Guidance and Trainings
One goal of the climate change program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is helping to develop a national public health workforce that can research and address the effects of climate change on human health. This includes workforce development within CDC as well as external development through training, research funding, fellowships, internships, and partnerships with diverse stakeholders. An educated workforce will help to ensure the capacity exists within the public health sector to research and address the anticipated health impacts of climate change. Below are descriptions and specific examples of some of the mechanisms CDC’s Climate and Health Program is using to promote this goal.
Climate-Ready States and Cities Initiative Concept Documents
- Climate Change: The Public Health Responseexternal icon
- An Evidence-Based Public Health Approach to Climate Change Adaptationexternal icon
- Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Public Health Practice: Using Adaptive Management to Increase Adaptive Capacity and Build Resilienceexternal icon
- Building Resilience against Climate Effects: A Novel Framework to Facilitate Climate Readiness in Public Health Agenciesexternal icon
BRACE Technical Report Series
- Climate Models and the Use of Climate Projections: A Brief Overview for Health Departments pdf icon[PDF – 0.58 MB]
- Assessing health vulnerability to climate change: A guide for health departments pdf icon[PDF – 5.02 MB]
- Projecting Climate-Related Disease Burden: A Guide for Health Departments pdf icon[PDF – 7.8 MB]
- Technical Documentation on Exposure-Response Functions for Climate-Sensitive Health Outcomes pdf icon[PDF – 5.3 MB]
- Climate and Health Intervention Assessment: Evidence on Public Health Interventions to Prevent the Negative Health Effects of Climate Change pdf icon[PDF – 6.9 MB]
- Evidence on the use of Integrated Mosquito Management to Reduce the Risk of West Nile Outbreak after a Flooding Event pdf icon[PDF – 13 MB]
- The Effectiveness and Implementation of 4-Poster Deer Self-Treatment Devices for Tick-borne Disease Prevention pdf icon[PDF – 4.3 MB]
- The Use of Cooling Centers to Prevent Heat-Related Illness: Summary of Evidence and Strategies for Implementation pdf icon[PDF – 8 MB]
- Heat Response Plans: Summary of Evidence and Strategies for Collaboration and Implementation pdf icon[PDF – 14 MB]
Other Guidance
- Communicating the Health Effects of Climate Change ppt icon[PPT – 25 MB]
- Communicating the Health Effects of Climate Change pdf icon[PDF – 5 MB]
- Coastal Flooding, Climate Change, and Your Health: What You Can Do to Prepare pdf icon[PDF – 15 MB]
- Climate Change and Extreme Heat: What You Can Do to Prepare pdf icon[PDF – 8 MB]
- 12 Steps to Operationalize Climate Change in a Local Health Departmentexternal icon
- Recognizing, Preventing and Treating Heat-Related Illness: An e-learning course
- Climate Change and Extreme Heat Events Guidance pdf icon[PDF – 3.33 MB]
- Extreme Heat and Your Health
- CDC Extreme Heat Media Toolkit
- Heat Exposureand Cardiovascular Health: A Summary for Health Departments pdf icon[PDF – 7 MB]
Page last reviewed: December 10, 2020
Content source: National Center for Environmental Health