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Public Health Impact of Wildfire Emissions: Up-date on the Wildfire Smoke Guide, Public Health Information and Communications Research
Citation:
Cascio, W. Public Health Impact of Wildfire Emissions: Up-date on the Wildfire Smoke Guide, Public Health Information and Communications Research. EPA Tools and Resources Webinar, Chapel Hill, NC, June 21, 2017.
Impact/Purpose:
Impact: The webinar will continue to support EPA-stakeholder engagement with the public health community thus facilitating the translation of ORD science into actions public health officials can take to educate priority populations in the communities they serve to reduce exposure to wildfire smoke and decrease the public health burden of wildland fire smoke exposure.
Description:
EPA Tools and Resources Webinar: Public Health Impact of Wildfire Smoke Emissions Specific strategies to reduce smoke exposure and the Smoke Sense App As the start of the summer wildfire season approaches, public officials, communities and individuals need up-to-date wildfire smoke health guidance to protect against related health risks. The 2016 (2017 final version available this fall) Wildfire Smoke: Guide for Public Health Officials serves as an easy-to-use source of information that outlines whose health is most affected by wildfire smoke, how to reduce exposure to smoke, what public health actions are recommended, and how to communicate air quality to the public. The increasing size and severity of wildfire in the U.S. over the last three decades represents one of the complex environmental health challenges we face today that is best solved through the cooperation of local, state and federal government, public health organizations and individuals. This webinar presented by Wayne Cascio, M.D. will highlight updates to the Wildfire Smoke Guide, as well as the Smoke Sense app, which is a mobile application that gets air quality information to people impacted by wildfire smoke, and helps those affected learn ways to protect their health from smoke exposure. The app will be used in a study to determine effective health risk communications strategies to educate people impacted by wildfire smoke. This webinar will also discuss issues related to community vulnerability for health impacts from wildland fire, and it will provide updates on the Continuing Medical Education Course regarding Air Pollution and Your Patient’s Health that will be hosted by CDC, providing continuing medical education credit.