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Climate Change: Our Health in the Balance Theme of Public Health Week – April 7-13
Climate change is a global crisis that will have serious effects around the world. The public health community has an important role to play in making the connection between the way we lead our lives, our impact on the planet, and the planet’s impact on our health and well-being. Changing climate impacts weather and natural disasters which can lead to public health emergencies. In this spirit, the organizer of National Public Health Week (NPHW), the American Public Health Association (APHA) has declared this year’s NPHW theme as “Climate Change: Our Health in the Balance." NPHW was proclaimed the first full week of April by former President Bill Clinton in 1995. Since then, the public health community has dedicated itself annually to raising awareness to issues that are important to improving the health of the public. The APHA, has unveiled it’s first-ever blueprint for combating the health impacts of climate change. The blueprint includes recommendations include education and outreach, research, advocacy, support best practices, and healthy behavior. The Yale Center for Public Health Preparedness also released a newsletter describing the impact climate change will have on American regions, what public health’s role is, and what steps an individual can take in their daily life to impact climate change. APHA/NPHW asks individuals to commit to making small changes in their daily lives during National Public Health Week. Changes in lifestyle include, but are not limited to: recycling, eating differently and traveling differently. The Healthy Climate Pledge is available online. For information on how to fight climate change and how public health is going green, please visit the NPHW blogspot. ~Story by Marcie Addy
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