Course Objectives
- Identify technical vs. adaptive challenges related to climate change
- Assess, frame, and take action to address the climate change problem using data and evidence
- Discuss the applicability of adaptive leadership to address the health impacts of climate change
- Identify barriers to creating effective messages and media campaigns
- Identify technical vs. adaptive challenges related to climate change
Date: July 1, 2023
Climate change can contribute to disruptions of physical, biological, and ecological systems, including disturbances originating locally and elsewhere. The health effects of these disruptions can be severe.
As climate change continues, some existing health threats will intensify and new health threats will emerge. Effective leadership in public health can take steps to lessen these impacts on the populace.
This self-paced module course will focus on how local health departments can take action to adapt to the health impacts of climate change such as rising temperatures, using principles of adaptive leadership.
Participants will learn to:
- Describe roles that local health departments can play to address the health impacts of climate change.
- Assess, frame, and take action to address the climate change problem using data and evidence.
- Define adaptive leadership and adaptive leadership behaviors.
- Discuss the applicability of adaptive leadership to address the health impacts of climate change.
- Identify technical vs. adaptive challenges related to climate change.
