Session Inland Water & Health Issues: Flooding and Precipitation Extremes


Description:

This session focuses on health hazards related to inland flooding and extreme precipitation events. We invite abstracts that characterize health risks and exposure pathways, identify downstream physical and mental health harms related to acute flooding events, and examine ways to strengthen local preparedness for flooding to reduce health harms.


Papers:
Public Health Computer Simulation Tool to Support Disaster Preparedness for Flooding in Rural Communities
Kristina W. Kintziger, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; and T. Berg, T. Stansberry, G. Jones Jr., S. Lawson, and L. Tran

Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023