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Climate change is an urgent public health problem that impacts everyone, including at-risk populations. Factors and climate change impacts that contribute to health disparities are discussed in this Mass General Blum Center presentation.
Climate change impacts our health, nutrition, and food sources. This presentation offers an overview of the effects of climate change that are causing complex health challenges in the community.
Barbara Belanger, DNP, RN, CNOR, gives an overview of the impacts of waste on our climate-changing environment and health, as well as healthcare initiatives for sustainability.
In this webinar, Dr. Jodi Sherman explores misguided notions about single-use disposable medical devices, which have resulted in increased health care expenditures, waste, pollution, and associated health damages.
Drs. Patrice Nicholas and Suellen Breakey offer an overview of how extreme heat and weather, poor air quality, hurricanes, flooding, rising sea levels, and post-disaster health challenges affect our mental health.
Join us to learn about the impact of climate change as one factor that influences the spread of diseases carried by vectors such as fleas, ticks, and mosquitoes.
Learn about the impact of extreme heat, risk factors, signs and symptoms, treatment options, and ways to prevent a heat-related illness.
This summer, Haines is partnering with Communities Responding to Extreme Weather (CREW) of Cambridge to host three free workshops to address these disparities and provide attendees with the tools and knowledge they need to stay safe during extreme heat events.
In this webinar, Dr. Cassandra Thiel provides an overview of the emerging field of “clinical sustainability” and what it means for healthcare to achieve zero greenhouse gas emissions.
In this webinar, Drs. Carlos A. Camargo and Joseph Hodgkin cover research and insights into traffic-related air pollution and childhood health, as well as the medical and humanitarian effects of nuclear weapons and avenues for clinician advocacy.