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The following reports and publications aim to increase awareness and educate Canadians about climate change issues that affect their health.

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Extreme Heat and Human Health

Communicating the Health Risks of Extreme Heat Events: Toolkit for Public Health and Emergency Management Officials

Extreme heat is a significant health risk to Canadians - one that is expected to increase as the climate continues to change. To help public health and emergency management officials prepare Canadians for extreme heat and reduce health impacts, Health Canada has developed Communicating the Health Risks of Extreme Heat Events: Toolkit for Public Health and Emergency Management Officials. The Toolkit is intended for use by officials who are developing or updating heat-health communication campaigns. This document provides guidance on delivering a successful heat-health communication campaign and scientifically sound messages that can be tailored to address the needs of a target audience. Included in the Toolkit are a heat advisory media release template and three heat-health fact sheets tailored to suit the needs of older adults, physically active people and parents with young children.

Heat-Health Brochures

Extreme heat is a health risk. This risk will likely increase as our climate continues to change. To help the public prepare for extreme heat and reduce health impacts, Health Canada has developed three brochures. The brochures use consistent and scientifically informed heat-health messages, tailored to the needs of specific audiences.

The brochures are intended for two audiences:

  • Officials who are developing or updating heat-health communication campaigns
  • Individuals interested in health risks and actions to take to stay healthy during extreme heat.

Extreme Heat Events Guidelines: Technical Guide for Health Care Workers

This document is an evidence-based technical guide for health care workers that provides information on recognizing, treating and preventing extreme heat-related illnesses. The Guidelines will include: health promotion and injury prevention for vulnerable individuals; risk assessment of individuals for health practitioners; identification of heat illness signs and symptoms; and clinical recommendations to reduce health risks.

Fact Sheets for Health Care Workers

Fact Sheets for Health Care Workers -- provides health care workers with information to enhance their understanding of vulnerability to extreme heat, and their ability to identify effective preventions and mitigation measures. These targeted fact sheets have been developed for three distinct audiences:

Adapting to Extreme Heat Events: Guidelines for Assessing Health Vulnerability

A number of studies have documented the growing risks to the health of Canadians from more frequent and severe extreme heat events. A major component of public health efforts to protect people from extreme heat events centres on assessments of individual and community level vulnerability. Adapting to Extreme Heat Events: Guidelines for Assessing Health Vulnerability provides an overview of the vulnerability assessment methodology that has been developed by Health Canada, with support from a range of partners active in efforts to prepare people for climate change. The document provides information on the stakeholders and assessment steps relevant to the investigation of heat-health vulnerabilities in Canadian communities along with examples of method application and information on key challenges and limitations.

Adaptation Bulletins

Newsletters: Your Health and a Changing Climate:

Other Publications:

Workshop and Conference Reports:

Date Modified: 2011-12-13

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