Heat-health action plans : guidance / edited by Franziska Matthies ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Matthies, Franziska.

World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe.

Series:

Euro Nonserial Publication

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heat waves (Meteorology)--Health aspects--Europe.

Heat waves (Meteorology).

Heat exhaustion--Europe--Prevention.

Heat exhaustion.

Heat stroke--Europe--Prevention.

Heat stroke.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (58 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Copenhagen, Denmark : World Health Organization, Europe, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Climate change is leading to variations in weather patterns and an apparent increase in extreme weather events, including heat-waves. Recent heat-waves in the WHO European Region have led to a rise in related mortality but the adverse health effects of hot weather and heat-waves are largely preventable. This guidance results from the EuroHEAT project on improving public health responses to extreme weather/heatwaves, co-funded by WHO and the European Commission. It explains the importance of the development of heat–health action plans, their characteristics and core elements, with examples f

Contents:

Preliminaries; CONTENTS; 1. Introduction; 2. Heat and health; 3. Heat–health action plans; References; Further reading; Web links to selected European heat–health action plans; Annex: Public health response to heat-waves: a set of information sheets;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-281-93786-X

92-890-7197-4

9786611937867

OCLC:

503445635