271978 Oregon's climate and health program: Progress and lessons learned

Monday, October 29, 2012 : 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

Jae Douglas, PhD, MSW , Research & Education Services, Oregon Health Authority Office of Environmental Public Health, Portland, OR
        
This presentation will discuss the overall approach taken by the Oregon Health Authority to develop a comprehensive climate and health program across the state's public health system by applying the components of CDC's BRACE Framework. The presentation will discuss challenges and successes in forecasting climate change related health impacts for Oregon, the applications of forecasts for long-range health planning, and the use of health impact assessment as a means of influencing climate change policy. It will also include a description of progress and lessons learned through OHA's mini-grant program which aims to build and increase local climate change capacity within five county health departments in Oregon – Multnomah County, Benton County, Crook County, Jackson County and North Central Health District.

Learning Areas:
Environmental health sciences

Learning Objectives:
1. Understand and describe Oregon's work with local health jurisdictions to increase knowledge and capacity to address climate and health. 2. Identify specific challenges that local health jurisdictions experience in becoming “Climate-Ready” and the strategies and tools Oregon has developed to address these challenges. 3. Describe Oregon's use of climate and health related data and tools such as health impact assessment to address the health impacts of climate change in local communities.

Keywords: Climate Change, Environmental Health

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am qualified to present this material because I lead Oregon Public Health Division's Climate and Health program which addresses the public health impacts of Climate Change in communities throughout Oregon.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

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.

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