ACCLIMATES
Addressing Climate Changed-Linked Impacts through Mapping and Tools for Epidemiological Surveillance
Project Overview
The Addressing Climate Changed-Linked Impacts through Mapping And Tools for Epidemiological Surveillance, or ACCLIMATES, study aims to enhance knowledge of and capacity for public health surveillance related to climate change, air pollution and chronic disease.
This project is built upon pilot work conducted in Edmonton, Alberta. It uses advanced epidemiological and geographic methods to create and validate vulnerability and risk-based surveillance tools to better understand how climate change and air pollution impact the health of older adults (aged 65+), immigrants, pregnant women, children and infants and rural populations in Alberta.
Funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC).