Report from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM): Exploring Community Flood Impacts, Vulnerabilities, and Adaptation Strategies to Public Health Concerns. (click here to go to the report) This report is available for free as either a PDF or to be read online.
Summary provided by NASEM:
Climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of floods, posing serious threats to lives, livelihoods, and the future of affected communities. To explore opportunities to prevent and mitigate inequitable health impacts from flooding, the National Academies Environmental Health Matters Initiative (EHMI) organized a workshop on March 13 and 18, 2024, titled Communities, Climate Change, and Health Equity: Exploring Flood Adaptation Strategies to Support Health Equity. The workshop was the fourth in a series of EHMI events exploring the state of knowledge on climate-related health disparities. Through presentations, shared stories, and interactive discussions, participants explored health risks posed by flooding events, effective adaptation strategies for community resilience and climate adaptation, and ways to foster partnerships among government, academia, and the private sector to implement these strategies both locally and regionally.
Contributor(s): National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Division on Earth and Life Studies; Board on Life Sciences; Water Science and Technology Board; Anne Johnson, Charles Burgis, Audrey Thévenon, and Sabina Vadnay, Rapporteurs
Summary provided by NASEM:
Climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of floods, posing serious threats to lives, livelihoods, and the future of affected communities. To explore opportunities to prevent and mitigate inequitable health impacts from flooding, the National Academies Environmental Health Matters Initiative (EHMI) organized a workshop on March 13 and 18, 2024, titled Communities, Climate Change, and Health Equity: Exploring Flood Adaptation Strategies to Support Health Equity. The workshop was the fourth in a series of EHMI events exploring the state of knowledge on climate-related health disparities. Through presentations, shared stories, and interactive discussions, participants explored health risks posed by flooding events, effective adaptation strategies for community resilience and climate adaptation, and ways to foster partnerships among government, academia, and the private sector to implement these strategies both locally and regionally.
Contributor(s): National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Division on Earth and Life Studies; Board on Life Sciences; Water Science and Technology Board; Anne Johnson, Charles Burgis, Audrey Thévenon, and Sabina Vadnay, Rapporteurs
NCH2 2024 Summit: IDEAS* Pathways (Inclusive, Diverse, Equitable, Accessible, and Safe Nature Spaces)
La Ronda Parakkata
Chicago Adventure Therapy
For Additional Guidance on Program Development, Planning, Context, and Understanding
- IDEAS Framework
- Agenda
- List of Attendees
- Creating IDEAS Spaces: A Tool for Reflection
- Shared Agreements
La Ronda Parakkata
Chicago Adventure Therapy
For Additional Guidance on Program Development, Planning, Context, and Understanding
- A new park development tool for park supervisors and public health staff! Find it here. This tool released by the National Parks and Recreation Association offers suggestions to increase physical activity in these green spaces. Parks and recreation are essential to community health, and resilience and well-being. With community engagement, part of what is recommended in this tool, local park and recreation agencies and public health agencies can maximize the impact of park resources for all ages and abilities.
- The Center for American Progress published "The Nature Gap" in 2020 describing and documenting in detail how people of color, families with children, and low-income communities are most likely to be deprived of the benefits that nature provides. Similar to the NCH2 mission statement the forward to this report states: "Clean drinking water, clean air, public parks and beaches, biodiversity, and open spaces are shared goods to which every person in the United States has an equalright both in principle and in law. Nature is supposed to be...free, universal, and accessible to all humans without discrimination.1
- The Trust for Public Land released a new report in late May, 2023 about the public health effects of quality, safe, and convenient parks in the most populous cities. Find it here. Using data from the Centers for Disease Control and the TPL Parkscore, the report shows how parks affect physical and mental health. One of the key findings is that "across the Country, Parks Departments and Their Partners Are Leveraging Parks to Improve Health" and it provides several steps to heighten the impact of the park as a community-based asset.