Spring Virtual Training 2018: Health Impacts of Weather on People Experiencing Homelessness

National Health Care for the Homeless Council. 03/01/2018 This 52-minute webinar provides an overview of how research has informed healthy public policy about the ways in which people experiencing homelessness are vulnerable to the adverse health impacts of weather, and how these impacts may worsen with climate change. It discusses a study that was conducted to inform health public policy and service planning considerations to better protect the health of people experiencing homelessness during extreme weather. (Video or Multimedia)

Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - April 23, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news