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Climate Change and Health: Identifying Climate Risks and Resources for Our Patients in Milwaukee and Chicago

Discover Advocate Health - Midwest Library books, websites, and other resources on climate change’s impact on health.

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Resources

Learn more about the Advocate Health - Midwest 2024 Get Climate Smart - Actions for Health Professionals CE series.

August 8, 2024 session

Note: EPIC Dot phrase for patient after visit summary re: Cooling when temps are high courtesy of Kjersti Knox, MD for Milwaukee –KNOXCOOLING 

Resources/References for further reading:

Anderson, M. and McMinn, S. As Rising Heat Bakes U.S. Cities, The Poor Often Feel It Most. National Public Radio. https://www.npr.org/2019/09/03/754044732/as-rising-heat-bakes-u-s-cities-the-poor-often-feel-it-most. Accessed August 8, 2024 

Capon, O., Berry, P., Broderick, C., et al. (2021) Reducing the health effects of hot weather and heat extremes: from personal cooling strategies to green cities. The Lancet, 398 (10301), 709-724. https://libkey.io/libraries/1712/10.1016/s0140-6736(21)01209-5

Chase, B. Chicago’s historic heat wave may bring warmest stretch of nights in 91 years — what you need to know. WBEZ Chicago. https://www.wbez.org/weather/2024/06/17/chicago-weather-heat-dome-wave-hot-temperatures-what-you-should-know. Accessed August 8, 2024  

The Climate Resilience for Frontline Clinics Toolkit. americares. https://www.americares.org/what-we-do/community-health/climate-resilient-health-clinics/. Accessed August 8, 2024

Cooling Centers - Map. City of Chicago. https://data.cityofchicago.org/Health-Human-Services/Cooling-Centers-Map/cj7n-sh49. Accessed August 8, 2024

Cooling Sites in Milwaukee County. Milwaukee Health Department. https://city.milwaukee.gov/Health/Cooling-Sites. Accessed August 8, 2024

Ebi, K.L., Hess, J.J. Health Risks Due To Climate Change: Inequity In Causes And Consequences. Health Aff (Millwood). 2020 Dec;39(12):2056-2062. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.01125

Global climate summary for June 2024. NOAA Climate.gov. https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/global-climate-summary-june-2024. Accessed August 8, 2024  

Heat and Housing for Heroes. Heat For Heroes. https://heat4heroes.org/Apply-For-Assistance. Accessed August 8, 2024

Heat and Medications - Guidance for Clinicians. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/heat-health/hcp/clinical-guidance/heat-and-medications-guidance-for-clinicians.html. Accessed August 8, 2024

Heat Is Killing Thousands, and Big Events Have Not Adjusted. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/25/world/australia/record-heat-deaths-events.html. Accessed August 8, 2024

Heat Risk. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://ephtracking.cdc.gov/Applications/HeatRisk/. Accessed August 8, 2024

Heutel, G., Miller, N., & Molitor, D. (2017). Adaptation and the Mortality Effects of Temperature Across U.S. Climate Regions. National Bureau of Economic Research. doi: 10.3386/w23271 

How to register in Illinois | Vote.gov. U.S. General Services Administration. https://vote.gov/register/illinois. Accessed August 8, 2024

IPCC, 2023: Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report. Contribution of Working Groups I, II and III to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Core Writing Team, H. Lee and J. Romero (eds.)]. IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland, pp. 35-115, doi: 10.59327/IPCC/AR6-9789291691647.

Kaeding, D. Too hot to sleep? New report says climate change causing more hot nights in Wisconsin. Wisconsin Public Radio. https://www.wpr.org/news/too-hot-sleep-report-climate-change-night-temperature. Accessed August 8, 2024 

LIHEAP Toolkits. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ocs/programs/liheap/liheap-toolkits. Accessed August 8, 2024 

Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. National Center for Appropriate Technology. https://liheapch.acf.hhs.gov/search-tool/. Accessed August 8, 2024

MyVote Wisconsin. State of Wisconsin Elections Commission. https://myvote.wi.gov/. Accessed August 8, 2024

Seasonal Termination Protection Regulations. National Center for Appropriate Technology. https://liheapch.acf.hhs.gov/Disconnect/SeasonalDisconnect.htm. Accessed August 8, 2024

The Sun and Your Medicine. U.S. Food & Drug Administration. https://www.fda.gov/drugs/special-features/sun-and-your-medicine. Accessed August 8, 2024 

Urban Heat Islands. Climate Central. https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-matters/urban-heat-islands. Accessed August 8, 2024 

Utility Energy Assistance. Illinois Commerce Commission. https://www.icc.illinois.gov/consumers/utility-energy-assistance. Accessed August 8, 2024