Climate and Health: What can we do today? Session I
How can public health practitioners communicate accurate information about climate change to individuals and communities to motivate action?
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Course Information
- Audience: Public Health Professionals
- Format: Recorded Webinar
- Date/Time: Friday, March 18th, 2022
9:00 AM – 9:45 AM EST - Price: Free
- Length: 1 hour
- Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Sponsored by New England Public Health Training Center (NEPHTC), a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1 total Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced-level continuing education contact hours are 0. Provider ID: 1131137 Event ID: SS1131137_CH1.If you are not seeking a CHES/MCHES contact hours, if you complete the post-test and evaluation, you will receive a Certificate of Completion. The Certificate will include the length of the course.
- Competencies: Leadership and Systems Thinking
- Learning Level: Awareness
- Companion Trainings: Climate and Health: What can we do today? Session II
Climate and Health: What can we do today? Session III - Supplemental materials:None
- Pre-requisites: None
About this Recording
Recent heat waves, wildfires, hurricanes, and other extreme weather events around the world underscore that climate change represents a clear and present danger. Communities everywhere need to better prepare for the extreme weather events we are experiencing today. But how does a community do this?
What you'll learn
At the end of the recording, participants will be able to:
- Discuss intervention activities that can and should be done immediately for short-term and long-term impact
- Describe connections between climate change impacts and social determinants of health resulting in health disparities
- List 5 environmental potential contributors to adverse effects on the mental health of young people
- Define the roles and responsibilities of the new federal Office of Climate Change and Health Equity
Moderator
Greg Wellenius
@GWELLENIUS
Professor, Boston University School of Public Health
John Balbus
@DRJBALBUS
Interim Director, Office of Climate Change and Health Equity, US Department of Health and Human Services
Gregory Wellenius, ScD leverages his training in epidemiology, environmental health, and human physiology to lead research focused on assessing the human health impacts of the built environment in the context of a rapidly changing climate. His team has made a number of notable contributions to our understanding of the health risks associated with air pollution, noise pollution, other features of our physical environment, and those posed by a changing climate. A key goal of his team’s research is to provide the actionable scientific evidence needed to ensure that our communities are as resilient, sustainable, and healthy as possible, emphasizing the benefits to human health of climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts. Before coming to Boston University, Dr. Wellenius served as faculty and Director of Brown University’s Center for Environmental Health and Technology and Elected Councilor of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE). He has previously taught courses on epidemiology methods, climate change and human health, and methods in environmental epidemiology. He has a strong track record of mentoring undergraduate students, graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. Dr. Wellenius is the 2019 recipient of the ISEE Tony McMichael Mid-Term Career Award and the 2018 recipient of the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching from the Brown University School of Public Health.
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Acknowledgement: This project is/was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB6HP31685 “Regional Public Health Training Center Program.” This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.