Spring 2027

Climate Change Medicine

Reviews climate change's health impacts via pathways like heatwaves and air pollution, covering preparedness, prevention, and the Health in All Policies approach.

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Summary

What you’ll be able to do

  • Demonstrate key concepts in environmental health risk assessment.

  • Recognize the linkages between climate change and human health and well-being, as well as exposure pathways through which impacts occur.

  • Learn and recognize the value in using a “Health in all Policies” approach to prevention.

  • Recognize the main ways that actions to mitigate climate change has offer large benefits to health, especially in reducing chronic diseases

  • Develop effective risk communication strategies related to climate change and health.

  • Demonstrate ability to construct a Message Box to effectively prepare for interviews with the media, and to write an effective Op-Ed.

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POPHLTH 728

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Spring 2027

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LEC 008Classroom Instruction0 / 300

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Student experience

the class

Climate change threatens human health through multiple exposure pathways, including heatwaves, storms, air pollution, and effects on infectious diseases, nutrition, and mental health. Provides a thorough, up-to-date review of these health impacts and current strategies for preparedness and prevention. Introduces a "Health in All Policies" approach to optimize medical interventions addressing climate-related health risks and to explore potential health benefits from mitigating the root causes of climate change.

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Topics

  • Exposure pathways including heatwaves, storms, air pollution, infectious diseases, nutrition, and mental health
  • Health in All Policies approach and mitigation benefits

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  • Environmental health risk assessment
  • Risk communication strategies
  • Message Box construction and Op-Ed writing

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POPHLTH 728 · Spring 2027

Climate Change Medicine

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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