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.

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

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Description	1 online resource (xvi, 138 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps
	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
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
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Subject	Climatic changes -- Health aspects -- United States -- Congresses.
	Climatic changes -- Health aspects.
	United States.
	Climatic changes.
	Medical climatology -- United States -- Congresses.
	Medical climatology.
	Human beings -- Effect of climate on -- United States -- Congresses.
	Human beings -- Effect of climate on.
	Medical geography -- United States -- Congresses.
	Environmental health -- Planning -- United States -- Congresses.
	Medical geography.
	Climatic changes.
	Environmental health.
	Environmental health.
	United States.
	Environmental health -- Planning.
	climate change.
Genre/Form	Congress.
	Electronic books.
	Conference papers and proceedings.
	Conference papers and proceedings.
Added 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.
Other Form:	Print version: Pray, Leslie A. Protecting the health and well-being of communities in a changing climate. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2018 9780309463454
ISBN	0309463483 (e-book)
	0309463467
	9780309463461
	9780309463485 (electronic book)
	9780309463454 (paperback)
	0309463459 (paperback)
Standard No.	10.17226/24846

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