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- https://med.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Medicine/Value-based_Healthcare_(Khalil)/06%3A_Climate_change_and_value-based_healthcareBuilding a resilient and sustainable health system is essential for ensuring universal health coverage that maximises the value of investment in health (Ranabhat et al., 2023). Healthcare services oug...Building a resilient and sustainable health system is essential for ensuring universal health coverage that maximises the value of investment in health (Ranabhat et al., 2023). Healthcare services ought to minimise potential harms to patients and society at large while attempting to prevent and treat illness conditions. In the context of climate change, healthcare services may present varying values in terms of their population health benefits and their contributions to greenhouse gas emissions.
- https://med.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Medicine/Value-based_Healthcare_(Khalil)/06%3A_Climate_change_and_value-based_healthcare/6.07%3A_Climate-resilient_and_sustainable_healthcareIn 2017, the WHO, in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization, introduced the Smart Hospitals Toolkit, which integrates the structural and operational safety of hospitals with green int...In 2017, the WHO, in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization, introduced the Smart Hospitals Toolkit, which integrates the structural and operational safety of hospitals with green interventions (Green + Safe). Some countries, including the US (US Department of Health and Human Services, 2014) and Canada (Health Canada, 2022; Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care, 2015), have also developed their own guidelines for constructing climate-resilient healthcare facilities.
- https://med.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Medicine/Value-based_Healthcare_(Khalil)/06%3A_Climate_change_and_value-based_healthcare/6.04%3A_Underpinning_theoryIt is deemed essential to prepare health professionals, both those with a clinical-focused role and those with a population/environment-focused role, to ensure that healthcare services can adapt and f...It is deemed essential to prepare health professionals, both those with a clinical-focused role and those with a population/environment-focused role, to ensure that healthcare services can adapt and function effectively, such as ‘to anticipate, respond to, cope with, recover from, and adapt to shocks and stresses’ caused by extreme weather and climate events (Jagals & Ebi, 2021).
- https://med.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Medicine/Value-based_Healthcare_(Khalil)/06%3A_Climate_change_and_value-based_healthcare/6.01%3A_The_healthcare_sector_and_climate_changeThe total greenhouse gas emissions from the healthcare sector would amount to the fifth-largest emission source on the planet if it were considered as a country, according to a report by Health Care W...The total greenhouse gas emissions from the healthcare sector would amount to the fifth-largest emission source on the planet if it were considered as a country, according to a report by Health Care Without Harm in collaboration with Arup (Karliner et al., 2020). Internationally, the average share of the healthcare sector in carbon emissions (the predominant greenhouse gas CO2) exceeds 5 per cent (Weisz et al., 2020).
- https://med.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Medicine/Value-based_Healthcare_(Khalil)/06%3A_Climate_change_and_value-based_healthcare/6.05%3A_Capacity_building_in_response_to_health_impactsDeveloping a collective understanding of the science behind climate change is critical for health professionals to effectively interact and collaborate with others – including government, community, p...Developing a collective understanding of the science behind climate change is critical for health professionals to effectively interact and collaborate with others – including government, community, private and academic sectors – in designing, monitoring and evaluating efforts to address climate-related health challenges (Jagals & Ebi, 2021).
- https://med.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Medicine/Value-based_Healthcare_(Khalil)/06%3A_Climate_change_and_value-based_healthcare/6.09%3A_ConclusionClimate change poses a great challenge to human health and healthcare services. Health services organisations need to take ‘mitigation, adaptation, and resilience’ strategies in response to the challe...Climate change poses a great challenge to human health and healthcare services. Health services organisations need to take ‘mitigation, adaptation, and resilience’ strategies in response to the challenge of climate change. This requires strong leadership, systems approach, and cross-sectoral collaborations. High value health care is low carbon health care. (Barratt et al., 2022)
- https://med.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Medicine/Value-based_Healthcare_(Khalil)/06%3A_Climate_change_and_value-based_healthcare/6.02%3A_Health_impacts_of_climate_changeClimate change has led to the expansion of territories with temperature ranges that maximise the performance of vectors (such as mosquitoes) and pathogens (such as some Vibrio pathogens), increasing t...Climate change has led to the expansion of territories with temperature ranges that maximise the performance of vectors (such as mosquitoes) and pathogens (such as some Vibrio pathogens), increasing the incidence of arboviral diseases such as dengue and West Nile fever (Ebi & Hess, 2024; Romanello et al., 2023).
- https://med.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Medicine/Value-based_Healthcare_(Khalil)/06%3A_Climate_change_and_value-based_healthcare/6.03%3A_Knowledge_attitudes_and_behaviours_of_health_professionalsWhile health professionals are struggling to adapt their services in response to climate change, their awareness of the health sector’s contribution to climate change is often low (Yang et al., 2018)....While health professionals are struggling to adapt their services in response to climate change, their awareness of the health sector’s contribution to climate change is often low (Yang et al., 2018). The Health-Promoting Hospitals initiative has attempted to incorporate climate change actions into its standards (International Network of Health Promoting Hospitals and Health Services, 2020).
- https://med.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Medicine/Value-based_Healthcare_(Khalil)/06%3A_Climate_change_and_value-based_healthcare/6.10%3A_ReferencesTaking action on the social determinants of health in clinical practice: a framework for health professionals. The 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: the imperative for ...Taking action on the social determinants of health in clinical practice: a framework for health professionals. The 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: the imperative for a health-centred response in a world facing irreversible harms. Associations between knowledge of the causes and perceived impacts of climate change: a cross-sectional survey of medical, public health and nursing students in universities in China.
- https://med.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Medicine/Value-based_Healthcare_(Khalil)/06%3A_Climate_change_and_value-based_healthcare/6.06%3A_Building_a_climate-resilient_health_systemWhile the WHO vulnerability and adaptation assessment guidelines primarily focus on climate-sensitive disease conditions, there is a pressing need to expand the scope to encompass the overall capacity...While the WHO vulnerability and adaptation assessment guidelines primarily focus on climate-sensitive disease conditions, there is a pressing need to expand the scope to encompass the overall capacity of health systems, health institutions and health workforce in addressing health challenges posed by climate change (WHO, 2020a).
- https://med.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Medicine/Value-based_Healthcare_(Khalil)/06%3A_Climate_change_and_value-based_healthcare/6.08%3A_Implications_for_practiceThese include a deeper understanding of the health impacts of climate change, effective communication and collaboration with stakeholders on climate and health issues, active engagement in policy dial...These include a deeper understanding of the health impacts of climate change, effective communication and collaboration with stakeholders on climate and health issues, active engagement in policy dialogues and development, and adaptation of clinical and public health practices to changing climate conditions (Sorensen et al., 2023).
