Climate Health: A Public Health Emergency!
September 26 – September 27, 2019
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Objectives
After attending this meeting, participants will…
Take action at a local level to prevent climate change
Work with community partners to prevent climate change
Use existing resources and tools available to help health officers
Communicate effectively to others about climate change
Thursday, September 26
7:15 REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST
8:00 WELCOME
Kenneth Cutler, MD, MPH, President, Health Officers Association of California; Health Officer, Nevada County
SESSION 1: OVERCOMING THE OVERWHELM: INTRODUCTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Facilitator: Olivia Kasirye, MD
8:15 Introduction to Climate Change
Carl Mears, PhD, The Climate Center
9:15 Climate Change and the Role of the Health Officer
Jonathan Fielding, MD, MPH, Distinguished Professor in Residence, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
10:15 BREAK
10:30 Communicating Hope
Amanda Begley, The Climate Center
11:30 Youth Voices
12:00 LUNCHEON
SESSION 2: OVERCOMING INERTIA: HOW HEALTH OFFICERS ARE TAKING ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Facilitator: Nichole Quick, MD
1:30 Using Your Role as Health Officer to Impact Climate Change
Richard Jackson, MD, MPH, Professor Emeritus, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
2:00 The National Syndromic Surveillance Program and California
Michael A. Coletta, MPH, U.S. Center for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention
Julie Vaishampayan, MD, MPH, Health Officer, Stanislaus County
Karman Tam, MPH, Epidemiologist, Sacramento County
3:00 BREAK
3:15 Local Health Departments in Action on Climate Change
Wilma Wooten, MD, MPH, San Diego County
Megan Sheffield, Sacramento County
Tomás Aragón, MD, DrPH, City and County San Francisco
Penny Borenstein, MD, MPH, San Luis Obispo County
4:15 Convening Stakeholders
Jane Sooby, California Certified Organic Farmers
Destiny Rodriguez, The Climate Center
David Braun, Rootskeeper
5:00 ADJOURN
Friday, September 27
7:15 REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST
SESSION 3: TOOLS TO TAKE HOME
Facilitator: Gary Pace, MD
8:00 Native American Voices
8:30 State Resources Available for Local Health Officers: Interactive Workshop
Linda Helland, CDPH Office of Health Equity
Jason Vargo, CDPH Office of Health Equity
9:30 Invited: Cal EPA
10:00 Funding Climate Change Efforts
Solange Gould, CDPH Office of Health Equity
Jody London, Contra Costa County
10:30 BREAK
10:45 Climate Change: The Big Picture
Linda Rudolph, MD
11:30 Facilitated Discussion on Actions to Take
12:00 ADJOURN