Public Health

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  1. Climate Change, Noncommunicable Diseases, and Development: The Relationships and Common Policy Opportunities

    Annual Review of Public Health Vol. 32: 133-47. S. Friel, K. Bowen, D. Campbell-Lendrum, H. Frumkin, A.J. McMichael, and K. Rasanathan. ABSTRACT: The rapid growth in noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), including injury and poor mental health, in low- and middle-income countries and the widening social gradients in NCDs within most countries worldwide pose major challenges to health and social systems and to development more generally. […] These two great and urgent contemporary human challenges—to improve global health, especially the control of NCDs, and to protect people from the effects of climate change—would benefit from alignment of their policy agendas, offering synergistic opportunities to improve population and planetary health. Well-designed climate change policy can reduce the incidence of major NCDs in local populations.

    from SHEBA on 22 November 2010 | Direct link | Comment on this

  2. Departmental Sustainability Assessment

    The SDC publishes the findings of its pioneering sustainability assessment undertaken with the Department for Work and Pensions.

    from Sustainable Development Commission (SDC) on 24 January 2011 | Direct link | Comment on this

  3. A New Climate for Psychotherapy?

    Author: Rosemary Randall This is a pre-print of an article accepted for publication in ‘Psychotherapy and Politics International, Issue 3:3, September 2005, Copyright John Wiley and Sons Ltd. A short version of the article was first presented at the ‘Trajectories’ conference, Centre for Alternative Technology, May 6th- 8th 2005.

    from Cambridge Carbon Footprint on 04 November 2010 | Direct link | Comment on this

  4. Acting NOW for better health: A 30% reduction target for EU climate policy

    Our report quantifies the health benefits for Europeans of stronger EU action on climate change for both the EU and different Member States. It reframes the current discussions from climate costs to climate benefits, particularly for people’s health and healthcare systems.

    from Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) on 28 October 2010 | Direct link | Comment on this

  5. The health co-benefits of climate change policies: doctors have a responsibility to future generations.

    Mitigating climate change presents unrivalled opportunities for improving public health. The policies that need to be implemented to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will also bring about substantial reductions in heart disease, cancer, obesity, diabetes, road deaths and injuries, and air pollution. The health benefits arise because climate change policies necessarily impact on two of the most important determinants of health: human nutrition and human movement. Although the health co-benefits of climate change policies are increasingly recognised by health professionals they are not widely appreciated by those responsible for policy. Because the existence of important health co-benefits will dramatically reduce the cost to society of taking strong action to mitigate climate change, failure to appreciate their importance could have serious environmental consequences. Health professionals have an urgent responsibility to ensure that the health benefits of environmental policies are understood by the public and by policymakers. Roberts I. The health co-benefits of climate change policies: doctors have…

    from PubMed on 28 October 2010 | Direct link | Comment on this