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-PDF

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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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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Health Canada. Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch.
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 Electronic
Electronic document
Other formats Paper-[English]
Note(s) The catalogue number (H128-1/10-623E) and ISBN (978-1-100-17344-3) for the print edition have been incorrectly copied in this electronic publication.
Publishing information Ottawa - Ontario : Health Canada. c2011.
Description 60p.figs., references, tables, photographs
Catalogue number
  • H128-1/10-623E-PDF
Departmental catalogue number HC Pub.: 100596
Subject terms Health hazards
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