A5088170802- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy
- Global Health and Surgery
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
- Public Health Policies and Education
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Parasites and Host Interactions
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Trypanosoma species research and implications
- Global Health and Epidemiology
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
Alberta Health
2022
Alberta Health Services
2022
University of Calgary
2020-2021
University of Lethbridge
2021
University of Saskatchewan
2016
McGill University
2014
The purpose of this Consensus Statement is to provide a global, collaborative, representative and inclusive vision for educating an interprofessional healthcare workforce that can deliver sustainable promote planetary health. It intended inform national global accreditation standards, planning action at the institutional level as well highlight role individuals in transforming health professions education. Many countries have agreed 'rapid, far-reaching unprecedented changes' reduce...
People around the world are increasingly facing pressing challenges of today's interconnected environmental, social, and health crises. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an important wake-up call reminding us that we need a healthy planet to ensure all people.1Plowright RK Reaser JK Locke H et al.Land use-induced spillover: action safeguard animal, human health.Lancet Planet Health. 2021; 5: e237-e245Summary Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (48) Google Scholar emerging field planetary is framework...
A number of planetary boundaries, including climate change as a result greenhouse gas emissions, has already been exceeded. This situation deleterious consequences for public health. Paradoxically, 4.4% these emissions are attributable to the healthcare sector. These problems have not sufficiently acknowledged in health professions curricula. paper addresses two main issues, humanistic learning and application knowledge acquisition clinical practice. Humanistic principles can be used...
Our planet is changing, and as with any drastic upheaval to patients' surroundings, global environmental changes affect individual health. Climate change a major threat ecosystems the wellbeing of current future generations people. From wildfire-related evacuation hospitals spread Lyme disease heat-related deaths injuries, health effects climate are becoming increasingly clear in Canada.1Howard C Buse Rose MacNeill A Parkes M The Lancet Countdown on change: policy brief for Canada....
Climate change and the declining state of planet’s ecosystems, due mainly to a global resource-driven economy consumptive lifestyles wealthy, are impacting health well-being all Earth’s inhabitants. Although ‘planetary health’ was coined in 1980, it only early 2000s that call came for paradigm shift medical education include impact ecosystem destabilization increasing prevalence vector-borne diseases. The response was, however, slow, with sustainable healthcare climate educational agenda...
BackgroundFirst Nations people are experiencing increasing rates of obesity and type 2 diabetes but no anthropometric information exists from before the 1950s to provide context these epidemics.ObjectiveTo compare indices First children youth on first entering residential schools with historical contemporary reference groups.MethodsThis observational cross-sectional study used archival records Department Indian Affairs calculate body mass index (BMI), height for age (HA) weight (WA) all...
Background The WHO has established the disability-adjusted life year (DALY) as a metric for measuring burden of human disease and injury globally. However, most DALY estimates have been calculated national totals. We mapped spatial variation in African trypanosomiasis (HAT) Uganda years 2000–2009. This represents first geographically delimited estimation HAT at sub-country scale. Methodology/Principal Findings Disability-adjusted life-year totals were estimated based on modelled age...
People experiencing poverty are highly exposed to climatic events due multiple intersecting factors. This commentary centres on poverty, generally, and homelessness, specifically in considering the impacts of climate change health equity Canada. We propose prioritizing reduction prevention over emergency response through measures such as universal basic income enhanced housing standards. Such work can be grounded inclusive assessments risks leveraged interventions, Indigenous leadership,...