Region 2 Public Health Training Center
Climate Change and Flooding Risk
This course offers CPH — Free
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CEU
CPH
Cost
Free
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Time to Start
< 3 minutes
Length
1.00 hour
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This course focuses on how local health departments and their community partners can prepare for and address extreme precipitation events and the floods they cause. It will describe the specific steps that a fictitious local health department (based on a real county in upstate New York) took to learn about, quantify and assess the potential for flooding and then the steps they took to prepare and respond. It will describe the technical and adaptive challenges they faced.
What You'll Learn
- Explain how climate change is contributing to an increase in extreme weather events including floods and how climate change is worsening inequities
- Describe roles that local health agencies can play to prepare for and address the immediate health impacts of extreme weather events including floods
- Identify tools that can be used by a local health department to assess a county’s flood vulnerability and the risks to residents that are particularly vulnerable during a flood
- Recognize technical vs. adaptive challenges related to preparing for and responding to extreme weather events including floods
Competency Terms
Emergency Preparedness and Response (all hazards)
Environmental Public Health
Evidence-Based Decision Making
Related Occupations
Department/Bureau Director
Environmentalist
Public health - multiple occupations will benefit
Public Health Manager/Program Manager
Related Job Tasks
Assess and monitor population health status, factors that influence health, and community needs and assets
Investigate, diagnose, and address health problems and hazards affecting the population
Strengthen, support, and mobilize communities and partnerships to improve health