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Public Participation, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 : 8:50 AM - 9:10 AM

Colin Crawford, MA, JD , Payson Center for International Development, Tulane University Law School, New Orleans, LA
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
Climate change threatens to worsen the health and living conditions of the world’s poor majority who are most at risk of its adverse effects. This presentation will explore how robust ground-up public participation models might be developed to create more active, engaged citizens seeking ways to improve their own health and living conditions in the process of climate change adaptation strategies.

Learning Areas:

Diversity and culture
Ethics, professional and legal requirements
Other professions or practice related to public health
Public health or related laws, regulations, standards, or guidelines

Learning Objectives:
Describe climate change adaptation strategies and the secondary health and environmental effects of climate change.

Keyword(s): Climate and Health, Environmental Health

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have been researching, delivering classes about and writing and speaking on public participation models to improve the health and living conditions of the world's poor majority for the past five (5) years.
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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