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A ‘Healthy Islands’ framework for climate change in the Pacific

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dc.contributor.author Lachlan, McIver
dc.date.accessioned 2021-11-30T21:31:38Z
dc.date.available 2021-11-30T21:31:38Z
dc.date.issued 2015-10-01
dc.identifier.citation lachlan.mciver@gmail.com en_US
dc.identifier.issn Health Promotion International, 2017;32: Perspectives Advance Access Publication Date: 1 October 2015 549–557
dc.identifier.uri ${sadil.baseUrl}/handle/123456789/779
dc.description Copyright of Health Promotion International is the property of Oxford University Press / USA and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. en_US
dc.description.abstract SmallPacificIslandcountries(PICs)areamongthemost vulnerablecountriesintheworldtotheanticipated detrimental health effects of climate change. The assessment of health vulnerabilities and planning adaptation strategies to minimize the impacts of climate change on health tests traditional health governance structures and depends on strong linkages and partnerships between actors involved in these vital processes. This article reviews the actors, processes and contexts of the climate change and health vulnerability assessment and adaptation planning project carried out by the World Health OrganizationandhealthsectorpartnersinthreeislandcountriesintheMicronesianregionofthePacific throughout 2010 and 2011: Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands and Palau. Despite their shared history and cultural characteristics, the findings and implications of this article are considered to have substantial relevance and potential application to other PICs. The modified ‘Healthy Islands’ framework for climate change and health adaptation presented in this article draws upon real-world experience and governance theory from both the health and climate change literature and, for the first time, places health systems adaptation within the vision for ‘Healthy Islands’ in the Pacific region. en_US
dc.description.sponsorship This work was supported by funding assistance to the World Health Organization Western Pacific Regional Office from the governments of the Republic of Korea and Japan. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Oxford University Press en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries †Formerly of World Health Organization Division of Pacific Technical Support, Suva, Fiji;
dc.subject climate change en_US
dc.subject environment en_US
dc.subject public health en_US
dc.subject policy and implementation en_US
dc.title A ‘Healthy Islands’ framework for climate change in the Pacific en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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