Session 4 Extreme Temperature Mortality and Morbidity A Persistent Challenge (Session I)

Wednesday, 9 January 2013: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Room 6B (Austin Convention Center)
Host: Fourth Conference on Environment and Health
Moderator:
Sue M. Estes, NASA/USRA, Public Health, Huntsville, AL

Papers:
10:30 AM
4.1
Climatology and Public Health: The Case of Extreme Events
Paul English, California Department of Public Health, Richmond, CA
Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM
4.2
Heat waves in the United States: definitions, patterns and trends
Tiffany T. Smith, Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD; and B. F. Zaitchik and J. M. Gohlke
Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM
4.3
It's the Heat AND the Humidity – Defining and Quantifying Extreme Heat Metrics to Enable the Assessment of Climate Impacts on Public Health
William L. Crosson, USRA, Huntsville, AL; and M. Z. Al-Hamdan, S. Economou, M. G. Estes Jr., S. M. Estes, M. Puckett, and D. A. Quattrochi
Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM
4.4
Heat-related mortality, public awareness and behaviors: implications for messaging and prevention
Kathryn Lane, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY; and K. C. Wheeler, K. Charles-Guzman, and T. Matte
Recorded Presentation

4.5
Evaluating Extreme Heat Event Definitions: Region-specific Investigation of Extreme Heat and Heat-related Mortality

11:45 AM
4.6
Relationships between excessive heat warnings, advisories, and emergency department visits in central North Carolina
Christopher M. Fuhrmann, Southeast Regional Climate Center, Chapel Hill, NC
Recorded Presentation

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