Climate Change and Underserved Communities

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• Personal Author:
  Fawibe, Omotayo ; Morelli, Vincent ; Ziegler, Carol
• Description:
  Primary care providers can act as critical advocates for the populations they serve by promoting climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies to optimize the health spans of patients. As frontline providers, primary care providers are critical informants for policymakers, public health researchers, and patients on the emerging health impacts of climate change. In addition to emergency preparedness in the face of increasing climate-related events, primary care providers must be aware of increased risks to marginalized patients related to both extreme weather and vector-borne illnesses and of mental health and environmental impacts on chronic disease management. By educating emerging health care providers as well as patients about this great threat to public health, primary care providers can increase the resilience of the patients they care for in the face of increasing pressure from climate-related changes. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Climate Change Community Health Services Disaster Planning Education Emergencies Healthcare Disparities Health Personnel Mental Health Nervous System Occupational Health Safety

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• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Climate Change Climate Change Community Health Emergency Preparedness Global Warming Greenhouse Gas Emissions Greenhouse Gases Health Care Health Disparities Mental Health Patient Education Physicians

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• ISSN:
  0095-4543
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 4 ; Tennessee
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  14 pdf pages
• Volume:
  44
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20066958
• Citation:
  Prim Care 2017 Mar; 44(1):171-184
• Contact Point Address:
  Vincent Morelli MD, Sports Medicine Fellowship, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Meharry Medical College, 1005 Dr D. B. Todd Boulevard, Nashville, TN 37208, USA
• Email:
  vmorelli@mmc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• Performing Organization:
  Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20080701
• Source Full Name:
  Primary Care
• End Date:
  20270630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e93062c7ea5044fa6f738cf5b1846cbce13f0c64d368d0e96982140cff51de6afa6ee7ce959aa2429ef1e562c3e0e918581a5b8a5b0a9b5157243498d1f5b5c1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/230830/cdc_230830_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 624.60 KB ]