Global Climate Change and Health

Question

Describe two health care concerns related to global climate change.

Topics could include increased exposure to vectors that transmit Zika, West Nile virus, or malaria; respiratory problems; food distribution problems due to drought or lack of water; or heat-related illness.

Compare concerns in the United States related to these topics with one developed and one developing country.

Describe health promotion/health protection strategies a nurse could implement.

Described 2–3 health promotion strategies public health nurses might implement to help mitigate concerns of global climate change?

two concerns regarding global climate change in a selected undeveloped country. Included information about why this concern is important to them and, if left unchecked, what the result will be. Described interventions about what this country is doing to combat these problems, if anything. 

Presented two concerns regarding global climate change in another selected developed country. Included information about why this concern is important to them and, if left unchecked, what the result will be. Described interventions about what this country is doing to combat these problems, if anything.

Presented two concerns regarding global climate change in the United States. Included information about why this concern is important to the US and, if left unchecked, what the result will be. Described what the US is doing to combat these problems, if anything.