International Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation position statement on climate change and disability
Climate change is the greatest public health threat of the 21st century. Moreover, people with the lived experience of disabilities, a population physiatrists commonly treat, are among the most vulnerable to acute disasters such as floods and wildfires and excessive heat. In this position statement,...
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Wolters Kluwer Health - Lippincott Williams Wilkins
2023-06-01
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| Series: | The Journal of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine |
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| author | Marcalee Alexander, MD Jim Gosney Colleen O’Connell Fary Khan Jorge Lains |
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| description | Climate change is the greatest public health threat of the 21st century. Moreover, people with the lived experience of disabilities, a population physiatrists commonly treat, are among the most vulnerable to acute disasters such as floods and wildfires and excessive heat. In this position statement, we recommend actions that physiatrists and rehabilitation professionals should take at micro, meso, and macro levels to assist in mitigation and adaptation to the effects of climate change on the world. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-624375e89c144938a56e9d90535f81d02024-03-18T06:55:26ZengWolters Kluwer Health - Lippincott Williams WilkinsThe Journal of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine2589-94572023-06-0162273010.1097/ph9.0000000000000001202306000-00001International Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation position statement on climate change and disabilityMarcalee Alexander, MD0Jim Gosney1Colleen O’Connell2Fary Khan3Jorge Lains4 a Sustain Our Abilities, Palm Coast, FL d Disaster Rehabilitation Committee, ISPRM, Parkville, Vic., Australia d Disaster Rehabilitation Committee, ISPRM, Parkville, Vic., Australia d Disaster Rehabilitation Committee, ISPRM, Parkville, Vic., Australia k Centro Medicina Reabilitacao Regiao Centro, Rovisco Pais, PortugalClimate change is the greatest public health threat of the 21st century. Moreover, people with the lived experience of disabilities, a population physiatrists commonly treat, are among the most vulnerable to acute disasters such as floods and wildfires and excessive heat. In this position statement, we recommend actions that physiatrists and rehabilitation professionals should take at micro, meso, and macro levels to assist in mitigation and adaptation to the effects of climate change on the world.http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/ph9.0000000000000001 |
| spellingShingle | Marcalee Alexander, MD Jim Gosney Colleen O’Connell Fary Khan Jorge Lains International Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation position statement on climate change and disability The Journal of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine |
| title | International Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation position statement on climate change and disability |
| title_full | International Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation position statement on climate change and disability |
| title_fullStr | International Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation position statement on climate change and disability |
| title_full_unstemmed | International Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation position statement on climate change and disability |
| title_short | International Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation position statement on climate change and disability |
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