Building resilience against climate effects-a novel framework to facilitate climate readiness in public health agencies

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 6433-6458

  Marinucci, Gino D ^a   Luber, George ^a   Uejio, Christopher K ^a,b   Saha, Shubhayu ^a   Hess, Jeremy J ^a,c,d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Public health; Public health agency; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; BUILDING RESILIENCE AGAINST CLIMATE EFFECTS; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; COST OF ILLNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CLIMATE CHANGE; COST OF ILLNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84902960281     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110606433     Document Type: Article

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