title: Climate Change and Public Health.
abstract: It is clear that the public health community is concerned about the human health impacts of climate change, but are we inadvertently underestimating the scope of the problem and obfuscating potentially useful interventions by using a narrow intellectual frame in our discussions with policy makers? If we take a more holistic approach, we see that the public health impacts of climate change are only one subset of the enormous public health impacts of fossil fuel burning. This broader perspective can provide a more accurate and comprehensive assessment that is more useful for decision making in public policy settings.
authors.affiliation: 1 Public Health Program, Regis College, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ciesielski
mesh_terms: D057231:Climate Change; D005579:Fossil Fuels; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health; D011640:Public Policy
chemical_list: D005579:Fossil Fuels
keywords: climate change; energy policy; fossil fuels; issue framing; public health