Guidance and Trainings

One goal of the climate change program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is helping to develop a national public health workforce that can research and address the effects of climate change on human health. This includes workforce development within CDC as well as external development through training, research funding, fellowships, internships, and partnerships with diverse stakeholders. An educated workforce will help to ensure the capacity exists within the public health sector to research and address the anticipated health impacts of climate change. Below are descriptions and specific examples of some of the mechanisms CDC’s Climate and Health Program is using to promote this goal.

Climate-Ready States and Cities Initiative Concept Documents

• Climate Change: The Public Health Response
• An Evidence-Based Public Health Approach to Climate Change Adaptation [PDF – 195 KB]
• Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Public Health Practice: Using Adaptive Management to Increase Adaptive Capacity and Build Resilience
• Building Resilience against Climate Effects: A Novel Framework to Facilitate Climate Readiness in Public Health Agencies

BRACE Technical Report Series

• Climate Models and the Use of Climate Projections: A Brief Overview for Health Departments [PDF – 0.58 MB]
• Assessing health vulnerability to climate change: A guide for health departments [PDF – 5.02 MB]
• Projecting Climate-Related Disease Burden: A Guide for Health Departments [PDF – 7.8 MB]
  • Projecting Climate-Related Disease Burden: A Case Study on Methods for Projecting Respiratory Health Impacts [PDF – 3.24 MB]
• Technical Documentation on Exposure-Response Functions for Climate-Sensitive Health Outcomes [PDF – 5.3 MB]
• Climate and Health Intervention Assessment: Evidence on Public Health Interventions to Prevent the Negative Health Effects of Climate Change [PDF – 6.9 MB]
  • The Effectiveness and Implementation of 4-Poster Deer Self-Treatment Devices for Tick-borne Disease Prevention [PDF – 4.3 MB]
• New! The Use of Cooling Centers to Prevent Heat-Related Illness: Summary of Evidence and Strategies for Implementation [PDF – 8 MB]

Other Guidance

• Climate Change and Extreme Heat: What You Can Do to Prepare [PDF – 8 MB]
• National Climate Assessment Health Sector Bibliography
• 12 Steps to Operationalize Climate Change in a Local Health Department
• Recognizing, Preventing and Treating Heat-Related Illness: An e-learning course
• Climate Change and Extreme Heat Events Guidance [PDF – 3.33 MB]
• Extreme Heat and Your Health
• CDC Extreme Heat Media Toolkit