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1. Intersections of climate change, migration, and health: experiences of first-generation migrants from Latin America to the Atlanta-metropolitan area.

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Laney, Emaline, Nkusi, Alexis, Herrera, Clary, Lane, Morgan, Sampath, Amitha, Kitron, Uriel, Fairley, Jessica K., Philipsborn, Rebecca, and White, Cassandra

Subjects
*IMMIGRANTS, *PILOT projects, *HEALTH policy, *WELL-being, *EVALUATION of medical care, *NOMADS, *INTERDISCIPLINARY research, *SOCIAL determinants of health, *STAKEHOLDER analysis, *INTERVIEWING, *QUANTITATIVE research, *PUBLIC health, *ANTHROPOLOGY, *SURVEYS, *QUALITATIVE research, *SOCIOECONOMIC factors, *HEALTH, *RESEARCH funding, *DESCRIPTIVE statistics, *DECISION making, *THEMATIC analysis, *STATISTICAL sampling, *CLIMATE change
Abstract

Climate change is an important driver of migration, but little research exists on whether migrant communities in the U.S. identify climate change-related factors as reasons for migrating. In 2021, we conducted a multidisciplinary, collaborative project to better understand the nexus of climate change and immigrant health in the Atlanta area. This paper presents one arm of this collaboration that explored both the role of climate change in decisions to immigrate to Georgia and the ways that climate change intersects with other possible drivers of migration. First generation migrants from Latin America were recruited primarily through CPACS Cosmo Health Center and were invited to participate in an intake survey and an in-depth interview. Results were analyzed using descriptive statistics and thematic analysis. Findings suggest that while participants may not have explicitly identified climate change as a primary reason for migration, in both surveys and in-depth interviews, participants reported multiple and intersecting social, economic, political, and environmental factors that are directly or indirectly influenced by climate change and that are involved in their decisions to migrate. The narratives that emerged from in-depth interviews further contextualised survey data and elucidated the complex nexus of climate change, migration, and health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2023
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2. El sector de la salud frente a los desastres y el cambio climático en Cuba.

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Mesa Ridel, Guillermo, González García, Joel, Reyes Fernández, María Cristina, Cintra Cala, Duniesky, Ferreiro Rodríguez, Yudix, and Betancourt Lavastida, José Ernesto

Subjects
*EMERGENCY management, *MEDICAL care, *CIVIL defense, *CLIMATE change, *PUBLIC health, *RISK management in business, *PSYCHOLOGICAL vulnerability
Abstract

Due to its impact on human health and its capacity to cause damage, disasters are one of the global problems that most concern the international community. However, and in spite of the efforts made by many health systems, the reduction of vulnerabilities and the lack of strategies to avoid or minimize risks have not received enough attention yet. As Cuba is located in an area of permanent danger of disasters, its health sector has accumulated considerable experience in the management of risks and in the assurance of less risky future scenarios, with active participation of the community and a planned and organized process to address the impact of climate change. This paper summarizes some of these experiences and describes the dangers, vulnerabilities, and risks of disasters in Cuba, its Civil Defense System, and planning and organization in the health sector for disaster reduction, as well as the main effects and challenges of climate change in the health system. Lessons learned and good practices support the key role of human resources to reduce vulnerabilities; the greatest challenges are to avoid or minimize risks, to advance research, to train professionals for climate change, and to optimize the organization of health systems and services in the country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2018
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