MWU Library: Environment, Climate Change, and Health Equity: Climate Change

Climate Change

As Earth heats, health care providers will be impacted in many ways.

Northward movement of vectors will spread disease to both human and animal populations unfamiliar with them
Increased weather-related natural disasters will tax emergency services
Plants and animals unable to adapt or be adapted may lead to more nutrition-based health issues

Climate Change and Human Health Literature Portal
from the NEIHS. An integrated, curated bibliographic database of global peer-reviewed research and gray literature on the science of climate impacts on human health.

Climate Change and Human Health
from the US Environmental Protection Agency
Climate Change and Health Fact Sheet
from the World Health Organizaiton
Climate Effects on Health
from the Center for Disease Control
Climate Change and Human Health
from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS, part of NIH)
Human Health Impacts of Climate Change
from the NIEHS
Climate Impacts on Human Health
Detailed, referenced website with a few Chicago details
Climate Change and Health Equity: Key Questions and Answers
from KFF (formerly Kaiser Family Foundation, the 'independent source for health policy research, polling, and journalism.'

Open access articles on including climate change in health sciences curricula.

Are we teaching the health impacts of climate change in a clinically relevant way? A systematic narrative review of biomechanism-focused climate change learning outcomes in medical curricula
Climate Change Education and Sustainability in Academic Medicine
A collection of recent articles from the journal Academic Medicine, from the Association of American Medical Colleges, on the importance of teaching medical trainees about climate change and current efforts to do so, sustainability initiatives in medical education and health care, and discussions about the role of health professionals in responding to this public health crisis.