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Climate Change Implications for Population Health: A Workshop

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On March 13, 2017, the Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research and Medicine, and the Roundtable on Population Health Improvement held a joint workshop on Protecting the Health and Wellbeing of Communities in a Changing Climate.

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An ad hoc committee will plan and convene a one-day public workshop exploring the implications of climate change for population health and the potential strategies public health, environmental health, health care, and related stakeholders can implement to help communities and regions address and mitigate health effects. The committee will develop the agenda and identify meeting objectives, select appropriate speakers, and moderate the discussions. The workshop will explore the perspectives of civic, government, business, and health sector leaders, and highlight 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. A brief proceedings of a workshop and a complete proceedings based on the presentations and discussions at the workshop will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines.

Collaborators

Committee

Henry A. Anderson

Member

Paul A. Biedrzycki

Member

John Bolduc

Member

Kathy Gerwig

Member

Surili Patel

Member

Linda Rudolph

Member

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Sponsors

Aetna Foundation

California Endowment

Colgate Palmolive

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Department of Health and Human Services

ExxonMobil

GE

Health Partners

Health Resources and Services Administration

Kaiser Permanente

Kresge Foundation

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Nemours

New York State Health Foundation

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (DHHS/OASH)

Private: For Profit

Private: Non Profit

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Samueli Institute

Shell

The Rippel Foundation

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

Staff

Alina Baciu

Lead

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