Communicating the health risks of extreme heat events : toolkit for public health and emergency management officials / prepared by Water, Air and Climate Change Bureau. : H128-1/10-623E
Provides: an overview of extreme heat events and the potential health risks to all Canadians, especially those most vulnerable to heat-health impacts; guidance on communicating heat-health risks and strategies, including scientifically sound health messages to support the development of effective communication campaigns; guidance to help develop community-specific and tailored heat-health communication campaigns; template materials for public health and emergency management officials, such as fact sheets, a media release and checklists.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Health Canada. Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch. |
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| Title | Communicating the health risks of extreme heat events : toolkit for public health and emergency management officials / prepared by Water, Air and Climate Change Bureau. |
| Publication type | Monograph |
| Language | [English] |
| Other language editions | [French] |
| Format | Paper |
| Other formats | Electronic-[English] |
| Publishing information | Ottawa - Ontario : Health Canada. c2011. |
| Binding | Softcover |
| Description | iii, 54p. : figs., references, tables, photographs ; 28 cm. |
| ISBN | 978-1-100-17344-3 |
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| Departmental catalogue number | HC Pub.: 100596 |
| Subject terms | Health hazards |