03040cmm a2200421 4500 214798956 TxAuBib 20120507120000.0 100329s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781849770231 electronic bk. 1849770239 electronic bk. 9781844077298 pbk. 1844077292 pbk. 9781844077281 hardback 1844077284 hardback (OCoLC)586148437 N$T eng N$T EBLCP YDXCP IDEBK OCLCQ MHW CDX E7B OCLCQ TxAuBib The health practitioner's guide to climate change [electronic resource] : diagnosis and cure / edited by Jenny Griffiths ... [et al.]. London : Earthscan, 2009. 1 online resource (xx, 380 p.) : ill., maps. Includes bibliographical references (p. 356-362) and index. Greenhouse gas emissions : the hard facts / Felicity Liggins -- Climate change is deadly : the health impacts of climate change / Mala Rao -- Health and the natural environment / David Stone -- The health benefits of action on climate change / Ian Roberts -- Leadership : how to influence national and international policy / Mike Gill and Robin Stott -- How to help to plan a healthy, sustainable, low-carbon community / Hugh Barton, Marcus Grant and Philip Insall -- How you can make a real difference / Lindsey Stewart and Alan Maryon-Davis -- How to help people to change behaviour / Lucy Reynolds and Allison Thorpe -- How to take action in the community / Jenny Griffiths -- How to help organizations to take action / Jenny Griffiths and Lucy Reynolds -- How health services can act / David Pencheon -- How to prepare for the health effects of climate change / Giovanni Leonardi. There are enormous health benefits from tackling climate change. This is the first book to set out what health practitioners can do to prevent the worst impacts of climate change, to make health services sustainable, and to design healthy, sustainable communities. The book:- provides an introduction for health practitioners and students to climate change and its current and future health impacts- describes the relationship between health and the environment- gives facts and figures on greenhouse gas emissions- sets out the huge benefits to health of acting on climate change- explains what heal. Environmental health. Climatic changes Health aspects. Climate. Acclimatization. Community health services. Environmental Exposure adverse effects. Public health. Risk factors. MEDICAL Preventive Medicine. HEALTH & FITNESS Healthy Living. HEALTH & FITNESS Reference. HEALTH & FITNESS Holism. Electronic books. Griffiths, Jenny. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=288289 EBSCOhost