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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

339446
Building climate resilience and promoting health through public health law


Monday, November 2, 2015 : 10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

Jill Krueger, JD, The Network for Public Health Law, St. Paul, MN

Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
Updating and enforcing public health laws in order to respond to emerging health threats is an essential function of public health. Climate change is already having substantial impacts on population health. As a result, health departments at every level of government are developing public health laws to improve climate adaptation.  In addition, health departments are engaging in innovative collaborations to create new tools, such as heat vulnerability indexes to enhance emergency preparedness and to guide more sustainable development. This session will describe a number of legal strategies and options to engage with potential partners across government and private sectors who are interested in increasing climate resilience and supporting health.

Learning Areas:

Chronic disease management and prevention
Public health or related laws, regulations, standards, or guidelines
Public health or related public policy

Learning Objectives:
Discuss legal strategies which may encourage collaboration across sectors to advance adaptation to climate change. Identify three innovative laws or policies being implemented at the state, tribal, and local levels to increase climate resilience.

Keyword(s): Climate and Health, Law

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am an experienced public health lawyer. I am conducting research and analysis of public health law approaches to build climate resilience.
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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