Environmental health, climate chaos and resilience.
The public health movement has a strong tradition of identifying health problems and tackling these through economic, social and environmental improvements and through advocacy for people's rights and entitlements. Since 9/11, and the floods, fuel crisis and foot and mouth disease in 2000-2001, the UK government has introduced the notion of 'resilience' - the requirement for statutory UK bodies to develop their capacity to respond to all major emergency risks from pandemic flu to terrorism. The new threats of environmental and climate change require public health practitioners to acquire new knowledge about ecology and climate change and to become advocates for equality, new economics, and sustainable development. The best efforts to promote health are also likely to be green, promoting and protective of human and environmental health as well.
Middleton
John
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Sandwell PCT, West Bromwich, B70 9LD, UK. j.d.middleton@btopenworld.com
D003153:Community Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000191:economics*; D004782:Environmental Health / Q000191:economics*; D014943:Global Health; D017752:Greenhouse Effect; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health; D012499:Sanitation / Q000191:economics; D012923:Social Class; D012935:Social Justice; D040241:Social Marketing