PPT-Welcome to Health Care Climate Change

Resiliency Mentoring Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care Webinar 1 Cohort 1 Site Teams Access Local Risks Feedback amp Resources April 25 2017 2 Call in via Internet or Phone for Audio. Fiona Armstrong. convenor@caha.org.au. . www.caha.org.au. . Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth, Public Health Association of Australia, the Australian Psychological Society, Doctors for the Environment, Australia, the Australian Women’s Health Network, the Australian Nursing Federation, the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Australian Association of Social Workers, the Australian Hospitals and Healthcare Association, the Australian Rural Health Education Network, the Australian Council of Social Service, Australian Health Promotion Association, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, CRANA. Maureen McCue MD PhD. Coordinator Iowa PSR. &. University of Iowa. Global Health Studies/Human Rights. Discussion Goals—an outline of sorts. Who is in the audience, what are their interests, backgrounds? Climate Change Personal Meanings. What is it? . An assessment of the risks . climate change poses to human health in the United . States . An Interagency product of the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). Part of the ongoing National Climate Assessment (NCA) process. Climate Change| A Human Health Perspective. 2. Source: NOAA NCDC / CICS-NC. . The colors on the map show temperature changes over the past 22 years (1991-2012) compared to the 1901-1960 average for the contiguous U.S., and to the 1951-1980 average for Alaska and Hawai'i. Summer Student Research . and Clinical Assistantship Program. University of Wisconsin . School of Medicine and Public Health. Department of Family Medicine. Brittney Golbach. University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Effects of Climate Change . Neil Ritchie, Executive Director . Agenda . About the Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care. The impacts of climate change on hospitals in Canada . Resiliency and adaptation initiatives. What is climate change and why does it matter for health We146ve all heard of it but what exactly is climate change Greenhouse gases act like a blanket around Earth trapping energy in the atmosphere H Terms to Know. a change in the climate patterns of a place. when everyone has the opportunity to be as healthy as possible. small particles that are suspended in the air. colorless, odorless gas that is produced by burning fossil fuels like oil and gas. A Student Exploration of the Global Impacts of Climate . Change on Human Health. Vector-Borne Diseases. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. The colors on the map show observed temperature changes over the past 110 years (1901-2012).. Call to Action. 2. Disproportionately impacts marginalized and vulnerable populations. Women and girls. People with disabilities including vision impairment. People living in remote and rural areas. Photo: Light for the World. Dr. Agnes Soares, Regional Advisor, SDE, PAHO/WHO. CLIMATE AND HEALTH SUMMIT. ALONG SIDE THE 20. TH. CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES. LIMA, PERU, 6. TH. DECEMBER 2014. 1. Regional Plan of Action on Climate Change. Materials for Practice . Greenhealth. members ONLY. Table of Contents. Background:. Climate . Change Science. Health Impacts of . Climate Change and Energy . Sources. Solutions: Mitigation. Energy . . Linda Varangu. Executive Director. Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care. Health . Care Facility Climate Change . Resiliency . Workshop . McGill University Health . Centre, . Montreal . Quebec. What is it? . An assessment of the risks . climate change poses to human health in the United . States . An Interagency product of the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). Part of the ongoing National Climate Assessment (NCA) process.