Adapting to Extreme Heat Events: Guidelines for Assessing Health Vulnerability

Adapting to Extreme Heat Events: Guidelines for Assessing Health Vulnerability Little information is available to address considerations specific to the assessment of vulnerability to the health impacts of extreme heat events. This document addresses this need. The stakeholders and assessment steps relevant to the investigation of heat-health vulnerabilities in Canadian communities are presented along with examples of method application and information on key challenges and limitations. 2020-10-05 Health Canada open-ouvert@tbs-sct.gc.ca Health and SafetyExtreme heat eventsguidelinesassessing health vulnerabilitykey challenges and limitationsFederal publicationsofficial publications Adapting to Extreme Heat Events: Guidelines for Assessing Health VulnerabilityHTML https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/environmental-workplace-health/reports-publications/climate-change-health/adapting-extreme-heat-events-guidelines-assessing-health-vulnerability-health-canada-2011.html Adapting to Extreme Heat Events: Guidelines for Assessing Health VulnerabilityHTML https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-canada/services/sante-environnement-milieu-travail/rapports-publications/changement-climatique-sante/adaptation-periodes-chaleur-accablante-lignes-directrices-evaluer-vulnerabilite-matiere-sante-sante-canada-2011.html

Little information is available to address considerations specific to the assessment of vulnerability to the health impacts of extreme heat events. This document addresses this need. The stakeholders and assessment steps relevant to the investigation of heat-health vulnerabilities in Canadian communities are presented along with examples of method application and information on key challenges and limitations.

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