Heat-health plans overlook mental health risks, analysis reveals

Program explores impact of climate change on human health

People in attendance at the “Climate Change and your Health” program left with a deeper sense of awareness and curiosity after an in-depth presentation by Dr. Steven Ashmead on Thursday at Ludington Library.

Heat-health plans overlook mental health risks, analysis reveals

As climate change fuels more frequent and severe heat waves, governments worldwide have adopted Heat-Health Action Plans (HHAPs) to prevent illness and death from heat stroke, heart attacks, and other unwanted physical and mental health outcomes.

Heat-health plans overlook mental health risks - Scientific Inquirer

As climate change fuels more frequent and severe heat waves, governments worldwide have adopted Heat-Health Action Plans (HHAPs) to prevent illness and death from heat stroke, heart attacks, and other unwanted physical and mental health outcomes. Yet a new study by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health reveals a critical gap in these plans: while most acknowledge mental health risks, such as heightened anxiety, depre…