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Abstract #158647
Audio (mp3) recordingHoward Frumkin, MD, DrPH1, Michael McGeehin, PhD2, George Luber2, and Jeremy Hess, MD, MPH2. (1) Director, NCEH/ATSDR,Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, MS E-28, Atlanta, GA 30333, 404-498-0004, hfrumkin@cdc.gov, (2) National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy, MS F-46, Atlanta, GA 30341
Global climate change poses well documented potential threats to public health, including heat, severe weather events, worsening air pollution, vector-borne diseases, water- and food-borne diseases, disruptions of food supply, and others. These are complex challenges, made more complex by the uncertainty that characterizes them and by the long time frame over which they will manifest. The public health response to climate change may be framed around “mitigation” and “adaptation,” in terms of public health preparedness, as a process of risk management, and/or in the context of the triad of economic/environmental/health decision-making. Specific components of the public health response align with the essential services of public health; examples include data collection and tracking, protective efforts such as urban heat wave plans, public health research, program evaluation, and social marketing. Some activities will be carried out at the Federal level, others at the state level, and still others locally; appropriate communication and scaling is needed. In all these activities, attention to health disparities is essential. This presentation will review the spectrum of public health activities appropriate to addressing climate change, drawing on existing efforts, results of an expert workshop at the CDC in 2006, and lessons from other nations.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this session participants will be able to
- Explain how the essential services of public health apply to climate change
- State three conceptual frameworks relevant to public health action on climate change
- Explain the role of social marketing in climate change and public health
- Discuss the relation of Federal, state, and local agencies in addressing climate change challenges to public health
Keywords: Climate Change, Essential Public Health Services
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Any relevant financial relationships? No
Any institutionally-contracted trials related to this submission?
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.
The 135th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 3-7, 2007) of APHA