Health Center Environmental Health and Climate Change QuickStart Guide
Year Developed: 2024
Resource Type: Publication.Primary Audience: C-Suite (CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, CMOs, COOs, etc.); Administrative Staff; Board of Directors
Secondary Audience: PCAs
Language(s): English
Developed by: National Association of Community Health Centers (See other resources developed by this organization).
Resource Summary: This guide supports health center clinical and operations staff in addressing heat, wildfires, hurricanes, and flooding, which are key environmental health and climate change issues faced by health centers and their patients. Each section of the guide will: share an overview of why the issue is important for health centers, discuss what health centers can do, provide a list of curated resources, and share an infographic of 5 to 6 important steps.
Resource Subtopic: —Operations, Emergency Management.
Keywords: Environmental Health.This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $6,625,000 with 0 percentage financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov.