Sustainable and Resilient Health Care in the Face of a Changing Climate

Climate change is a threat multiplier, exacerbating underlying vulnerabilities, worsening human health, and disrupting health systems' abilities to deliver high-quality continuous care. This review synthesizes the evidence of what the health care sector can do to adapt to a changing climate whi...

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Veröffentlicht in:Annual review of public health 2023-04, Vol.44 (1), p.255-277
Hauptverfasser: Sherman, Jodi D, MacNeill, Andrea J, Biddinger, Paul D, Ergun, Ozlem, Salas, Renee N, Eckelman, Matthew J
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Climate change is a threat multiplier, exacerbating underlying vulnerabilities, worsening human health, and disrupting health systems' abilities to deliver high-quality continuous care. This review synthesizes the evidence of what the health care sector can do to adapt to a changing climate while reducing its own climate impact, identifies barriers to change, and makes recommendations to achieve sustainable, resilient health care systems.
ISSN:0163-7525
1545-2093
DOI:10.1146/annurev-publhealth-071421-051937