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

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

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• Authors: Board On Population Health And Public He, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Health And Medicine Division, National Academies Of Sciences Engineeri, National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences Research and Medicine, Roundtable on Population Health Improvement
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9780309463454
• ISBN: 978-0-309-46345-4
• No. of pages: 154
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 226 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 295 g
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General