GH11E:
Understanding Links Between Drought and Public Health: Can We Improve Drought Early Warning? Posters


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Session ID#: 51243

Session Description:
Over the last century, droughts have caused more deaths internationally than any other weather-related disaster. Droughts in the United States, however, are not generally thought of as public health threats, even though there are known associations between droughts and negative health outcomes. The often slow onset of drought, compared to other extreme events, makes it difficult to identify the direct linkages between the physical characteristics of drought and societal impacts, which can occur after a drought has ended. By understanding these linkages, we can properly prepare our public health agencies for the health impacts associated with drought. We seek abstract submissions that investigate the linkages between the physical drivers of drought to the impacts on human health. We encourage submissions to not only be related research, but also applications, as well as research that connects drought to other related climate health hazards (i.e. heat waves and wildfires).
Primary Convener:  Amanda M Sheffield, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States; NOAA/NIDIS, La Jolla, CA, United States
Conveners:  Jesse Eugene Bell, University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Public Health, Omaha, NE, United States and Nicole Wall, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
Primary Liaison:  Amanda M Sheffield, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
Chairs:  Amanda M Sheffield, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States and Jesse Eugene Bell, University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Public Health, Omaha, NE, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Amanda M Sheffield, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • A - Atmospheric Sciences
  • NH - Natural Hazards
  • PA - Public Affairs
  • SI - Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences
Index Terms:

0240 Public health [GEOHEALTH]
1812 Drought [HYDROLOGY]
4322 Health impact [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4341 Early warning systems [NATURAL HAZARDS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Community Assessments for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPERs) Addressing Drought in California and Oregon (359735)
Arianna Hanchey, Chamblee, GA, United States
Anticipating years with weather-related increased risk of West Nile Virus to humans in Nebraska (384409)
Kelly Helm Smith, University of Nebraska Lincoln, National Drought Mitigation Center, Lincoln, United States, Andrew J Tyre, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, School of Natural Resources, Lincoln, NE, United States, Michael J Hayes, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, School of Natural Resources, Lincoln, United States and Jeff Hamik, University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public health – Epidemiology and informatics unit, Lincoln, NE, United States
Drought Components Change in Bolivia and Its Societal Impacts as a Response to Climate Change (459438)
Azar Abadi, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Environmental, Agricultural, and Occupational Health, Omaha, United States and Clinton M Rowe, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Lincoln, United States

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