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EPA Webinar: Climate Change Impacts on Children’s Health and Well-being in the Contiguous US
 

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Dr. Lauren Gentile

geographer and

environmental social scientist

Dr. Caitlin Gould

environmental health scientist

In April, the EPA’s Climate Change Division released a report quantifying how five climate change stressors may affect different aspects of children’s health in the contiguous United States. The above EPA staff members provide an overview of some of the results from this study in the video, and they discuss how the agency can better interact with and inform clinicians, parents and caregivers, and children throughout the Commonwealth and beyond.

Webinars

January 2023—General Assembly Legislative Preview, Dr. Bob Kitchen

 

June 2, 2022—Children’s Fundamental Rights, Health and the Climate Crisis, Our Children's Trust

 

March 24, 2022—Adding Climate Change to Your Healthcare Practice, Dr. Todd Sack

 

January 20, 2022—General Assembly Legislative Preview, Dr. Bob Kitchen

 

November 18, 2021—Electric Rural Cooperatives & Climate Change, Andrea Miller, Karen Campblin, and Seth Heald

 

October 21, 2021—Mental Health & Climate Change, Drs. Kelsey Hudson and Melissa Marselle

 

September 22, 2021—Incorporating Climate Health into Medical Education, UVA, Shenandoah, and George Washington University students

 

August 5, 2021—Climate Change, Heat, and Sports Safety, Dr. Andrew Grundstein

 

June 10, 2021—Geographical Patterns of Heat Illness in the Rural Southeast U.S and the Factors that Control Its Incidence

 

May 13, 2021—Climate Change and Pregnancy, Dr. Nathaniel G. DeNicola

 

April 15, 2021—Climate Change, Pollen Exposure Dynamics, and Burden of Allergic Disease in the Northeast U.S., Dr. Amir Sapkota

 

March 18, 2021—Climate and Social Injustice, La'Veesha Rollins

 

February 18, 2021—Medication Disposal, Sustainable Pharmacy Project

 

January 12, 2021—2021 General Assembly Preview: Climate and Health Priorities, Dr. Bob Kitchen

 

November 23, 2020—The Health Impacts of Transportation Emissions in the Commonwealth, Dr. Drew Harris

 

October 29, 2020—High-Value Anesthesia Care and the Social Cost of Carbon, Dr. Matthew J. Meyer

 

September 17, 2020—Belly of the Beast: Food, Water, and Gastrointestinal Illness in our Changing Climate, Dr. Rebecca Philipsborn

 

August 6, 2020—The Changing Patterns of Harmful Algal Blooms, Dr. Kimberly Reece

 

July 2, 2020—The Dangers of Heat Exposure for Outdoor Workers, Drs. Julia Gohlke and Robert Kitchen

 

June 11, 2020—The Enduring Legacy of Inequitable Heat Exposure in U.S. Cities, Dr. Jeremy Hoffman

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CME Instructions

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Environmental Sustainability in Healthcare

Environmental Sustainability in Healthcare

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How Climate Change is Harming the Health of Virginians

How Climate Change is Harming the Health of Virginians

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Health Professionals Support Climate Action Now

Health Professionals Support Climate Action Now

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VCCA Healthcare Sustainability Committee Meeting-20230907_190258-Meeting Recording

VCCA Healthcare Sustainability Committee Meeting-20230907_190258-Meeting Recording

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Transportation and Health in Virginia - Dr. Irene Mathieu
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Transportation and Health in Virginia - Dr. Irene Mathieu

Dr. Irène P. Mathieu is a pediatrician, writer, and public health researcher at the University of Virginia who discusses the health impact of air pollution and carbon emissions on pediatric patients, and the disproportionate harm these have on communities of color.
Transportation and Health in Virginia - Dr. Tim O'Mara
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Transportation and Health in Virginia - Dr. Tim O'Mara

Dr. Timothy O'Mara is a pediatrician serving the northern Virginia area who discusses the health impacts of traffic-related air pollution on his patients.
Transportation and Health in Virginia - Dr. Dana Albon
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Transportation and Health in Virginia - Dr. Dana Albon

Dr. Dana Albon is a pulmonologist and medical director of the University of Virginia Adult Cystic Fibrosis Clinic who speaks about the respiratory impacts of traffic-related air pollution on her patients with lung disease.
Transportation and Health in Virginia - Dr. Paul DiLorenzo
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Transportation and Health in Virginia - Dr. Paul DiLorenzo

Dr. Paul DiLorenzo is a cardiologist serving the northern Virginia area who discusses the cardiovascular impacts of traffic-related air pollution on his patients.
Dr. Mathieu: How can Virginians breathe easier?
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Dr. Mathieu: How can Virginians breathe easier?

Learn more: https://www.virginiaclinicians.org/transportation Transportation pollution in Virginia hurts our children and Black and Latino communities. Health professionals like Dr. Mathieu know there are things we can do to protect our families’ health.
Dr. O'Mara: How can Virginians breathe easier?
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Dr. O'Mara: How can Virginians breathe easier?

Learn more: https://www.virginiaclinicians.org/transportation Transportation pollution in Virginia causes thousands of asthma attacks and bronchitis/respiratory symptoms in children yearly. Health professionals like Dr. O’Mara know there are things we can do to protect our families’ health.
Human Health and Climate Change
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Human Health and Climate Change

Title: Welcome to Climate Change and Health – From Science to Practice
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Title: Welcome to Climate Change and Health – From Science to Practice

United States Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, welcomes you to the encore presentation of Climate Change and Health – From Science to Practice. Climate change poses a serious, immediate and global threat to human health and the responsibility for taking action to address this threat rests with every person, every community, every leader and every government around the world. Addressing climate change is a health issue and a moral issue and each of us has a responsibility to do what we can, as much as we can and for as long as we can. Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://www.cdc.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/CommentPolicy.html This video can also be viewed at http://www.cdc.gov/cdcgrandrounds/video/2015/GRIntro-07-21-2015.wmv
How is climate change harming human health?

How is climate change harming human health?

Doctors Speak Out!
Climate Change: It’s About Health | Kaiser Permanente
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Climate Change: It’s About Health | Kaiser Permanente

Climate change is an urgent human health issue. Kaiser Permanente and others in health care are working to make the climate and health connection, to reduce the sector’s environmental footprint and to help create a healthier world for all people. www.kp.org/green
Do No Harm
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Do No Harm

In our fight against climate change, health care stands at a turning point in history and we can move to a tipping point. It's within our power and our mission. Dr. Martin Luther King said the moral arc of the universe bends towards justice. Join us as health care bends toward a more just and sustainable future. Learn more at www.donoharmstory.org
CDC Grand Rounds: Climate Change and Health – From Science to Practice
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CDC Grand Rounds: Climate Change and Health – From Science to Practice

Changes occurring in the world’s climate pose significant threats to human health and wellbeing and will have even greater impacts in the future. These threats are wide-ranging, including decreased air quality and increases in extreme weather events, wildfire, and illnesses transmitted by water, and disease-carriers, such as mosquitoes and ticks. Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://www.cdc.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/CommentPolicy.html This video can also be viewed at https://www.cdc.gov/cdcgrandrounds/video/2014/GR_12-16-2014.wmv
Is a warmer world a better world?
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Is a warmer world a better world?

Isn’t a warmer world a better world? I mean, who minds a little warmer weather, right? Find out in this all new episode of Global Weirding. Global Weirding is produced by KTTZ Texas Tech Public Media and distributed by PBS Digital Studios. New episodes every other Wednesday at 10 am central. Brought to you in part by: Bob and Linda Herscher, Freese and Nichols, Inc, and the Texas Tech Climate Science Center. Be sure to subscribe! http://globalweirdingseries.com https://www.facebook.com/globalweirding http://kttz.org http://katharinehayhoe.com links: http://emiguel.econ.berkeley.edu/research/quantifying-the-influence-of-climate-on-human-conflict http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=13-P13-00031&segmentID=1 http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/5/e1601555 http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014AGUFMPA24A..01M
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