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We proudly share that UM Capital Region Medical Center has been recognized in U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Hospitals” edition. UM Capital…
We proudly share that UM Capital Region Medical Center has been recognized in U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Hospitals” edition. UM Capital…
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Proud of the outstanding leadership at University of Maryland Medical System and University of Maryland Medical Center for ensuring our underserved…
Proud of the outstanding leadership at University of Maryland Medical System and University of Maryland Medical Center for ensuring our underserved…
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Service will save us. In a time of division, our Maryland Department of Service and Civic Innovation Service Year Option and Maryland Corps…
Service will save us. In a time of division, our Maryland Department of Service and Civic Innovation Service Year Option and Maryland Corps…
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Assessing Potential Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Public Health and Vulnerable Populations in Southeast Florida and Providing a Framework to Improve Outcomes
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See publicationn recent years, ongoing efforts by a multitude of universities, local governments, federal agencies, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have been focused on sea-level rise (SLR) adaptation in Florida. However, within these efforts, there has been very little attention given to the potential impacts of sea-level rise on human health. The intent of this project is to identify populations in Southeast Florida that are most vulnerable to sea-level rise from a topographic perspective…
n recent years, ongoing efforts by a multitude of universities, local governments, federal agencies, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have been focused on sea-level rise (SLR) adaptation in Florida. However, within these efforts, there has been very little attention given to the potential impacts of sea-level rise on human health. The intent of this project is to identify populations in Southeast Florida that are most vulnerable to sea-level rise from a topographic perspective, determine how vulnerable these population are from a socio-economic perspective, identify potential health impacts, develop adaptation strategies designed to assist these communities, and produce an outreach effort that can be shared with other coastal communities. The location of socially-vulnerable and health-vulnerable populations are correlated, but at present they are not generally in the geographically-vulnerable areas. Projections indicate that they will become at risk in the future but the lack of data on emerging diseases makes public health assessments difficult. We propose a redefinition of “who is vulnerable?” to include health indicators and hard infrastructure solutions for flood and property protection. These tools can be used to help protect water resources from the impacts of climate change, which would, in turn, protect public health via drinking water supplies, and efforts to address social issues.
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Reflecting with gratitude last week when my family and I had the opportunity to visit Waikiki Health with the wonderful and thoughtful CEO Alexis…
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