training for health professionals module – flooding
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Training for health professionals
Module – Flooding
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Outline training
• Objective• Definitions• Effect climate change on flooding• Specific information for flooding
– Health effects– Current situation– Future situation– Actions needed
• Summary
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Training objective
• To learn how to be prepared for changes in public health due to climate change
• Take home message– Health impact– Mitigation and adaptation
– Preventive measures on individual & community level
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Definitions
• Mitigation = reducing the severity of climate change (reducing greenhouse gas concentrations)
• Adaptation = preparing for change (adjusting our systems to reduce harm from climate effects)
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Introduction
Flooding
River
Seacoast
Influential factors
Climate change
Population growth
Increased wealth
Shift in land use
Demographic shifts
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River, Coastal Flooding & Flash Floods• Few direct deaths
• Full effect in terms of mortality and morbidity not known – Accidents – drowning, electrical
– Contamination of drinking water
– Rise in waterborne infections
– Exposure to toxic pollutants
– Psychological consequences
– Disruption, injuries & deaths
– Late effects include stress &
mental health problems
• Food and water safety concerns
• Effects on health and social service delivery UK floods of summer 2007
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Flood occurence
Flood occurrence from 2000–2009 recorded in EM-DAT, per month andadmin1. Source: EM-DAT
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Climate change
Current impact assessment
Trends
Health risks/impacts of an extreme weather event are a function of:
Severity: how challenging are the event’s conditions (e.g., precipitation amount)Duration: how long are the extreme conditions experiencedSurprise: how much advance warning was available for the event (e.g., days, hours, minutes)
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Climate change
Current impact assessment
TrendsHealth risks/impacts of an extreme weather event are a function of:
Severity: how challenging are the event’s conditions (e.g., precipitation amount)
Duration: how long are the extreme conditions experienced
Surprise: how much advance warning was available for the event (e.g., days, hours, minutes)
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Climate change
Population factors affecting the risks/impacts of extreme weather events include:
Size: how many people does the event affect
Age: the young and old are less able to help themselves in an extreme weather event
Health status: poor health limits individuals’ response ability
Wealth: poverty can limit the types of preparation actions and responses that can be considered, it can also affect exposure (e.g., housing stock)
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Health effects
• Direct health impacts – Morbidity– Mortality
• Both are observable and clearly attributable to the physical impacts of the event:
– Mental health impacts (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder-PTSD, depression)
• Delayed onset and recognition can lead to impacts being missed in an event summary
• Potential to adversely affect productivity • Potential for severe health and quality of life impacts
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Health effects
Mental health effects
Caused by personal loss, separation, poor health, low socio-economic status
Increased risk of anxiety or depression
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Health effects
Physical health effects
- Drowning
- Trauma
- Heart attacks
Between 1998 and 2009, there were 1126 fatalities due to floods in Europe
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Impact on health care
• Disruption of health care services
• Increased referrals in year following flooding
• Increased demand on mental health professionals
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What actions are needed?
Capacity needs
• Early warning systems should be in place– After flood: medical support
administrative support
financial support
transport capacity (for aid,refugees)
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What actions are needed?
• Capacity needs personnel– Trained medical professionals– Trained environmental experts– Housing experts– Psychologists– Social workers– Public health experts