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Management of Climate Change Adaptation at the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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As the nation’s public health agency, CDC recognizes that climate change poses a multifaceted and potentially significant threat to domestic public health. To facilitate climate change preparedness in public health, the agency developed the Climate and Health Program, which is housed in the National Center for Environmental Health. The program’s mission is to translate science for public health partners, develop decision support tools to facilitate climate change adaptation in public health, and to serve as a credible leader in planning for the human health impacts of a changing climate. Since its formation, the program has worked to articulate a public health approach to climate change and integrate science from public health and other sectors to facilitate public health adaptation efforts. The program has developed an adaptive management framework for public health, the BRACE framework, and is working cooperatively with several state and local health departments to pursue an evidence-based approach to climate change adaptation. As public health’s expertise and experience grows, the Climate and Health Program will work to continue disseminating relevant information for the increasing number of public health practitioners focused on reducing the adverse health effects of climate change.

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  1. Emory Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Jeremy J. Hess

  2. Climate and Health Program, NCEH, CDC, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Jeremy J. Hess

  3. Climate and Health Program, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Gino Marinucci, Paul J. Schramm, Arie Manangan & George Luber

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Hess, J.J., Marinucci, G., Schramm, P.J., Manangan, A., Luber, G. (2021). Management of Climate Change Adaptation at the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In: Pinkerton, K.E., Rom, W.N. (eds) Climate Change and Global Public Health. Respiratory Medicine. Humana, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54746-2_24

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