Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education: Climate & Health Key Competencies for Health Professions Students
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Preamble: “Climate and health” is defined as the health impacts of climate change; while weather and climate have always influenced human health, climate change is exacerbating these impacts. This set of competencies reflects foundational climate and health knowledge, skills, abilities, and attitudes for health professions students to mitigate the health impacts of climate change. Intended as a guide for developing climate and health education in health professions schools’ curricula, the set can be applied as needed and included in a variety of formats and over different timescales, such as in slides over several years of teaching, a series of lectures, or an entire course. The following set of competencies offers an overview of the different domains, units, and elements of competency recommended for all health professions students, as well as specific competencies for public health and clinical practices.
GCCHE Knowledge Bank: To support health professions institutions’ development of locally tailored educational opportunities, GCCHE provides links to learning resources. These resources are indexed by climate change impact area and include:
- Slides
- Online courses and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
- Videos
- Syllabi and program plans
The original GCCHE competencies set was developed and adopted in February 2018 by the GCCHE Advisory Council and Coordinating Committee. This revised version was developed by the GCCHE Coordinating Committee in November 2020, which includes: John Balbus, Anneliese Depoux, Robyn Gilden, Dana Haine, Jay Lemery, George Luber, Gilma Mantilla, Ruth McDermott Levy, Teddie M. Potter, Todd L. Sack, & Caroline Wellbery.
Competencies for All Health Professions:
Domain: Knowledge and Analytical Skills |
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Unit of Competency |
Suggested Elements |
Sample Resources |
Define climate drivers (both natural and human-caused), weather, climate change, and climate variability. |
-Describe the measurement and evidence base of climate drivers. -Distinguish between “climate” and “weather,” and between climate change and climate variability. -Explain the general mechanism of the greenhouse effect. -Explain the social dimensions of climate drivers, including population growth and economic growth. |
Online Course: Yale, “Climate Change and Health: From Science to Action Specialization”, Coursera |
Identify the health impacts of climate change and effective responses on the part of specific health services. |
-Describe major health outcomes associated with climate events, including both direct and indirect impacts, and their mechanisms. Impacts include:
-Explain how the health impacts of climate variability/change will vary within and among different communities and regions, and give examples of how climate change may interact with other environmental changes, such as land degradation and biodiversity shifts, to affect health. -Identify resources to guide action in response to the health impacts of climate change. |
1. MOOC: Centre Virchow-Villermé, "Climate Change and Health", Iversity (Chapters 1 & 2) 2. Article: Pool Aguilar León, “Climate Change and Health in South America”, The Global Climate & Health Alliance, 2018 |
Apply knowledge of levels of prevention, climate mitigation and adaptation, and explain health co-benefits of actions. |
-Distinguish between climate mitigation and adaptation. -Distinguish between primary, secondary and tertiary prevention levels. -Describe the near-term health co-benefits (e.g. improved air quality) that arise because of climate mitigation at the individual, local, and global scales. -Provide examples of sectoral policies that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve health. |
Article: Markandya, A., Sampedro, J., Smith, S. J., Van Dingenen, R., Pizarro-Irizar, C., Arto, I., & González-Eguino, M. (2018). Health co-benefits from air pollution and mitigation costs of the Paris Agreement: a modelling study. The Lancet Planetary Health, 2(3), e126-e133. |
Describe public health and its determinants. |
-Define public health, population health, health security, climate-health vulnerability, and climate resilience. -Identify social and environmental determinants of health that make individuals and communities more vulnerable to climate-related health threats. -Describe the concept of environmental justice. |
Article: Raworth, K. (2017). A Doughnut for the Anthropocene: humanity's compass in the 21st century. The Lancet Planetary Health, 1(2), e48-e49. |
Apply knowledge of emergency planning skills. |
-Identify the risks and vulnerabilities to critical health infrastructure from extreme weather events and other climate impacts. -Use emergency planning skills to plan for and respond to climate-related extreme weather events and disasters, including workforce surge needs, and distinguish the roles of and interactions between agencies involved in emergency care. |
1. Resources: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Climate Center, 2020 2. Toolkit: U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit, “Building Health Care Sector Resilience”, 2016 |
Access and interpret relevant local, regional, national, and global information about climate change effects on health. |
Demonstrate how to access accurate science about local, regional, national, and global environmental conditions (e.g., air quality). |
Toolkit: International Research Institute for Climate and Society Maproom, Climate and Health, The Earth Institute: Columbia University |
Apply knowledge of the ethical, professional, and legal obligations relevant to climate and health. |
-Demonstrate how to supplement theories of collective ethics, transgenerational ethics, and ethical obligations (see the nursing and public health codes of ethics) to the natural world with more individual-oriented, present-oriented, and human-centered frameworks of climate and health ethics. -Describe professional and legal obligations of health professionals related to climate and health. |
Article: Hobden, L. (2017). AMA Journal of Ethics. “Health Care Ethics and Professionalism in the Era of Climate Change”, 19(12), 1151-1240 |
Demonstrate understanding of the scientific consensus on climate change and concept of evolving science. |
Practice communicating about the scientific consensus on climate change and concept of evolving science, and give examples of interactions between environmental changes that may affect public health. |
Article: van der Linden, S. L., Leiserowitz, A. A., Feinberg, G. D., & Maibach, E. W. (2015). The scientific consensus on climate change as a gateway belief: Experimental evidence. PloS one, 10(2), e0118489. |
Domain: Communication and Collaboration |
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Demonstrate effective communication with stakeholders about climate and health topics. |
-Demonstrate the ability to communicate climate and health topics to different groups (incl. patients, families, professional colleagues, communities, and policymakers). -Practice and refine existing recommendations from the George Mason Center for Climate Change Communication for effective communication strategies and tools in disseminating climate and health information to key stakeholders, including information on the health co-benefits of climate actions. -Identify challenges to climate communication (e.g. climate skepticism and special interest lobbying). -Identify lessons derived from local or regional climate change threats and disasters that can serve as opportunities for communication about climate change. |
Article: Maibach, E., Nisbet, M., & Weathers, M. Conveying the Human Implications of Climate Change: A Climate Change Communication Primer for Public Health Professionals. Fairfax, VA: George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication; 2011. |
Work collaboratively and across disciplines on climate and health issues. |
-Determine members of the “climate team” or related group at your institution and their roles, for example community leaders, policy makers, hospital administrators, and other stakeholders. -Recognize and respect the unique roles and scopes of practice of other health professionals. -Describe best practices in interprofessional collaboration: information-sharing, collegial cooperation, and collective action. -Promote health profession-specific expertise around climate change. -Identify ways to engage in transdisciplinary and interprofessional climate responses to maximize impact. |
1. Article: Watts, N., Adger, W. N., Ayeb-Karlsson, S., Bai, Y., Byass, P., Campbell-Lendrum, D., ... & Depoux, A. (2017). The Lancet Countdown: tracking progress on health and climate change. The Lancet, 389(10074), 1151-1164. 2. Article: Ford, J. D. (2012). Indigenous health and climate change. American journal of public health, 102(7), 1260-1266. |
Domain: Policy |
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Explain the role of subnational, national and global policy frameworks and governance structures to address health risks associated with climate change. |
-Explain the role of current frameworks for understanding and responding to climate-health challenges, such as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement. -Describe the role of governance as it relates to health policy and climate change. |
Article: Watts, N., Adger, W. N., Agnolucci, P., Blackstock, J., Byass, P., Cai, W., ... & Cox, P. M. (2015). Health and climate change: policy responses to protect public health. The Lancet, 386(10006), 1861-1914. |
Explain climate-health activism and policy engagement roles of health professionals. |
-Identify ways to act on climate and health policy solutions, including health co-benefits. -Describe how health professionals can partner with health care institutions, professional organizations, and advocacy groups to reduce health care sector greenhouse gas footprint. |
Article: Sköld, B., Baltruszewicz, M., Aall, C., Andersson, C., Herrmann, A., Amelung, D., ... & Sauerborn, R. (2018). Household preferences to reduce their greenhouse gas footprint: a comparative study from four European cities. Sustainability, 10(11), 4044. |
Domain: Public Health Practice Competencies:
Unit of Competency |
Suggested Elements |
Sample Resources |
Apply climate and health knowledge to improve decisions about public health services, and adapt and improve population health. |
-Identify measures that can be taken to provide health security and foster climate resilience at the individual, local, or global scales. -Provide examples of how climate-health impacts in one location can affect public health, including through contagion, economic repercussions, and psychosocial well-being, in another, considering impacts across regions and scales. -Use information on regional impacts to analyze the relationship between climate and public health data, deliver and improve local health services, and support public health impact assessment and political engagement. |
Case studies: World Meteorological Organization, “Climate Services for Health Fundamentals and Case Studies for improving public health decision-making in a new climate”, 2018 |
Apply knowledge of the connection between habitat and biodiversity loss and infectious diseases. |
Provide examples and describe the links between habitat loss, impacts on species, and potential for zoonotic transmission. |
1. Fact sheet: World Health Organization and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Biodiversity and Infectious Diseases: Questions and Answers, 2020 2. Free online book (Español): Gligo, N., Alonso, G., Barkin, D., Brailovsky, A., Brzovic, F., Carrizosa, J., ... & Marino de Botero, M. (2020). La tragedia ambiental de América Latina y el Caribe. |
Domain: Clinical Practice Competencies:
Unit of Competency |
Suggested Elements |
Sample Resources |
Describe ways that health care professionals and facilities can prepare for and respond to climate-related health risks. |
-Describe the roles and responsibilities of health providers in relation to the health impacts of climate change. -Identify ways in which health care facilities can become more resilient in the face of increasingly severe and/or frequent climate-related weather extremes. -Identify vulnerabilities related to the size and purpose of health care facilities and their ability to respond in the event of severe weather events and/or disasters. -Develop strategies for reducing the carbon footprint of health care delivery, from the hospital setting to the outpatient setting, based on “green health care” principles. |
Online resources: My Green Doctor |
Apply knowledge of climate and health to clinical care of patients. |
-Identify medical diagnoses and other health determinants that make patients vulnerable to climate-related health threats (e.g., extreme heat). -Explain how medication use might aggravate climate-related exposures, such as extreme heat. -Identify particularly vulnerable patients and families and teach about risk mitigation, such as having access to a cooling center during heat crises, or limiting outside work and recreation during heat episodes or days with poor air quality related to wildfires. -Identify and describe patient symptoms and triage considerations as manifestations of direct and indirect weather and climate-related vector changes. -Describe vulnerabilities in the patient care coordination process between hospital and community services that can be impacted by severe weather events and/or disasters. -Promote healthy and more sustainable behaviors during patient education, such as plant-based diets and active transportation. -Recognize climate impacts at-risk communities disproportionately, therefore more attention needs to be given to improve diagnosis and appropriately step-up treatment intensity. |
Online resources: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, “Climate MD”, 2020 |
Sources:
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2.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2020), “Climate Effects on Health”, available at: https://www.cdc.gov/climateandhealth/effects/default.htm (accessed 18 November 2020).
3.Cibrelus, L. and Mantilla, G. (2011), Climate information for public health: a curriculum for best practices: putting principles to work, International Research Institute for Climate and Society.
4.Ebi, K.L., Balbus, J.M., Luber, G., Bole, A., Crimmins, A., Glass, G., Saha, S., Shimamoto, M.M., Trtanj, J., and White-Newsome, J.L. (2018), Human Health. In Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II [Reidmiller, D.R., C.W. Avery, D.R. Easterling, K.E. Kunkel, K.L.M. Lewis, T.K. Maycock, and B.C. Stewart (eds.)]. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, USA, pp. 539–571. doi: 10.7930/NCA4.2018.CH14.
5.Grant, G. (1979), On competence: a critical analysis of competence-based reforms in higher education, Jossey- Bass Inc., San Francisco, CA.
6.Leffers, J., Levy, R. M., Nicholas, P. K., and Sweeney, C. F. (2017), Mandate for the nursing profession to address climate change through nursing education. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 49(6), 679-687.
7.NOAA Climate.gov (2020), Teaching Climate, available at: https://www.climate.gov/teaching (accessed 18 November 2020).
8.Walpole, S.C., Vyas, A., Maxwell, J., Canny, B.J., Woollard, R., Wellbery, C., Leedham-Green, K.E., Musaeus, P., Tufail-Hanif, U., Pavão Patrício, K. and Rother, H.A. (2017), Building an environmentally accountable medical curriculum through international collaboration, Medical Teacher, 39(10), pp.1040-1050.
9.Wellbery, C. (2017), "Selective course description", elective course outline.
Learning Resources
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Multiple Domains
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Slides available on various climate and health topics from the American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting Conferences on Environment and Health
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Slides available on various climate and health topics from The Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health Annual Meetings
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Slides available on various climate and health topics from the Third National Climate Assessment, prepared by the U.S. Global Change Research Program staff
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Slides available on various climate and health topics from the Physicians for Social Responsibility’s (PSR) Climate Health Summit, Sept 20-21, 2015
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- Domain: Knowledge and Analytical Skills
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Climate drivers, weather, climate change, and climate variability
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Michael J. Passow,“Introduction to Climate Change and What You Can Do about It/the LDEO Core Repository”, Nov 18, 2017
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Health impacts
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Various impacts
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U.S. Global Change Research Program,“The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment”, 2016
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Jonathan Patz, “Climate Change Policy’s Silver Lining for Public Health”, Physicians for Social Responsibility’s (PSR) Climate Health Summit, Sept 20-21, 2015
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Heat
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Elisabeth F. Callen and N. Loskutova,"The Impact of Extreme Heat Events on Individuals over Age 65 and the Mitigation of Lives Lost and Affected", 99th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 8, 2019
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Rebekah Lucas, "At Home, Work, and Play: How Can We Better Understand the Dynamics between Physiology, Behavior, and Exposure?", 99th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 7, 2019
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Scott C. Sheridan, "The Relationship between Relative Extreme Temperature Events and Mortality in the United States", 99th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 7, 2019
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Brian Vant-Hull, P. Ramamurthy and J. K. Drapkin, “A Framework for Forecasting Indoor Temperatures for Populations at Risk from Heat Waves”, 98th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 10, 2018
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David M. Hondula, H. Putnam, A. Urban, P. Iniguez, and V. Berisha, “Record-Setting Heat and Heat-Related Deaths in Maricopa County, AZ, in 2016: Cause and Effect?”, 98th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 10, 2018
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Jared Rennie, J. E. Bell, K. E. Kunkel, S. Herring, and H. Cullen, “Using a Daily Homogenized Temperature Product to Assess Long-Term Trends in Extreme Heat Events and Associated Health Impacts in the United States”, 98th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 10, 2018
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Jose Guillermo Cedeño Laurent, A. Williams, Y. Oulhote, A. Zanobetti, J. Allen, and J. Spengler, “Impact of Heat Waves on Cognitive Function among Young Adults”, 98th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 10, 2018
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Lance Wood, M. Keehn, M. Huffman, and E. Santos, “Houston Heat-Related Illness and Apparent Temperature”, 98th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 10, 2018
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Mary K. Wright, D. M. Hondula, P. Chakalian, L. C. Kurtz, L. E. Watkins, and S. L. Harlan, “Indoor Temperature and Air Conditioning Use in Phoenix, AZ: A Household Study”, 98th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 10, 2018
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Sylvie Leroyer, S. Bélair, L. Spacek, and I. Gultepe, “Modelling of Radiation-Based Thermal Stress Indicators for Urban Numerical Weather Prediction”, 98th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 10, 2018
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Mona Sarfaty, “Climate Change and Health: the Effects of Heat”, Physicians for Social Responsibility’s (PSR) Climate Health Summit, Sept 20-21, 2015
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Air pollution & allergens
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Matthew Wozniak and A. Steiner, "GCM-Driven Projections of Future Pollen Emissions and Counts over the United States", 99th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 8, 2019
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Meredith C. McCormack, “Respiratory Health Effects of Climate Change”, Apr 9, 2018
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Karin Ardon-Dryer, C. Mock, J. Reyes, and G. Lahav, “The Impacts of Dust Storm Particles on Human Lung Cells: An Analysis at the Single Cell Level”, 98th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 9, 2018
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Bonne Ford, K. O'Dell, R. Gan, J. Liu, W. Lassman, M. Burke, G. Pfister, A. Vaidyanathan, J. Volckens, S. Magzamen, E. V. Fischer, and J. R. Pierce, “Smoke Exposure and Associated Health Effects across Several Fire Seasons and Locations in the Western United States”, 98th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 8, 2018
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Sue M. Estes and J. A. Haynes, “NASA Applications for Public Health and Air Quality Models and Decisions using Earth Observation Systems”, 98th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 8, 2018
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Aruni Bhatnagar, “Cardiovascular Disease, the Environment, and Climate Change”, “Climate Changes Health: The Breath and Heart of It All” webinar, American Public Health Association (APHA), May 22, 2017
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Lyndsay Moseley Alexander, “American Lung Association: State of the Air 2017”, “Climate Changes Health: The Breath and Heart of It All” webinar, American Public Health Association (APHA), May 22, 2017
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David B. Peden, “Making the Connection: Climate Changes Allergies and Asthma”, Part I, Making the Connection: Climate Changes Health: A Four-Part Webinar Series, American Public Health Association (APHA), May 9, 2016
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Mona Sarfaty, “Making the Connection: Climate Changes Allergies and Asthma”, Part I, Making the Connection: Climate Changes Health: A Four-Part Webinar Series, American Public Health Association (APHA), May 9, 2016
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J. Jason West, “Connecting Climate Change, Air Pollution, and Human Health”, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Jan 5, 2016
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Rosalyn Baker, “Climate Change and the Increase in Allergic Diseases”, Physicians for Social Responsibility’s (PSR) Climate Health Summit, Sept 20-21, 2015
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Yolanda Whyte, “Climate Change & Air Pollution”, Physicians for Social Responsibility’s (PSR) Climate Health Summit, Sept 20-21, 2015
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Environmental degradation
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Kristie L. Ebi and C. Boyer, "Building Resilience of Health Systems in Pacific Island Least-Developed Countries to Climate Change", 99th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 7, 2019
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Lara Cushing, “Environmental equity & California’s efforts to address climate change”, “Climate Changes Health: The Breath and Heart of It All” webinar, American Public Health Association (APHA), May 22, 2017
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Viruses and infectious diseases
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Gilma C. Mantilla, “Public Health, Climate and Infectious Diseases Interactions”, May 16, 2017
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C. Jessica E. Metcalf, “The Seasonal and Climatic Determinants of Access to Care: Implications for Measles Outbreak Risk in Madagascar”, Planetary Health/Geo Health Annual Meeting, Apr 28-30, 2017
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Noriko Endo, “Climate Change Impact on Malaria in Africa”, Planetary Health/Geo Health Annual Meeting, Apr 28-30, 2017
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Lynn Ringenberg, “Climate Change & Waterborne Disease”, Physicians for Social Responsibility’s (PSR) Climate Health Summit, Sept 20-21, 2015
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Samantha Ahdoot, “Of Mice, Men and Mosquitoes: Vector-Borne Infections in a Changing Climate”, Physicians for Social Responsibility’s (PSR) Climate Health Summit, Sept 20-21, 2015
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Severe weather
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Jennifer Shriber, J. E. Bell, Z. Jeddy, J. Rennie, and H. Strosnider, "Assessment of Potential Health Impacts from Extreme and Exceptional Drought, 2012−16", 99th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 8, 2019
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Kristina Kintziger, E. Odoi, and M. Jagger, "Impacts of Climate Change and Extreme Weather on Injury: A Primer for Investigation Focusing on Hurricane-Related Impacts", 99th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 8, 2019
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Jesse Berman, “Drought and Risk of Hospital Admissions and Mortality in Western U.S. Older Adults from 2000-2013: A Retrospective Study”, Planetary Health/Geo Health Annual Meeting, Apr 29, 2018
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Glenn Russell McGregor, C. Caiado, I. Bovolo, O. Jackson, and J. E. Bustamante-Fernandez, “The 2015−16 El Nino Event and Health Impacts in the Southwest Pacific: An Update”, 98th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 9, 2018
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Bart Hagemeyer, “Climate Signals & Extreme Weather”, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, Dec 20, 2017
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Maureen E. Raymo, “Climate and Sea Level Rise: What can you do about it?”, Nov 18, 2017
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Food/water quality/insecurity
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Brad Udall, “Climate Change, Water Supplies and Policy”, Water in West Symposium, Apr 26, 2018
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Allison Crimmins, “Climate change impacts of food safety, nutrition, and distribution”, “Climate Changes Health: How Climate is Changing Your Dinner Plans” webinar, American Public Health Association (APHA), Jul 27, 2017
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Becca Klein Bartholomew, “Food & Climate Change”, “Climate Changes Health: How Climate is Changing Your Dinner Plans” webinar, American Public Health Association (APHA), Jul 27, 2017
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Janie Simms Hipp, “Impact of Climate Change on Traditional Foods, Food Access, Food Security”, “Climate Changes Health: How Climate is Changing Your Dinner Plans” webinar, American Public Health Association (APHA), Jul 27, 2017
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Roni Neff, “Feeding the City in an Uncertain World”, “Climate Changes Health: How Climate is Changing Your Dinner Plans” webinar, American Public Health Association (APHA), Jul 27, 2017
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Matthew Smith, “Measuring the Impacts of Anthropogenic CO2 Emissions on Global Nutrient Intakes”, Planetary Health/Geo Health Annual Meeting, Apr 28-30, 2017
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Chris Golden, “Fall in Fish Catch Threatens Human Health”, Planetary Health/Geo Health Annual Meeting, Apr 29, 2017
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Maureen McCue, “Climate Change & Water Health Challenges”, Physicians for Social Responsibility’s (PSR) Climate Health Summit, Sept 20-21, 2015
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Robert S. Lawrence, “Climate Change and Threats to Food Security”, Physicians for Social Responsibility’s (PSR) Climate Health Summit, Sept 20-21, 2015
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Mental health
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Janet Lewis, "The Acute and Slow-Moving Impacts of Climate Change", American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, May 2018
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Janet Lewis, "The Tripartite Relationship of Psychiatry to Climate Change", American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, May 2018
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Lise Van Susteren, “Making the Connection: Climate Changes Mental Health”, Part IV, Making the Connection: Climate Changes Health: A Four-Part Webinar Series, American Public Health Association (APHA), Jun 23, 2016
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Susan Clayton, “Climate change and mental health: Psychosocial impacts”, Part IV, Making the Connection: Climate Changes Health: A Four-Part Webinar Series, American Public Health Association (APHA), Jun 23, 2016
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Susan Clayton, “Mental Health and Climate Change”, Physicians for Social Responsibility’s (PSR) Climate Health Summit, Sept 20-21, 2015
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Children
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Laura Anderko, “Climate Changes Children’s Health: Protecting Our Future: The Threats” webinar, American Public Health Association (APHA), Oct 19, 2017
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Stephanie Chalupka, “Opportunities for Action”, “Climate Changes Children's Health: Protecting Our Future” webinar, American Public Health Association (APHA), Oct 19, 2017
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Taylor Ricketts, “Watershed Condition and Childhood Health: Global Relationships and Policy Opportunities”, Planetary Health/Geo Health Annual Meeting, Apr 28-30, 2017
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Samantha Ahdoot, “Child Health in a Changing Climate”, Part II, Making the Connection: Climate Changes Health: A Four-Part Webinar Series, American Public Health Association (APHA), May 26, 2016
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Samuel S. Myers, “Climate Change and Children: A Focus on Nutrition”, Part II, Making the Connection: Climate Changes Health: A Four-Part Webinar Series, American Public Health Association (APHA), May 26, 2016
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Health co-benefits of climate mitigation & adaptation
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Adam Law, “Methane and the Public Health Risks of Modern Oil & Gas Development”, Physicians for Social Responsibility’s (PSR) Climate Health Summit, Sept 20-21, 2015
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Alan Lockwood, “Coal & Health: Past, Present, and Future”, Physicians for Social Responsibility’s (PSR) Climate Health Summit, Sept 20-21, 2015
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Barbara Sattler, “Oil and Gas Extraction and Human Health”, Physicians for Social Responsibility’s (PSR) Climate Health Summit, Sept 20-21, 2015
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Richard J. Jackson, “Transportation Policy is Climate Policy is Health Policy”, Physicians for Social Responsibility’s (PSR) Climate Health Summit, Sept 20-21, 2015
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Public health and its determinants
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Jennifer Vanos, "The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Marathons: Spectator Thermal Comfort and Health in the Face of Extreme Heat", 99th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 7, 2019
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Paul M. Chakalian, "Pathways to Heat Vulnerability in Phoenix, AZ", 99th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 7, 2019
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Gregg M. Garfin, H. Jones, J. Vanos, S. Leroy, P. Juarez-Carrillo, and A. Monteblanco, “Developing Resilience to Public Health Risks of Extreme Heat in the U.S.−Mexico Border Region”, 98th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 10, 2018
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Wassila M. Thiaw, “Real-Time Climate Information for Decision-Making in Health for Africa”, 98th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 8, 2018
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Amy Vanderwarker, “Climate Justice Changes Health: Local, Tribal, Global & Generational” webinar, American Public Health Association (APHA), Feb 27, 2017
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Jacqui Patterson, “Climate Justice Changes Health”, “Climate Justice Changes Health: Local, Tribal, Global and Generational” webinar, American Public Health Association (APHA), Feb 27, 2017
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Lisa Hoyos, “Climate Justice Changes Health: Local, Tribal, Global & Generational” webinar, American Public Health Association (APHA), Feb 27, 2017
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Patricia A.L. Cochran, “Climate Justice Changes Health: Local, Tribal, Global & Generational” webinar, American Public Health Association (APHA), Feb 27, 2017
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Renzo Guinto, “Healing the Climate with Justice: A Global Perspective”, “Climate Justice Changes Health: Local, Tribal, Global & Generational” webinar, American Public Health Association (APHA), Feb 27, 2017
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Linda Rudolph, “Climate Justice Matters”, Physicians for Social Responsibility’s (PSR) Climate Health Summit, Sept 20-21, 2015
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Cindy L. Parker, “Extreme Weather Events: Infrastructure Damage and Impact on Vulnerable Populations”, Physicians for Social Responsibility’s (PSR) Climate Health Summit, Sept 20-21, 2015
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Domain: Communication and Collaboration
- Ed Maibach, “Increasing Public Understanding and Facilitating Behavior Change: Two Guiding Heurtistics”, 98th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 9, 2018
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University of Minnesota, Center for Global Health and Social Responsibility, “Climate Change and Health: An Interprofessional Response”, 2018
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John Nielsen-Gammon, ”You Haven't Seen This Before": Collective Community Experience and the New Extremes”, 98th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 9, 2018
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Omar C. Gates, J. L. Jorns, W. Baule, and L. Briley, “The Role of GLISA in Communicating Climate Change and Health Impacts in the Great Lakes Region”, 98th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 9, 2018
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George Luber, “Climate Changes Health: Tools to Communicate the Problem”, Climate Webinar, American Public Health Association (APHA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Apr 28, 2016
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Nathaniel Kendall-Taylor, “Climate Changes Health: Tools to Communicate the Problem”, Climate Webinar, American Public Health Association (APHA), Apr 28, 2016
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Edward Maibach, “Communicating Effectively About Climate Change & Health”, Physicians for Social Responsibility’s (PSR) Climate Health Summit, Sept 20, 2015
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Jamie Consuegra, E. Maibach, and M. Mitchell, “Communicating with Legislators; Advocacy Day”, Physicians for Social Responsibility’s (PSR) Climate Health Summit, Sept 20, 2015
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Meighen Speiser, “Connecting on Climate: Communications to Build Political Will”, Physicians for Social Responsibility’s (PSR) Climate Health Summit, Sept 20, 2015
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Domain: Policy
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Allison Gost, “Climate Change, Public Health & Resilience Building in Maryland”, American Public Health Association (APHA) Adaptation in Action Webinar Presentation, Apr 26, 2018
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Colleen Moran, “Wisconsin Climate and Health Program”, American Public Health Association (APHA) Adaptation in Action Webinar Presentation, Apr 26, 2018
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Emily York, “Oregon Climate and Health Program”, American Public Health Association (APHA) Adaptation in Action Webinar Presentation, Apr 26, 2018
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Juli Trtanj and John Balbus, “Building the U.S. Climate and Health Science Plan: Redefining the Path Forward”, 98th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 8, 2018
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Security & Sustainability Forum and American Public Health Association (APHA), “Climate Changes Health: Community Design and Transportation” webinar, Apr 28, 2017
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Jason Albritton, “Climate Changes Health: Clean Energy Changes Climate” webinar, American Public Health Association (APHA), Mar 30, 2017
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Robert Byron, “Carbon Pricing: A Primer”, Climate Changes Health: Clean Energy Changes Climate webinar, American Public Health Association (APHA), Mar 30, 2017
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James Whitehead, “Make No Small Plans: Healthy Community Design, Active Transportation, and Climate Change”, Part III, Making the Connection: Climate Changes Health: A Four-Part Webinar Series, American Public Health Association (APHA), Jun 7, 2016
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Richard Jackson, “Climate Change, Transportation and Healthy Community Design”, Part III, Making the Connection: Climate Changes Health: A Four-Part Webinar Series, American Public Health Association (APHA), Jun 7, 2016
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Catherine Thomasson, “Why focus on policy”, Physicians for Social Responsibility’s (PSR) Climate Health Summit, Sept 20-21, 2015
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Ivan Frishberg and K. Huffling, “State Hub Clean Power Plan”, Physicians for Social Responsibility’s (PSR) Climate Health Summit, Sept 20-21, 2015
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Laura Kate Bender and C. Thomasson, “Legislative Defense of CPP”, Physicians for Social Responsibility’s (PSR) Climate Health Summit, Sept 20-21, 2015
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Rona Birnbaum, “The Clean Power Plan”, Physicians for Social Responsibility’s (PSR) Climate Health Summit, Sept 20-21, 2015
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Domain: Public Health Practice
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Ollie Jay, "Using Physiological Evidence to Inform Extreme Heat Public Health Guidance", 99th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 7, 2019
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Tesfaye Bayleyegn and Z. Jeddy, "Preparing for the Health Effects of Drought: A Resource Guide for Public Health Professionals", 99th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 8, 2019
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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, "A Public Health Student Exploration of the Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States Slides", 2018
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Ashley R. Ward, “Engaging Stakeholders in the Development and Evaluation of Web-Based Tools to Address Heat-Related Illness in North Carolina”, 98th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 10, 2018
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Augustin Vintzileos, “Excessive Heat Events and Health: Building Resilience Based on Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Excessive Heat Outlook Systems”, 98th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 10, 2018
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Cameron C. Lee, and S. C. Sheridan, “Using Nonlinear Autoregressive Models with Exogenous Input to Analyze Temperature-Related Human Mortality”, 98th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 10, 2018
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David G. Biggar, P. B. Homan, T. A. Russ, K. D. Burris, and M. D. Scott, “Development of a Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature Approximation Equation from Standard Meteorological Variables and Implementation of an Automated Site Specific Heat Stress Condition Display at the Eglin Test and Training Complex”, 98th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 10, 2018
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Mark Hyer, Earth Networks, “Forecasting Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature: Eliminating Heat Stress Illnesses at High School and Collegiate Levels”, 98th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 10, 2018
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Andrew Grundstein, P. W. Miller, J. Silver, and J. M. Shepherd, “Can We Predict Thunderstorm Asthma Epidemics: A Case Study of 7 Events in Melbourne, Australia”, 98th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 9, 2018
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Anjali Jaiswal, G. Beig, C. Shah, B. Solanki, A. Tiyagi, D. Mavalankar, and K. Knowlton, “Health First: Ahmedabad's Air Information Response Plan”, 98th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 9, 2018
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Cory W. Morin, A. J. Monaghan, M. H. Hayden, D. A. Quattrochi, and K. C. Ernst, “Meterologically Driven Dengue Fever Simulations in Sonora Mexico”, 98th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 9, 2018
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Fiona Lo, C. M. Bitz and J. J. Hess, “Developing an Early Warning for Onset of Allergenic Pollen Season”, 98th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 9, 2018
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Ibrahima Diouf, W. M. Thiaw, B. Rodríguez-Fonseca, A. Deme, J. A. Ndione, and A. T. Gaye, “Climate Variability and Malaria over the Sahel Country of Senegal”, 98th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 9, 2018
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Lauren Deanes, M. Gueye and G. S. Jenkins, “Exploring Relationships between PM10, Aerosol Optical Depth, and Suspected Meningitis Cases During West Africa’s 2006−2012 Dry Seasons”, 98th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 9, 2018
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Marjorie McGuirk, B. Lugo and J. Hicks, “ZikaZoneUSA: An Experience in Climate and Health Product Development”, 98th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 9, 2018
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Michael C. Wimberly, T. Gebrehiwot, C. L. Merkord, A. Mihretie, D. Nekorchuk, W. Yalew, and G. M. Henebry, “Integrating Environmental Monitoring and Disease Surveillance to Forecast Malaria Epidemics”, 98th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 9, 2018
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Arastoo Pour Biazar, A. T. White, R. T. McNider, B. Dornblaser, P. Cheng, and Y. Wu, “Impact of Cloud Assimilation on Air Quality Simulations”, 98th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 8, 2018
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Daniel F. Steinhoff, “Present-Day and Future Population Dynamics of the Dengue Vector Mosquito Aedes aegypti Using a Water Container Energy Balance Model”, 98th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 8, 2018
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Luca Delle Monache, R. Kumar, S. Alessandrini, P. E. Saide, J. Bresch, Z. Liu, G. Pfister, and D. P. Edwards, “Chemical Data Assimilation to Improve Short-Term PM2.5 Predictions over the United States”, 98th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 8, 2018
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M. Talat Odman, Y. Hu, A. G. Russell, S. L. Goodrick, and A. Vaidyanathan, “An Operational High Resolution Air Quality Modeling System Providing Smoke Impact Forecasts for Health Protection, Ecosystem Management, and Economic Development in the Southeast”, 98th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 8, 2018
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Michael C. Wimberly, J. K. Davis, G. Vincent, A. Hess, and M. B. Hildreth, “An Operational System for Surveillance and Ecological Forecasting of West Nile Virus Outbreaks”, 98th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 8, 2018
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Spanish: Gilma C. Mantilla, “Experiencias de Formación en Clima y Salud”, Jun 21-23, 2017
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Josh Ginsberg, “How Lyme Disease Can Be Mitigated Through Land Use Policy at the County Level”, Planetary Health/Geo Health Annual Meeting, Apr 28-30, 2017
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Robin Bronen, “Building the Resilience of Coastal Communities in the Face of Climate Change”, Planetary Health/Geo Health Annual Meeting, Apr 28-30, 2017
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Domain: Clinical Practice
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American College of Physicians, "Climate Change and Health: A Global Call to Action"
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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, "A Clinical Health Care Student Exploration of the Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States Slides", 2018
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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, "A Clinical Health Care Student Exploration of the Global Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health Slides", 2018
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Jessica Wolff, “Climate Solutions for the Health Care Sector”, Apr 10, 2018
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Adriana Perez, “The Cardiovascular Effects Of Air Pollution, In Vulnerable Populations: Nursing Implications”, Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health, Climate & Health Solutions Conference, Apr 9, 2018
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Caroline Wellbery, “Clinical climate change teaching at Georgetown University School of Medicine”, Apr 9, 2018
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Jay Lemery, “Educational Opportunities”, Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health, Climate & Health Solutions Conference, Apr 9, 2018
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Teddie Potter, “Minni-Sotah: Sky-tinted Water”, Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health, Climate & Health Solutions Conference, Apr 9, 2018
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John Balbus, C. Sorensen, “Helping Healers Heal the World: Materials and Methods to Help Health Professionals Understand Climate and Health Connections”, 98th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Jan 8, 2018
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Perry Sheffield, “Providers, Patients, and the Public: Climate change affects us all”, Delaware Climate and Health Conference, Jun 6, 2017
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Denni Cawley, “Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment”, “Climate Changes Health: The Breath and Heart of It All” webinar, American Public Health Association (APHA), May 22, 2017
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Gary Cohen, “Health Care in the Age of Planetary Health”, “Climate Changes Health: Clean Energy Changes Climate” webinar, American Public Health Association (APHA), Mar 30, 2017
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Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health, “Medical Alert! Climate Change Is Harming Our Health”, Mar 15, 2017
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Gary Cohen and R. Guenther, “Addressing Climate Change in Health Care Settings”, Physicians for Social Responsibility’s (PSR) Climate Health Summit, Sept 20-21, 2015
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Multiple Domains
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A list of online courses on various climate and health topics can be found in the U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit here
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Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID), “Climate Change Education”, edX
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Harvard University, "The Health Effects of Climate Change", edX
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Murdoch University, “Global Biosecurity for One Health”, Future Learn
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Next Gen U, “Climate Change and Health”
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Rainer Sauerborn and Sophie-Hélène Goulet, Centre Virchow-Villermé, "Climate Change and Health", Iversity (Free & Self-Paced)
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The Maryland Leadership Climate Academy offers Certified Climate Change Professional® (CC-P®) Credential Training Programs tailored for Maryland and the mid-Atlantic United States to help participants integrate climate change into their decision-making and professional activities
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The Yale School of Public Health, “Climate Change and Health Certificate”; GCCHE members receive a 10% tuition discount (please indicate if you are a member in the application)
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University of Geneva, Institute Pasteur, University of Montreal and Centre Virchow-Villermé/University Paris Descartes, “Global Health at the Human-Animal-Ecosystem Interface”, Coursera
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Domain: Knowledge and Analytical Skills
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Climate drivers, weather, climate change, and climate variability
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The University of British Columbia, “Climate Change: The Science”, edX
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The University of Chicago, “Modeling Climate Change”, edX
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UN CC:e-Learn, “Introductory e-Course on Climate Change”
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University of Bergen, “Causes of Climate Change”, Future Learn
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Health Impacts
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Various
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Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response, “Climate Change and Health”, Dec 19, 2017
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Coursera, “Global Health at the Human-Animal-Ecosystem Interface”, University of Montreal
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InnoEnergy, EIT Health, “The Impact of Climate Change on Public Health”, Future Learn
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The Centre Virchow-Villermé, “MOOC Changement climatique et santé dans le contexte africain”
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The Centre Virchow-Villermé, “MOOC Climate Change & Health”
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Environmental degradation
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United Cities and Local Governments of Africa, African Local Government Academy, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Institute for Housing and Urban Development, “Planning for Climate Change in African Cities”, Coursera
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US Forest Service, Climate Change Resource Center, “Climate Change Effects on Forests and Grasslands”
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Viruses and infectious diseases
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University of Geneva, Institute Pasteur, University of Montreal & Centre Virchow-Villermé/University Paris Descartes, "Global Health at the Human-Animal-Ecosystem Interface", Coursera
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Food/water quality/insecurity
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United States Environmental Protection Agency, “Understanding Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources”
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University of Geneva, “Climate Change and Water in Mountains: A Global Concern”, Coursera
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- Mental health
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American Psychiatric Association (APA), "Climate Change and Disaster Mental Health"; Estimated Duration: 1 Hour; AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ or a certificate of participation available upon completion
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Health co-benefits of climate mitigation & adaptation
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University of Cape Town, “Climate Change Mitigation in Developing Countries”, Coursera
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Local, national & global environmental conditions
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National Research Tomsk State University, “The Changing Arctic”, Coursera
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NOAA Digital Coast, “Coastal Inundation Mapping”
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Domain: Communication and Collaboration
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Cornell University Civic Ecology Lab, "Climate Change Science, Communication, and Action," Next course will be offered in 2020
- SDG Academy, “Transforming Development: The Science and Practice of Resilience Thinking”, Apr 2018
- National Network for Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation, “Framing for Climate Interpreters”, FrameWorks Academy
- The University of Queensland, “Making Sense of Climate Science Denial”, edX
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Domain: Policy
- NOAA Office for Coastal Management, “Adaptation Planning for Coastal Communities”, Jun 6-7, 2018
- NOAA Digital Coast, “CanVis: A Tool for Visualizing Coastal Changes and Potential Adaptation Strategies”
- The World Bank Group, “From Climate Science to Action”, edX
- Tsinghua University, “China’s Perspective on Climate Change”, edX
- United States Environmental Protection Agency, “Local Government Climate Adaptation Training”
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University of Exeter, “Climate Change: Solutions”, Future Learn
- University of London, SOAS University of London, “Global Energy and Climate Policy”, Coursera
- University of Michigan, “Act on Climate: Steps to Individual, Community, and Political Action”, Coursera
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University of Reading, “The Future of Farming: Exploring Climate Smart Agriculture”, Future Learn
- Uppsala University, “Climate Change Leadership”, Future Learn
- USDA Forest Service Climate Change Resource Center, “Adapting to Climate Change: A Short Course for Land Managers”
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service National Conservation Training Center, “Scenario Planning Toward Climate Change Adaptation”
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Domain: Public Health Practice
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), The Climate Change and Children’s Health continuing education (CE) course; to receive CE for this course, click this button and follow 9 Simple Steps before October 4, 2021
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Antioch University New England’s Center for Climate Preparedness and Community Resilience, 9-credit online certificate, "Climate Resilience Certificate for Professionals"
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Johns Hopkins University, “Public Health in Humanitarian Crises”, Coursera
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The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and the Rhode Island Department of Health Academic Center, "Activity: Climate Change and Health"; 60 minutes; designated for 1.0 hours AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
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University of Copenhagen, “An Introduction to Global Health”, Coursera
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U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service National Conservation Training Center, “Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments”
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Domain: Clinical Practice
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Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health, CME Webinars, July & September 2020; watch webinars and recordings and apply for CME Credit
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), The Climate Change and Children’s Health continuing education (CE) course; to receive CE for this course, click this button and follow 9 Simple Steps before October 4, 2021
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The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, training courses on sustainability, health and healthcare: Introduction to Sustainable Healthcare, Green Space and Health, Sustainable Quality Improvement, & Carbon Footprinting for Healthcare
- Emory University, "Climate Crisis and Clinical Medicine M3&M4 Virtual Elective," Spring 2020
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1 hour of free nursing Continuing Education credit (webinar): Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE), “Let’s Talk Health and Climate: Communicating on Climate Change & Health”, Oct 11, 2017
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3 free nursing Continuing Education credits: Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE), “Advancing Clean Air, Climate, & Health: Opportunities for Nurses”, Jan 29, 2017
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Free courses and learning materials to enhance nursing and health professional education on sustainability and climate change: NurSusTOOLKIT
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Recognizing, Preventing and Treating Heat-Related Illness”
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Chalmers University of Technology, “Sustainability in Everyday Life”, edX
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Disaster Resistant Communities Group, "Disaster Health and Sheltering Course"
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The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and the Rhode Island Department of Health Academic Center, "Activity: Climate Change and Health"; 60 minutes; 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for Physicians, 0.75 Contact Hour for nurses
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University of Colorado System, “Foundations for Global Health Responders”, Coursera
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Multiple Domains
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William Rom, "From Global Warming to Climate Change and Global Public Health", Nov 1, 2018
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Presentations available on various climate and health topics from The Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health, Climate & Health Solutions Conference, Apr 9-10, 2018
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Climate Reality, “Climate & Health Meeting”, Feb 16, 2017
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Videos available on various climate and health topics from the Physicians for Social Responsibility’s (PSR) Climate Health Summit, Sept 20-21, 2015
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Videos and webinars on various climate and health topics can be found on the US Climate and Health Alliance website
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Domain: Knowledge and Analytical Skills
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Climate drivers, weather, climate change, and climate variability
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University of Wisconsin-Madison, Kaltura Mediaspace, "Introduction", May 29, 2019
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Lesson: MetEd, “Climate and Water Resources Management, Part 1: Climate Variability and Change”, Feb 25, 2016
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Lesson: MetEd, “Introduction to Climatology for the Tropical Pacific Islands”, Oct 7, 2015
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American Geophysical Union, “LEARN Chapter 19: Teaching Climate Using the Third National Assessment”, Jun 22, 2015
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Health Impacts
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Various
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The Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health, Climate & Health Solutions Conference, “Kick-Off, Keynote, and Lancet Countdown”, Apr 13, 2018
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Jonathan Patz, “Climate Change is Affecting Our Health. Is There a Cure?”, TEDxOshkosh, Jan 10, 2018
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Courtney Howard, “Is climate change making you sick?”, CBC, Nov 2, 2017
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Lecture: Jonathan Patz, “Confronting the Global Climate Crisis – Health Opportunity of the Century?”, University of Minnesota Health, Oct 30, 2017
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World Health Organization South-East Asia Region - WHO SEARO, “Climate Change and Health”, Sep 13, 2017
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Jonathan Patz, K. Knowlton, M. Keim, S. Myers, G. Morris, P. Kinney, and L. Van Susteren, “Panel - Connecting Climate Change and Public Health State of the Science (Climate & Health Meeting)”, The Climate Reality Project, Mar 8, 2017
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Vice President Al Gore, “Climate & Health Meeting Keynote Presentation”, The Climate Reality Project, Mar 8, 2017
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Jay Lemery, “Climate Change and Health: The Broad Perspective”, Aspen Global Change Institute, Jan 3, 2017
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The Obama White House, “Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States”, Apr 4, 2016
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The Forum at The Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health and the Ground Truth Project, “Climate Change: Health and Disease Threats”, Dec 16, 2015
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Jonathan Patz, “Climate and Health – Where We Stand”, Physicians for Social Responsibility’s (PSR) Climate Health Summit, Oct 15, 2015
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Linda Rudolph, “Climate and Health – Where We Stand”, Physicians for Social Responsibility’s (PSR) Climate Health Summit, Oct 15, 2015
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Heat
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NRDCflix, "Extreme Heat and Health", Aug 21, 2019
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Marsha Wills-Karp, D. Norris, J. Aucott, and M. Ramanathan, “More Heat, More Allergies, More Bugs: Change in Human Health | Brady Dennis - The Washington Post”, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Jun 5, 2017
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Mona Sarfaty, “Heat, Pollen and Air Pollution”, Physicians for Social Responsibility’s (PSR) Climate Health Summit, Oct 15, 2015
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Air pollution & allergens
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“Climate Changes Health: The Breath and Heart of It All” webinar, American Public Health Association (APHA), May 22, 2017
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Drew Shindell, “Linking Climate Change, Air Pollution and Public Health”, Duke Global Health Institute, Feb 1, 2017
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World Health Organization, “WHO: Breathe Life – Clean Air, Healthy Future”, Oct 17, 2016
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American Public Health Association (APHA), “Making the Connection: Climate Changes Allergies and Asthma” webinar, May 9, 2016
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Rosalyn Baker, “Heat, Pollen and Air Pollution”, Physicians for Social Responsibility’s (PSR) Climate Health Summit, Oct 15, 2015
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IISD Reporting Services / ENV, “The Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants”, May 22, 2015
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Viruses and infectious diseases
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C. Jessica E. Metcalf, “The Seasonal and Climatic Determinants of Access to Care: Implications for Measles Outbreak Risk in Madagascar,” Planetary Health/Geo Health Annual Meeting, Apr 28-30, 2017
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Noriko Endo, “Climate Change Impact on Malaria in Africa”, Planetary Health/Geo Health Annual Meeting, Apr 28-30, 2017
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Lynn Ringenberg, “Climate Health and Infectious Diseases”, Physicians for Social Responsibility’s (PSR) Climate Health Summit, Oct 15, 2015
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Samantha Ahdoot, “Climate Change and Infectious Diseases”, Physicians for Social Responsibility’s (PSR) Climate Health Summit, Oct 15, 2015
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Rita Colwell, “Environment, Climate, and Human Health: Water Borne Diseases”, National Research Council of the National Academies, Apr 24, 2015
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Carl Lowenberger, “Disease, Risk and Climate Change- Where do we stand?”, Simon Fraser University, Mar 16, 2015
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Severe weather
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Jesse Berman, “Drought and Risk of Hospital Admissions and Mortality in Western U.S. Older Adults from 2000-2013: A Retrospective Study”, Planetary Health/Geo Health Annual Meeting, Apr 29, 2018
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Food/water quality/insecurity
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American Public Health Association (APHA), “Climate Changes Health: How Climate is Changing Your Dinner Plans” webinar, Aug 11, 2017
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Chris Golden, “Fall in Fish Catch Threatens Human Health”, Planetary Health/Geo Health Annual Meeting, Apr 29, 2017
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Matthew Smith, “Measuring the Impacts of Anthropogenic CO2 Emissions on Global Nutrient Intakes”, Planetary Health/Geo Health Annual Meeting, Apr 28-30, 2017
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Naglaa El-Abbadi, “Development of a Dietary Environmental Index to Assess Nutritional Quality Versus Environmental Impact for Foods and Dietary Patterns”, Planetary Health/Geo Health Annual Meeting, Apr 28-30, 2017
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University of California and Vox, “The Diet That Helps Fight Climate Change”, Dec 12, 2017
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Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, “Climate Change and Food”, Mar 2, 2017
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The Forum at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, “The Future of Food: Feeding the Planet during Climate Change”, Dec 15, 2016
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Amy Meinen, “Climate Change, Food Quality, & Nutrition”, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Kaltura Mediaspace, Dec 3, 2015
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Mental health
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EcoAmerica, “Mental Health and Our Changing Climate”, Mar 29, 2017
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Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, “Climate Change and Mental Health”, Mar 9, 2017
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American Public Health Association (APHA), “Making the Connection: Changes Mental Health”, Jun 29, 2016
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Lise Van Susteren, “Mental Health Issues and Climate Change”, Physicians for Social Responsibility’s (PSR) Climate Health Summit, Oct 15, 2015
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Susan Clayton, “Mental Health Issues and Climate Change”, Physicians for Social Responsibility’s (PSR) Climate Health Summit, Oct 15, 2015
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Children
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The Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health, Climate & Health Solutions Conference, “Is Climate Change Another Adverse Childhood Event?”, Apr 13, 2018
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American Public Health Association (APHA), “Climate Changes Children's Health: Protecting Our Future” webinar, Oct 19, 2017
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Taylor Ricketts, “Watershed Condition and Childhood Health: Global Relationships and Policy Opportunities”, Planetary Health/Geo Health Annual Meeting, Apr 28-30, 2017
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American Public Health Association (APHA), “Making the Connection: Climate Changes Children's Health” webinar, May 26, 2016
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Health co-benefits of climate mitigation & adaptation
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Stephanie Stuckey, “Climate & Health Meeting: Special Keynote”, The Climate Reality Project, Mar 8, 2017
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Laura Turner Seydel, “Climate & Health Meeting: Special Keynote”, The Climate Reality Project, Mar 8, 2017
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Sir Andrew Haines, “Co-Benefits: the Good News Story of Climate Change and Health (Climate & Health Meeting)”, The Climate Reality Project, Mar 8, 2017
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American Public Health Association (APHA), “Climate Changes Health: Clean Energy Changes Climate”, Mar 30, 2017
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IISD Reporting Services / ENV, “The role of water in adaptation and mitigation of climate change”, Apr 7, 2017
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Brent Kim, “The Importance of Changing Diets for Climate Mitigation”, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for a Livable Future, Feb 25, 2016
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Health security, vulnerability, and resilience
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Patrick Kinney, A. Blackmon, H. Fairfield, B. Ferrer, J. Silberner, and K. Lambert, “Climate and Health: Impacts and Opportunities”, Boston University School of Public Health, Apr 26, 2018
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Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, “Build Resilient Communities: Highlight from Climate Change and Health”, Dec 17, 2015
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GEFSecretariat, “Kernel by Kernel: Building Resilience in Rural Malawi”, Jul 29, 2015
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Ethical, professional, and legal obligations
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University of Wisconsin-Madison, Kaltura MediaSpace, "The Ethics of Climate Change", 2019
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Domain: Communication and Collaboration
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Edward Maibach, “Climate and Health Communication”, Boston University School of Public Health, Apr 27, 2018
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Gina McCarthy, “Changing the Climate: Opening Remarks and Keynote”, Boston University School of Public Health, Apr 21, 2018
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University of California and Vox, “Why Humans Are So Bad at Thinking about Climate Change”, Apr 19, 2017
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EcoAmerica, “Let’s Talk Health and Climate: Communication Guidance for Health Professionals”, Sept 30, 2016
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Holly Hartmann, “Communicating Climate Change Scenarios With Decision Makers: Lecture by Dr. Holly Hartmann, Research Hydrologist”, MetEd, Sept 12, 2016
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American Public Health Association (APHA), “Climate Changes Health: Tools to Communicate the Problem” webinar, Apr 28, 2016
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Domain: Policy
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Raluca Mateescu, X. Bi, P. Frederick, and S. Asseng, “UF/IFAS Researchers Tackling Climate Change”, University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, May, 18, 2018
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American Public Health Association (APHA), “Climate Changes Health: Adaptation in Action” webinar, Apr 26, 2018
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The Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health, Climate & Health Solutions Conference, “Climate Change Solutions”, Apr 13, 2018
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The Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health, Climate & Health Solutions Conference, “National Climate Assessment 2018 -- Strategies for Progress”, Apr 13, 2018
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Anthony Costello, “How to change (health) systems for a sustainable future”, Yale School of Public Health Climate Change and Health Initiative, 2018
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Joy Shumake-Guillemot, “Planetary Health as a unifying framework for multilateral organizations”, Planetary Health/Geo Health Annual Meeting, Apr 28-30, 2017
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Howard Frumkin, G. Luber, C. Flowers, C. Mitchell, and G. Cohen, “Protecting Public Health From Climate-Related Threats: From Science to Practice in the United States”, The Climate Reality Project, Mar 8, 2017
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American Public Health Association (APHA), “Making the Connection: Changing Climate through Healthy Community Design and Transportation”, Jun 7, 2016
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Todd Stern, “The Paris Agreement on Climate Change: Public Health in Balance”, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Feb 4, 2016
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Greg Nemet, “How Policy Impacts Climate Change and Human Health”, Kaltura Mediaspace, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dec 3, 2015
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Alfred Sommer, B. Hobbs, and J. Taylor, “Welcome and Overview: JHU Climate Change & Health Summit”, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health EHE, Nov 4, 2015
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Catherine Thomasson, “Moving Climate Health Policy”, Physicians for Social Responsibility’s (PSR) Climate Health Summit, Oct 15, 2015
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Rona Birnbaum, “Moving Climate Health Policy”, Physicians for Social Responsibility’s (PSR) Climate Health Summit, Oct 15, 2015.
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Domain: Public Health Practice
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PIE CENTER, "How to Prevent Heat-Related Illness", Jul 23, 2019
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William Rom, "From Global Warming to Climate Change and Global Public Health", Nov 1, 2018
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PAHO TV, “PAHO Response in Dominica -Hurricane Maria”, Oct 19, 2017
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Josh Ginsberg, “How Lyme Disease Can Be Mitigated Through Land Use Policy at the County Level”, Planetary Health/Geo Health Annual Meeting, Apr 28-30, 2017
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Robin Bronen, “Building the Resilience of Coastal Communities in the Face of Climate Change”, Planetary Health/Geo Health Annual Meeting, Apr 28-30, 2017
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Sir Andrew Haines, “Providing The Right Data For Climate Science”, Web of Science Training, Apr 27, 2017
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American Public Health Association (APHA), “Climate Justice Changes Health: Local, Tribal, Global, and Generational” webinar, Feb 27, 2017
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Lesson: MetEd UCAR, “Preparing Hydro-climate Inputs for Climate Change in Water Resource Planning”, Sept 23, 2016
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Margaret Gillis, “Seniors, Disasters, and Climate Change”, Simon Fraser University Gerontology Research Centre, Jan 6, 2016.
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Domain: Clinical Practice
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Multiple presentations, Mount Sinai Institute for Exposomic Research's Second Annual Clinical Climate Change Conference, "Protecting Patients and Improving Health Outcomes in the Climate Crisis", Jan 24, 2020
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Renzo Guinto, "Voices PH: Ajuy, Iloilo", Apr 11, 2019
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Renzo Guinto, "Voices PH: Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte", Apr 11, 2019
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Clemens Buter, “Health Facilities and Disaster-Resilience: The PAHO Smart Hospital Project” webinar, hosted by Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE) Global Nurses Climate Change Committee, Jun 20, 2018
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Mount Sinai EMPH, "Teen Talks: Climate Change and Child Health with Dr. Perry Sheffield", Mar 8, 2018
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Cecilia Sorensen, “Bringing Climate Change to Graduate Medical Education”, Aspen Global Change Institute, Nov 15, 2017
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Environmental Defense Fund, “Climate change and health with physicians Jay Lemery and Cecilia Sorensen”, Oct 30, 2017
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Gary Cohen, “Addressing Climate Change in Healthcare Settings pt 2”, Physicians for Social Responsibility’s (PSR) Climate Health Summit, Sept 20-21, 2015
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Gary Cohen, “Addressing Climate Change in Healthcare Settings pt 3”, Physicians for Social Responsibility’s (PSR) Climate Health Summit, Sept 20-21, 2015
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Robin Guenther, “Addressing Climate Change in Healthcare Settings p1”, Physicians for Social Responsibility’s (PSR) Climate Health Summit, Sept 20-21, 2015
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US Department of Labor, “OSHA Heat Illness Prevention Campaign”, Jul 8, 2015
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Activity: Climate Literacy & Energy Awareness Network, “Climate Change and Human Health” activity
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Case Study: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, "A Clinical Health Care Student Exploration of the Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States Clinical Case Studies", Dec 11, 2018
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Case Study: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, "A Clinical Health Care Student Exploration of the Global Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health Clinical Case Studies", Dec 6, 2018
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Case Study: Shanda L. Demorest, Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate, "Climate Change Code Blue Case Studies", 2018
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Guide:
MS4SF, "Guide to Climate and Health Curriculum Reform in Medical Schools",
Medical Students for a Sustainable Future, 2020
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Lesson Plan/Module: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, "A Clinical Health Care Student Exploration of the Global Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health", Dec 5, 2018
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Lesson Plan/Module: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, "A Clinical Health Care Student Exploration of the Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States", Dec 5, 2018
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Lesson Plan/Module: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, "A Public Health Student Exploration of the Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States", Dec 5, 2018
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Lesson: Windows to the Universe, “Changing Planet: Changing Mosquito Genes”, Oct 13, 2011
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Lesson: Windows to the Universe, “Changing Planet: Infectious Diseases Classroom Activity”, Apr 14, 2011
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Syllabus: Arnold J. Bloom, “Course Syllabus”, Climate Change: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions, 2017
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Syllabus: University of Colorado, School of Medicine, “Climate Change and Health”, University of Colorado, Consortium for Climate Change & Health, Fall 2016
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Teaching Manual: McCullagh S, Hunter B, Houle K, Massey C, Waltner-Toews D, Lemire M, SaintCharles J, Surette C, Webb J, Beck L, Parkes M, Woollard R, Berbés-Blázquez M, Feagan, Halpenny C, Harper S, Oestreicher S, Morrison, K (eds.) (2012). Ecosystem Approaches to Health Teaching Manual. Canadian Community of Practice in Ecosystem Approaches to Health
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Toolkit: Canadian Federation of Medical Students (CFMS) Health and Environment Adaptive Response Task force (HEART) Planetary Health Toolkit
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Training Manual: International Federation of Medical Students' Associations, “IFMSA Training Manual on Climate & Health”, Mar 30, 2016
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Training Module: World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia (SEARO), “Climate Change and Health - Training Modules”, 2015
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Multiple Languages
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Free teaching and learning materials in English, Spanish, Dutch, German, French, and Polish to enhance nursing and health professional education on sustainability and climate change: NurSusTOOLKIT
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Deutsch (German)
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Präsentations Powerpoint und lehrmaterialien (slides and teaching materials):
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NurSusTOOLKIT, “Pflege und Nachhaltigkeit” (NurSusTOOLKIT, “Nursing and Sustainability”)
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Español (Spanish)
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Cursos (courses):
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UN CC:e-Learn, "Salud humana y cambio climático" (UN CC:e-Learn, "Human health and climate change")
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UN CC:e-Learn, "Los niños y el cambio climático" (UN CC:e-Learn, "Children and climate change")
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Presentacions Powerpoint (slides):
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Gilma C. Mantilla, “Experiencias de Formación en Clima y Salud”, Jun 21-23, 2017 (Gilma C. Mantilla, “Training Experiences in Climate and Health”, Jun 21-23, 2017)
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Presentacions Powerpoint y Materiales de Enseñanza (slides and teaching materials):
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NurSusTOOLKIT, “Enfermería y Sostenibilidad” (NurSusTOOLKIT, “Nursing and Sustainability”)
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Vídeos (Videos):
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PIE CENTER, "Cómo Prevenir Enfermedades Relacionadas con el Calor", Jul 23, 2019 (PIE CENTER, "How to Prevent Heat-Related Illness", Jul 23, 2019)
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Français (French)
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Les Cours (courses):
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UN CC:e-Learn, "La santé et les changements climatiques" (UN CC:e-Learn, "Human health and climate change")
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UN CC:e-Learn, "Les enfants et les changements climatiques" (UN CC:e-Learn, "Children and climate change")
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November 15, 2018
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March 13, 2019
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July 24, 2019
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October 23, 2019
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March 2, 2020
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Strategies for Integrating Climate-Health Content into Health Professions Curricula: Examples from Public Health and Nursing
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November 10, 2020
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