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Check out this upcoming event on Climate Change, Health, and Justice!

🌎 The NC One Health Collaborative is an intellectual exchange group that hosts public lectures to foster conversation around One Health topics. Students at all levels, faculty, staff, practitioners, and the public are invited to join! 🗓️ Next 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟲, Cheryl Stroud, ONE HEALTH COMMISSION, will be presenting on the Foundations of One Health at the NC Biotechnology Center from 𝟱-𝟳 𝗽.𝗺. Learn more about Cheryl's presentation below 👇 This presentation explains the full scope of One Health, beyond zoonotic diseases, and highlights how and why it is critical that animal, environmental, and human health workers and social scientists develop collaborative working relationships ‘ahead’ of public health emergencies to help ‘prevent’ them. It describes some of the ‘systems’ challenges that have forced us into silos and shares several examples of the critical global need for operationalizing One Health at all levels of academia, research, policy and government, relating the urgency of collaborative actions.

Climate-related disparities impact the health of some of the most vulnerable among us. In a recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers found that unprecedented heat waves can affect all people, but some are more sensitive to the effects of heat, including children and adults with underlying health conditions, pregnant women, and outdoor workers. The Alliance for Community Engagement – Climate and Health (ACE-CH) promotes sustainable change in communities facing health disparities due to climate stressors like heat waves. The Mountain West ACE-CH Hub works with rural and urban focal communities in Colorado to understand how communities are experiencing climate stressors, such as heat waves, and identify opportunities to advance climate justice. Check out our newsletter to read more about the MMWR and other NIH CEAL news: https://bit.ly/4dsdQ8h

Webinar, by Deb Salvo, PhD. April 30, 2024; 12-1 pm CDT Physical activity, planetary health, and equity: building synergies to maximize impact. Register at: https://lnkd.in/gnJf4qbU Many of the known solutions to the physical inactivity pandemic operate across sectors relevant to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and can help improve global health equity. This presentation will provide an overview of the contribution of physical activity promotion strategies towards advancing human and planetary health, while promoting social justice and equity. Evidence will be shared demonstrating the importance of adopting a synergistic approach to physical activity promotion, sustainable development, and equity promotion, involving multiple sectors beyond health around their goals and values, using physical activity promotion as a lever for a healthier, more equitable planet.

Dr. William Greene, CIO of Hevolution Foundation, at Longevity Summit Dublin 2024, emphasizes the urgent need to shift from treating symptoms to preventing age-related diseases. Hevolution is investing $400M to catalyze research and innovation in healthspan science.! Key takeaways from his talk: • "The compression of Health span... is the climate change crisis of human biology." • By 2100, 20% of the global population will be over 65. • We're living a decade with chronic disease - and it's increasing. • Hevolution aims to "extend maximum human healthy life span for the benefit of all." • Focus on scalable interventions for everyone, not just expensive solutions for a few. Watch Dr. Greene’s talk: https://lnkd.in/gtiVcucr #HealthyAging #Longevity #Hevolution #HealthspanScience #LSD2024 Martin O 'Dea Aubrey de Grey

Happy #EarthDay! 🌎 How do you practice sustainability in your daily life? Check out this #throwback article from The Journal of Hospital Medicine on the role of environmental health within the practice of hospital medicine. ⤵️

"The Power of the Exposome: Unraveling How Our Environment Shapes Our Health" 🌍🔬 In our rapidly evolving world, understanding how environmental factors influence our health is more critical than ever. Recent research delves into how environmental stressors impact us on a molecular level, revealing intricate interactions that could transform public health strategies. 🔬 From cellular responses to the effects of pollutants, the emerging science of the exposome is paving the way for innovative approaches to disease prevention and health promotion. It reminds us of the profound connections between our surroundings and well-being. Let’s stay curious and proactive in integrating these insights into our health policies and practices. The future of public health may very well depend on our ability to understand and address these environmental influences. Check out my blog post https://wix.to/yoxlOL7 #EnvironmentalHealth #PublicHealth #Innovation #DiseasePrevention #Exposome #Wellness #HealthResearch #MolecularBiology #FutureOfHealth #HealthPolicy

OEHHA’s Dr. K. Lily Wu co-authored a recent paper in the journal Exposome titled, “Community-level exposomics: A population-centered approach to integrate exposomics with addressing public health concerns.”   The manuscript proposes a framework of “community-level exposomics,” bringing together cumulative impacts and the concept of the totality of exposure a person experiences from conception onward, to address #PublicHealth disparities.    Read the full article at https://lnkd.in/gMQc6NYi.   #EnvironmentalHealth #CommunityHealth

“Increasingly, health-care professionals are confronted with the reality that climate and the environment are major determinants of health. To understand disease, they need to understand the environment. To care for patients, they also need to care for the environment," writes #GlobalHealth Media Fellow Mira Cheng in an article for Think Global Health that highlights efforts at medical schools across the United States to adapt medical education to the realities of climate change. Read the full article through the link here: https://lnkd.in/g6_XJkGY #climatehealth #planetaryhealth

What were the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on trust in public health information, and what can be done to rebuild trust in public health authorities? This essay synthesizes insights from science and technology studies, information studies, and bioethics to explore sociotechnical factors that may have contributed to the breakdown of trust in public health information during the Covid-19 pandemic. The field of science and technology studies lays out the dynamic nature of facts, helping to explain rapid shifts in public health messaging during Covid-19 and reasons they produced a lack of trust in public health authorities. The information field looks at how facts are sociotechnically constructed through systems of classification, illustrating how extrascientific factors influence public health authorities. Putting these perspectives alongside bioethics principles raises additional factors to consider. The goal of this essay is to learn from past failures to point toward a brighter future where trust in public health authorities can be rebuilt, not on faith, but rather through striving for calibrated trust within which, through a virtuous circle, trust is validated. READ free "The Sociotechnical Construction of Distrust during the Covid-19 Pandemic" by Kenneth R. Fleischmann. #trust #distrust #medicine #publichealth #bioethics #medtwitter https://lnkd.in/eWGvMrNj