Enhancing the sustainability and climate resiliency of health care facilities: A comparison of initiatives and toolkits

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 174-180

  Balbus, John ^a   Berry, Peter ^b   Brettle, Meagan ^b   Jagnarine Azan, Shalini ^c   Soares, Agnes ^c   Ugarte, Ciro ^c   Varangu, Linda ^d   Prats, Elena Villalobos ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^d Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care   (Canada)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Americas; Climate change; Climate effects; Disaster preparedness; Health care facilities; Prevention and mitigation; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EXTREME EVENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEALTH CARE; MITIGATION; RESILIENCE; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOOL USE; VULNERABILITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL; CANADA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DROUGHT; FLOODING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEAT; HUMAN; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; CANADA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE VECTORS; DROUGHTS; EXTREME HEAT; FLOODS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; WEATHER;

EID: 85006459280     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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