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Heat Waves ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
Vector Borne Diseases ◽  
Prediction And Prevention ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

AbstractClimate change is widely acknowledged as a key global challenge for the 21st century, and is projected to significantly affect population health and human well-being. All of the climate change-related changes in weather patterns will affect human health, from boosting mental well-being to mortality from largescale disasters. Human health can be affected both directly and indirectly.For various reasons, the health sector has been slow in responding to the projected health impacts of climate change. To effectively prepare for and cope with climate change impacts, public health must move from a focus on surveillance and response to a greater emphasis on prediction and prevention.The targeted agenda program dialogue identified three priorities for climate change related health actions: heat waves, vector-borne diseases; and malnutrition.

Climate Change and Public Health

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy Ciesielski
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Fossil Fuel Burning ◽  
Health Community ◽  
Human Health Impacts ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

It is clear that the public health community is concerned about the human health impacts of climate change, but are we inadvertently underestimating the scope of the problem and obfuscating potentially useful interventions by using a narrow intellectual frame in our discussions with policy makers? If we take a more holistic approach, we see that the public health impacts of climate change are only one subset of the enormous public health impacts of fossil fuel burning. This broader perspective can provide a more accurate and comprehensive assessment that is more useful for decision making in public policy settings.

scholarly journals Public health and climate change: How are local authorities preparing for the health impacts of our changing climate?

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah C Woodhall ◽  
Owen Landeg ◽  
Sari Kovats
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Local Authority ◽  
Adaptation Strategies ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
South West ◽  
South West England ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

ABSTRACT Background Local authorities have a crucial role in preparing for the impacts of climate change. However, the extent to which health impacts are being prioritized and acted on is not well understood. Methods We investigated the role of public health in adapting to climate change through: (i) a content analysis of local authority climate change adaptation strategies in South West England and (ii) semi-structured telephone interviews with local authority public health consultants and sustainability officers and a regional Public Health England representative (n = 11). Results Adaptation strategies/plans varied in existence and scope. Public health consultants did not have an explicit remit for climate change adaptation, although related action often aligned with public health’s emergency planning functions. Key barriers to health-related adaptation were financial constraints, lack of leadership and limited public and professional awareness about health impacts. Conclusions Local authorities in South West England have differing approaches to tackling health impacts of climate change, and the prominence of public health arguments for adaptation varies. Improved public health intelligence, concise communications, targeted support, visible local and national leadership and clarity on economic costs and benefits of adaptation would be useful for local authorities in preparing for the health impacts of climate change.

scholarly journals Public health impacts of climate change in Washington State: projected mortality risks due to heat events and air pollution

2010 ◽  
Vol 102 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 159-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Elizabeth Jackson ◽  
Michael G. Yost ◽  
Catherine Karr ◽  
Cole Fitzpatrick ◽  
Brian K. Lamb ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Air Pollution ◽  
Washington State ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
Mortality Risks ◽  
Heat Events ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

The Natural Environment as an Object of Public Health Law: Addressing Health Outcomes of Climate Change through Intersections with Environmental and Agricultural Law

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 664-680
Author(s):  
Jill Krueger ◽  
Betsy Lawton
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
Health Law ◽  
Public Health Law ◽  
Health Concerns ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change

The power to change the natural environment has received relatively little attention in public health law, yet is a core concern within environmental and agricultural law. Examples from environmental and agricultural law may inform efforts to change the natural environment in order to reduce the health impacts of climate change. Public health lawyers who attend to the natural environment may succeed in elevating health concerns within the environmental and agricultural law spheres, while gaining new tools for their public health law toolbox.

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