GH021
Multi-hazard Health Disasters: Exploring the Causes, Consequences, and Remediation of Compound Health-impacting Natural Hazards

Session ID#: 82555

Session Description:
Every year natural disasters and extreme events around the world cause 90,000 deaths and affect millions more. The impacts of such events are more pronounced when they occur in combination with other natural hazards. The likelihood of multiple events happening at the same time or in tandem increases as our climate warms and extreme events become more common. It is especially important to understand the health threats that come about from these dual events, as the health outcomes can significantly increase. By better understanding the underlying dynamics of these compound events and their effects on human health, we can adequately prepare public health agencies for the associated health outcomes and improve the emergency preparedness. We encourage submissions related to extreme events; especially those focused on multi-hazard disasters, as well as studies focused on both acute and chronic health impacts.
Index Terms:

0230 Impacts of climate change: human health [GEOHEALTH]
4306 Multihazards [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4313 Extreme events [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4322 Health impact [NATURAL HAZARDS]

Primary Convener:  Azar Mohammad Abadi, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Environmental, Agricultural & Occupational Health, Omaha, NE, United States
Conveners:  Hunter Jones, NOAA Climate Program Office, Silver Spring, MD, United States and Shubhayu Saha, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Azar Mohammad Abadi, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Environmental, Agricultural & Occupational Health, Omaha, NE, United States
 
Time-Series Evolution Patterns of Land Subsidence in the Eastern Beijing Plain, China (487160)
JUN JIE Zuo1, Huili Gong1, Beibei Chen1, Chaofan Zhou2, Mingliang Gao2 and Min Shi3, (1)Capital Normal University, College of Resource Environment and Tourism, Beijing, China, (2)CNU Capital Normal University, College of Resource Environment and Tourism, Beijing, China, (3)Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
 
Estimating the Health-Related Costs of Ten Climate-Sensitive US Events During 2012 (548784)
Vijay Limaye1, Wendy Max2, Juanita Constible3 and Kim M Knowlton3, (1)Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington, DC, United States, (2)University of California-San Francisco, Institute for Health & Aging, San Francisco, CA, United States, (3)Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, NY, United States
 
Health Systems Responding to Disasters: Who does what, when, and how? What you need to know about the intersection between Health, Extreme Events and the people that respond to them. (607165)
Rachel Lookadoo and Keith Hansen, University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Public Health, Omaha, NE, United States
 
­Drought Severity and All-cause Mortality Rates in Nebraska: Are Heat Waves to Blame Partially? (609635)
Azar Mohammad Abadi, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Environmental, Agricultural & Occupational Health, Omaha, NE, United States, Jesse E Bell, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Environmental, Agricultural, and Occupational Health, Omaha, NE, United States, Yeongjin Gwon, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, United States, Shubhayu Saha, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States and J Jared Rennie, Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellite North Carolina State, Asheville, United States
 
Using extreme weather event attribution to determine the impacts of climate change on human health (619366)
Jagadeesh Puvvula1, Azar Mohammad Abadi2, Jesse E Bell1, J Jared Rennie3 and Yeongjin Gwon4, (1)University of Nebraska Medical Center, Environmental, Agricultural, and Occupational Health, Omaha, NE, United States, (2)University of Nebraska Medical Center, Environmental, Agricultural & Occupational Health, Omaha, NE, United States, (3)Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellite North Carolina State, Asheville, United States, (4)University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, United States
 
How Local Health Departments are Preparing for the Combined Impacts of Extreme Heat, Wildfire Smoke, and Power Disruption (623535)
Matt Wolff, City of San Francisco, Department of Public Health, San Francisco, CA, United States
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