Evidence-based Interventions for Climate Change and Urban Health

Instructor: Josiah Kephart, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and the Urban Health Collaborative, Dornsife School of Public Health

Dates: Monday, June 22 - Friday, June 26

Times: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. EST

Format: Hybrid instruction ***(In-person attendance is required for local participants)

This course will provide an overview of 1) the public health impacts of global climate change in urban areas, 2) urban policies for climate change mitigation and adaptation and the tradeoffs with public health, and 3) principles and methods to evaluate scientific evidence and apply this evidence to local public health interventions.

Learning Objectives:

-Explain the scientific basis of observed and projected climate changes.

-Describe the broad spectrum of public health impacts of climate hazards in urban areas (heat waves, floods, air pollution, sea level rise, population displacement, etc.) and distinguish the ways in which climate exposures and health impacts are distributed differentially within and across urban populations.

-Identify urban policies to mitigate and adapt to climate change and characterize the public health benefits and harms of these policies, with a focus on vulnerable populations

-Define key concepts and methods to evaluate existing scientific evidence and apply this evidence to local urban policies

Prerequisite knowledge: Understanding of basic epidemiological concepts and methods, if possible.

Technical requirements: No software will be required. Students will use publicly available, online interactive apps/websites.

Continuing Education Credits*: 1.5 CEU or 15 CPH