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Climate Change and Health in Hawaiʻi: An Overview and Public Health Response
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his training provides an overview of how climate change is impacting human health in Hawaiʻi, with a focus on real, place-based examples. It will introduce key climate-related health risks across the islands, including extreme heat, wildfire smoke, flooding, water quality, and mental health. The session will also share how Hawaiʻi Public Health Institute and the Climate Change & Health Working Group are working to build a coordinated, community-informed response. Participants will hear examples from community listening sessions, policy efforts, and cross-sector partnerships. The goal is to ground climate change in a public health context and highlight opportunities for engagement across programs and sectors.

Objectives:

  1. Identify at least three major climate-related health risks affecting communities in Hawaiʻi.
  2. Describe how climate change impacts at least two distinct higher-vulnerability population groups (e.g., kūpuna, keiki, outdoor workers, low-income communities).
  3. Explain the role of public health and cross-sector collaboration in responding to climate-related health risks in Hawaiʻi.
  4. Name at least two current initiatives or strategies being used in Hawaiʻi to address climate and health (e.g., community listening sessions, heat safety efforts, policy initiatives).

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Hawaiʻi Public Health Institute and the Western Region Public Health Training Center (WRPHTC). The WRPHTC is jointed accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continued Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

The planners and presenters for this training have no declared conflicts of interest.

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