Title Protecting the health and well-being of communities in a changing climate : proceedings of a workshop / Leslie Pray, rapporteur ; Roundtable on Population Health Improvement, Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Health and Medicine Division, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2018] ©2018

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 138 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps Contents Introduction -- Setting the stage -- Regional perspectives from the South -- Regional perspectives from the Midwest -- Regional perspectives from the Northeast -- Regional perspectives from the West -- Reflections on the day Summary "On March 13, 2017, the Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine and the Roundtable on Population Health Improvement jointly convened a 1-day public workshop in Washington, DC, to explore potential strategies for public health, environmental health, health care, and related stakeholders to help communities and regions to address and mitigate the health effects of climate change. Participants discussed the perspectives of civic, government, business, and health-sector leaders, and existing research, best practices, and examples that inform stakeholders and practitioners on approaches to support mitigation of and adaptation to climate change and its effects on population health. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop"--Publisher's description Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Online resource; title from resource home page (National Academies Press, viewed May 11, 2018) Subject Climatic changes -- Health aspects -- United States -- Congresses Medical climatology -- United States -- Congresses Human beings -- Effect of climate on -- United States -- Congresses Medical geography -- United States -- Congresses Environmental health -- Planning -- United States -- Congresses Climatic changes. Environmental health. Climate Change Environmental Health Population Health Community Health Planning climate change. Environmental health Climatic changes Climatic changes -- Health aspects Environmental health -- Planning Human beings -- Effect of climate on Medical climatology Medical geography SUBJECT United States Subject United States Genre/Form proceedings (reports) Conference papers and proceedings Conference papers and proceedings. Actes de congrès. Form Electronic book Author National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Population Health Improvement, issuing body. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine, issuing body. Protecting the Health and Well-being of Communities in a Changing Climate (Workshop) (2017 : Washington, D.C.), author. ISBN 0309463483 0309463467 9780309463461 9780309463485

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