Management of Climate Change Adaptation at the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Hess, Jeremy; Marinucci, Gino; Schramm, Paul; Manangan, Arie; Luber, George

doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-8417-2_20

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“…Major steps in projection of climate-associated disease burdens (adapted from [7] with permission from Springer ® ).…”

Section: Building Resilience Against Climate Effects (Brace)mentioning

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“…The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), through the work of its Climate and Health Program, is one of the lead entities supporting state, tribal, local and territorial public health agencies to adapt to climate change in the U.S. [7]. One difficulty that has been identified in readying public health agencies is that climate change is a relatively novel concern and frontline actors in state and local agencies feel unprepared to address the challenges posed by climate change as a result of incomplete knowledge, inadequate staffing, and insufficient training in activities required to facilitate climate change adaptation [8].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Building Resilience against Climate Effects—A Novel Framework to Facilitate Climate Readiness in Public Health Agencies

Marinucci

Luber

Uejio

et al. 2014

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Climate change is anticipated to have several adverse health impacts. Managing these risks to public health requires an iterative approach. As with many risk management strategies related to climate change, using modeling to project impacts, engaging a wide range of stakeholders, and regularly updating models and risk management plans with new information—hallmarks of adaptive management—are considered central tenets of effective public health adaptation. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has developed a framework, entitled Building Resilience Against Climate Effects, or BRACE, to facilitate this process for public health agencies. Its five steps are laid out here. Following the steps laid out in BRACE will enable an agency to use the best available science to project likely climate change health impacts in a given jurisdiction and prioritize interventions. Adopting BRACE will also reinforce public health’s established commitment to evidence-based practice and institutional learning, both of which will be central to successfully engaging the significant new challenges that climate change presents.

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“…Major steps in projection of climate-associated disease burdens (adapted from [7] with permission from Springer ® ).…”

Section: Building Resilience Against Climate Effects (Brace)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Building Resilience against Climate Effects—A Novel Framework to Facilitate Climate Readiness in Public Health Agencies

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Luber

Uejio

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“…Public health organizations have shown an increasing interest in communicating with vulnerable populations in order to promote successful adaptation strategies for these health threats [ 4 ]. Indeed, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established a Climate and Health Program in 2009 [ 5 ]. Maryland participates in the CDC Climate-Ready States and Cities Initiative in which it is tasked with assessing state health vulnerabilities and potential interventions, developing and implementing a climate and health plan, and conducting ongoing activity evaluation.…”

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Vulnerable Populations Perceive Their Health as at Risk from Climate Change

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Delamater

Boules

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Climate change is already taking a toll on human health, a toll that is likely to increase in coming decades. The relationship between risk perceptions and vulnerability to climate change’s health threats has received little attention, even though an understanding of the dynamics of adaptation among particularly susceptible populations is becoming increasingly important. We demonstrate that some people whose health will suffer the greatest harms from climate change—due to social vulnerability, health susceptibility, and exposure to hazards—already feel they are at risk. In a 2013 survey we measured Maryland residents’ climate beliefs, health risk perceptions, and household social vulnerability characteristics, including medical conditions (n = 2126). We paired survey responses with secondary data sources for residence in a floodplain and/or urban heat island to predict perceptions of personal and household climate health risk. General health risk perceptions, political ideology, and climate beliefs are the strongest predictors. Yet, people in households with the following characteristics also see themselves at higher risk: members with one or more medical conditions or disabilities; low income; racial/ethnic minorities; and residence in a floodplain. In light of these results, climate health communication among vulnerable populations should emphasize protective actions instead of risk messages.

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“…CDC’s climate and health work began in 2006, and the Climate and Health Program was formally established in 2009 with congressional funding [ 11 ]. The program is the national leader in empowering communities to protect human health from a changing climate through implementation of a three-pronged approach: Building the evidence base through research and study of health impacts of climate change and effectiveness of interventions Expanding capacity through provision of funding and technical support Telling the story through implementation of a communication strategy …”

Section: Cdc’s Climate and Health Framework And Technical Assistancementioning

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Climate Change and Health: Local Solutions to Local Challenges

Schramm

Ahmed

Siegel

et al. 2020

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Purpose of Review Climate change has direct impacts on human health, but those impacts vary widely by location. Local health impacts depend on a large number of factors including specific regional climate impacts, demographics and human vulnerabilities, and existing local adaptation capacity. There is a need to incorporate local data and concerns into climate adaptation plans and evaluate different approaches. Recent Findings The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has provided funding, technical assistance, and an adaptation framework to assist localities with climate planning and activities. The differing processes with which states, cities, and tribes develop and implement adaptation plans have been observed. We outline examples of the implementation of CDC’s framework and activities for local adaptation, with a focus on case studies at differing jurisdictional levels (a state, a city, and a sovereign tribe). Summary The use of local considerations and data are important to inform climate adaptation. The adaptable implementation of CDC’s framework is helping communities protect health.

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Management of Climate Change Adaptation at the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Cited by 10 publications

References 23 publications

Building Resilience against Climate Effects—A Novel Framework to Facilitate Climate Readiness in Public Health Agencies

Building Resilience against Climate Effects—A Novel Framework to Facilitate Climate Readiness in Public Health Agencies

Vulnerable Populations Perceive Their Health as at Risk from Climate Change

Climate Change and Health: Local Solutions to Local Challenges

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