Overview
- Substantive text on the potential role of seasonal forecasting in public health
- Extensive review of climate and infectious disease
- Links climate science to policy and practice
- Ranges from impact on health of short term climate variability to longer term change
Part of the book series: Advances in Global Change Research (AGLO, volume 30)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Seasonal Climate Forecasting for Health
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Climate Change and Health
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Back Matter
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About this book
Awareness that many key aspects of public health are strongly influenced by climate is growing dramatically, driven by new research and experience and fears of climate change and the research needed to underpin policy developments in area is growing rapidly. This awareness has yet to translate into a practical use of climate knowledge by health policy-makers. Evidence based policy and practice is the mantra of the health sector. If climate scientists are to contribute effectively to health policy at local and global scales then careful empirical studies must be undertaken – focused on the needs of the public health policy and decision-makers.
Results presented at the Wengen conference make clear that the science and art of integrating climate knowledge into the control of climate sensitive diseases on a year to year time frame as well as careful assessments of the potential impacts of climate change on health outcomes over longer time frames is advancing rapidly on many fronts. This includes advances in the empirical understanding of mechanisms, methodologies for modeling future impacts, new partnership developments between the health and climate community along with access to relevant data resources, and education and training. In a rapidly evolving field this book provides a snapshot of these emerging themes.
Reviews
From the reviews:
"This book links climate changes with public health consequences … . written for policy makers and public health leaders to alert them to the effect of climate change and weather on human health. … This is a valuable contribution to the dialogue between experts in climate change and public health especially related to climate-induced changes in infectious disease patterns and the ability to anticipate and minimize the adverse health consequences of weather-related events." (Jeanne B. Hewitt, Doody’s Review Service, October, 2008)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Seasonal Forecasts, Climatic Change and Human Health
Book Subtitle: Health and Climate
Editors: Madeleine C. Thomson, Ricardo Garcia-Herrera, Martin Beniston
Series Title: Advances in Global Change Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6877-5
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-6876-8Published: 31 March 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7747-9Published: 22 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-6877-5Published: 30 April 2008
Series ISSN: 1574-0919
Series E-ISSN: 2215-1621
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 232
Topics: Public Health, Meteorology, Environment, general, Tropical Medicine