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Improving the capacity and diversity of local public health workforce to address climate impacts to health through community partnerships and problem-based learning

All aspects of society are affected by our changing climate. Individuals and communities experience the health impacts associated with climate change most every day, whether or not they realize it. Increasing both the knowledge and capacity to respond to the health impacts of climate change will be...

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Autores principales: Schmeltz, Michael T., Ganesh, Chandrakala
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9891370/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36743166
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1090129
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description All aspects of society are affected by our changing climate. Individuals and communities experience the health impacts associated with climate change most every day, whether or not they realize it. Increasing both the knowledge and capacity to respond to the health impacts of climate change will be imperative for future public health leaders. This manuscript will highlight three case studies in how problem-based learning was used by California State University, East Bay's Department of Public Health undergraduate students to address climate change issues for local community and government organizations. The results from problem-based learning collaborations between undergraduate students and community and government organizations have been mutually beneficial and increased the knowledge and workforce capacity of climate and health in the San Francisco Bay Area. The authors believe the use of problem-based learning is an effective model to achieve these goals. Both the students and the community benefit from these experiences and results of projects that enhance an organization's ability to prepare for and respond to climate change in their communities.
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spelling pubmed-98913702023-02-02 Improving the capacity and diversity of local public health workforce to address climate impacts to health through community partnerships and problem-based learning Schmeltz, Michael T. Ganesh, Chandrakala Front Public Health Public Health All aspects of society are affected by our changing climate. Individuals and communities experience the health impacts associated with climate change most every day, whether or not they realize it. Increasing both the knowledge and capacity to respond to the health impacts of climate change will be imperative for future public health leaders. This manuscript will highlight three case studies in how problem-based learning was used by California State University, East Bay's Department of Public Health undergraduate students to address climate change issues for local community and government organizations. The results from problem-based learning collaborations between undergraduate students and community and government organizations have been mutually beneficial and increased the knowledge and workforce capacity of climate and health in the San Francisco Bay Area. The authors believe the use of problem-based learning is an effective model to achieve these goals. Both the students and the community benefit from these experiences and results of projects that enhance an organization's ability to prepare for and respond to climate change in their communities. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-01-18 /pmc/articles/PMC9891370/ /pubmed/36743166 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1090129 Text en Copyright © 2023 Schmeltz and Ganesh. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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title_full Improving the capacity and diversity of local public health workforce to address climate impacts to health through community partnerships and problem-based learning
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title_short Improving the capacity and diversity of local public health workforce to address climate impacts to health through community partnerships and problem-based learning
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9891370/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36743166
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1090129
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