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Assessing vulnerability to climate-sensitive health outcomes in Florida
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
: 9:10 AM - 9:30 AM
Meredith Jagger, MS
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Division of Disease Control and Health Protection, Bureau of Epidemiology, Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, FL
The Florida Department of Health will present details on their recent efforts to prepare a vulnerability assessment and hazard-specific profiles related to climate-sensitive health outcomes in key geographic areas of Florida. The speaker will discuss the methods used to choose the hazards and health outcomes of greatest concern and indicators for determining vulnerability. The speaker will discuss data sources, novel methods that were employed, and lessons learned for other jurisdictions planning to conduct similar assessments. The speaker will discuss how the vulnerability assessment and hazard-specific profiles are influencing plans to adapt to long-term weather variation at the state and local level.
Learning Areas:
Environmental health sciences
Learning Objectives:
Describe the series of activities undertaken by the Florida Department of Health to undertake Step 1 of the BRACE framework – preparing a climate and health profile report, and vulnerability assessments.
Presenting author's disclosure statement:Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am the manager of Florida’s Building Resilience Against Climate Effects (BRACE) Program. Among my scientific interests are public health adaptations to climate variability and impacts of environmental factors on chronic disease.
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.
