About these resources
Provided below are guidance documents and trainings to help public health professionals research and address the effects of climate change on human health.
Climate and Health Training for Health Departments
ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø's Climate and Health Program worked with the ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Foundation and NORC at the University of Chicago to create a climate and health course titled "." The course includes sections on climate and health basics, integrating climate and health into health department activities, and tools and examples to help health departments build climate resilience. The training also provides resources for health department personnel to use after completing the training.
Climate and Health Story Maps
ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø has published three story maps that address important climate and health issues. These story maps address the use of green spaces to improve health and mitigate climate change, how the Climate-Ready States and Cities Initiative (CRSCI) helps prevent and reduce the health effects of poor air quality, and what CRSCI grant recipients are doing to prepare for and respond to the health impacts of climate change.