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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2011

Resilience to the health risks of extreme weather events in a changing climate in the United States.

Kristie L Ebi

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Towards Improved Linkage of Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in Health: A Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018
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  7. Climate Change Risk Perception in Taiwan: Correlation with Individual and Societal Factors.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018
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  10. Health care facilities resilient to climate change impacts.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2014
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  11. Managing the health impacts of drought in Brazil.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2014
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5 · Who and what money

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Kristie L EbiDepartment of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. krisebi@stanford.edu

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Current public health strategies, policies, and measures are being modified to enhance current health protection to climate-sensitive health outcomes. These modifications are critical to decrease vulnerability to climate variability, but do not necessarily increase resilience to future (and different) weather patterns. Communities resilient to the health risks of climate change anticipate risks; reduce vulnerability to those risks; prepare for and respond quickly and effectively to threats; and recover faster, with increased capacity to prepare for and respond to the next threat. Increasing resilience includes top-down (e.g., strengthening and maintaining disaster risk management programs) and bottom-up (e.g., increasing social capital) measures, and focuses not only on the risks presented by climate change but also on the underlying socioeconomic, geographic, and other vulnerabilities that affect the extent and magnitude of impacts. Three examples are discussed of public health programs designed for other purposes that provide opportunities for increasing the capacity of communities to avoid, prepare for, and effectively respond to the health risks of extreme weather and climate events. Incorporating elements of adaptive management into public health practice, including a strong and explicit focus on iteratively managing risks, will increase effective management of climate change risks.

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Climate ChangePublic Health PracticeWeatherDisastersRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsUnited Statesadaptationclimate changeextreme weather eventshealth impactsresilience

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PMID22408590
PMCPMC3290989

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