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Introduction and Background to Climate Change and Health Policy Connections
Introduction and Background to Climate Change and Health Policy Connections
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
: 8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
John Balbus, MD, MPH, NIEHS-WHO Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Introduce the myriad health impacts stemming from climate change, including highlighting some of the main conclusions from the Lancet Commission Report. Briefly discuss health policy decisions that are important to climate change adaptation, mitigation, and health.
Learning Areas:
Public health or related public policyLearning Objectives:
Explain (broadly) how climate change policy is health policy and describe implications for the field of public health, including the identification of possible synergies.
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am the Senior Advisor for Public Health to the Director of the NIEHS and I am responsible for representing the Institute to external stakeholders.
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.