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- Title
SOME LESSONS LEARNED FROM PUBLIC HEALTH ON THE PROCESS OF ADAPTATION.
- Authors
Ebi, Kritstie L.; Smith, Joel; Burton, Ian; Scheraga, Joel
- Abstract
Lessons learned from more than 150 years of public health research and intervention can provide insights to guide public health professionals and institutions as they design and implement specific strategies, policies, and measures to increase resilience to climate variability and change. This paper identifies both some modifications to public health systems that may enhance adaptive capacity, and lessons drawn from the history of managing environmental and other threats in the public health sector that may have relevance for other sectors as they design approaches to increase their adaptive capacity to more effectively cope with climate variability and change.
- Subjects
PUBLIC health; ACTION research in public health; HUMAN services; CLIMATE change; HEALTH policy; NATIONAL health services; CLIMATOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL management; GLOBAL warming
- Publication
Mitigation & Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 2006, Vol 11, Issue 3, p607
- ISSN
1381-2386
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11027-006-3257-7