Global Climate Change and Human Health

An insightful and comprehensive text combining the health consequences of climate change with mitigation and adaptation strategies Now in its second edition, Global Climate Change and Human Health delivers an accessible and complete treatment of the impact of the world’s changing climate on human health and disease. In their discussions of this crucial and timely topic, the distinguished authors discuss topics like heat stress, dyspnea resulting from degraded air quality, fevers from vector-borne diseases, mental health stressors, and the critical issue of climate justice and disproportionate impacts upon the most vulnerable citizens and communities. New sections in the Second Edition include the economic impacts of human conflict and migration caused by climate change and the resilience of global health care systems. Among other important topics, Global Climate Change and Human Health, Second Edition explores: The intersection of COVID-19 and Climate Change Extreme weather events, including the role of public health in disaster risk reduction, and the effect of changing meteorological conditions on human health How changes in hydrology impact waterborne disease and the effects of climate change on water quality and waterborne pathogens Adaptation to, and the mitigation and governance of, climate change, including global perspectives on climate change, and the influence of international institutions and global governance on climate policy Perfect for students of public health, medicine, nursing, physicians’ assistant programs, pharmacy, and global health, Global Climate Change and Human Health will be valuable to anyone with an interest in the intersection of climate and human health and disease. Learn more about the impact of global warming and climate change on human health and disease The Second Edition of Global Climate Change and Human Health delivers an accessible and comprehensive exploration of the rapidly accelerating and increasingly ubiquitous effects of climate change and global warming on human health and disease. The distinguished and accomplished authors discuss the health impacts of the economic, climatological, and geopolitical effects of global warming. You'll learn about: The effect of extreme weather events on public health and the effects of changing meteorological conditions on human health How changes in hydrology impact the spread of waterborne disease and noninfectious waterborne threats Adaptation to, and the mitigation and governance of, climate change, including international perspectives on climate change adaptation Perfect for students of public health, medicine, nursing, and pharmacy, Global Climate Change and Human Health, Second Edition is an invaluable resource for anyone with an interest in the intersection of climate and human health and disease.

Learn the foundations of climate science and human health Global Climate Change and Human Health examines the environmental crisis from a public health and clinical health perspective, giving students and clinicians the information they need to prepare for the future of health care. Edited by George Luber, associate director for climate change at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Jay Lemery, associate professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and section chief of Wilderness and Environmental Medicine in the Department of Emergency Medicine, and including chapters written by luminaries in the field, this landmark book provides a comprehensive introduction to climate change and health. Students will learn about climate changes direct effect on health, including extreme weather events, altered and degraded ecosystems, and threats to human security and welfare. Discussions on mitigation and adaptation strategies, including disease surveillance, communications, and greening health care, as well as a primer on the core concepts of climate change science are presented. Each chapter has a specific section on the clinical correlations of the impact of climate change on health. Informative illustrations depict increasing aeroallergens, shifting vector habitats, emergent risks, and more. Visual teaching materials broken down by chapter (including PowerPoint lecture slides) are available for instructors. This book shows how human health will be —and already has been — affected and how health care practitioners need to start preparing. Understand the science behind climate change and climate variability Learn how the availability of food and clean water will affect public health Consider the diseases that will surge as vector populations swell Discover mitigation strategies targeted toward the health care community Understanding how climate change affects human rights and how international institutions are responding Increased temperatures bring algal blooms that threaten clean water. Degraded air quality brings allergies, asthma, and respiratory diseases. Ground pollutants lower the nutritional value of food crops. It's clear that climate change is very much a public health concern, and Global Climate Change and Human Health helps those preparing to be on the front lines of health care.