Climate change, human health and the role of environmental health practitioners

dc.contributor.authorWright, Caradee Yael
dc.contributor.authorMathee, Angela
dc.contributor.authorGarland, Rebecca M.
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-14T06:46:11Z
dc.date.available2014-08-14T06:46:11Z
dc.date.issued2014-08
dc.description.abstractThere is advanced consensus on the anthropogenic roots of climate change. Extreme weather events, including storms of increased intensity or frequency, heatwaves, floods and droughts, as well as rising sea levels and crop failure, are among the most significant associated environmental and public health challenges. Such climate and environmental changes place at risk the fundamental human resources for health, such as shelter, clean water, air quality, and food security and quality. Environmental health practitioners (EHPs) have for decades played a critical role in monitoring and controlling the quality and health of the human environment. They now have an equally important role to play with regard to adaptation strategies and measures to protect communities against the challenges of climate variability at a grassroots level.en_US
dc.description.librarianam2014en_US
dc.description.urihttp://www.samj.org.zaen_US
dc.identifier.citationWright, CY, Mathee, A & Garland, RM 2014, 'Climate change, human health and the role of environmental health practitioners', South African Medical Journal, vol. 104, no. 8, pp. 518-519.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0256-9574 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2078-5135 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.7196/SAMJ.7994
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/41265
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherHealth and Medical Publishing Groupen_US
dc.rightsHealth and Medical Publishing Groupen_US
dc.subjectClimate changeen_US
dc.subjectHuman healthen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental health practitioners (EHPs)en_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental healthen_US
dc.titleClimate change, human health and the role of environmental health practitionersen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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