American Public Health Association Unveils Blueprint to Address Health Impacts of Climate Change
April 3, 2008 // Published as a news service by IHS
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The American Public Health Association (APHA) unveiled a blueprint to address the health impacts of climate change.
The blueprint, which includes recommendations for health professionals and the public, was developed through a collaborative process that included health and climate change experts from around the country, said APHA.
The blueprint's recommendations for the public health community call for:
- Education and outreach working to ensure that public health concerns are included in policies and programs related to climate change.
- Research such as vulnerability assessments for specific communities and federally funded analyses of how the health impacts vary by region and population.
- Advocacy including helping decision makers understand the climate-health connection and strengthening the capacity of the public health work force to prepare and respond.
- Support of best practices that build on existing public health programs that can help address climate change and that promote the development of healthy communities.
- Healthy behaviors such as helping the public health system "go green" and walking or biking instead of driving a car and reducing, reusing and recycling.
Climate Change Is a Public Health Issue can be found at http://www.nphw.org/nphw08/NPHW%202008%20Blueprint.pdf.
Source: American Public Health Association (APHA).