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Health Care Facility Climate Change Resiliency in Canada

Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care

Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care Webinar March 2, 2017

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Agenda

• 1. Introduction to Climate Change Impacts on Health Care

Facilities - CCGHC

• 2. Climate Change Resiliency Planning at UHN – ON

Questions & discussion

• 3. Climate Risks and Impacts to Health Care Service

Delivery – BC Questions & discussion

• 4. Climate Change Resiliency Mentoring Program - CCGHC

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Presenters

• Kent Waddington

Communications Director Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care

• Ed Rubinstein

Director of Environmental Compliance, Energy and Sustainability, University Health Network, ON

• Angie Woo

Lead, Climate Resilience & Adaptation, Lower Mainland Health, BC

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Funding support for this webinar provided by:

Health Canada

Introduction to Climate Change impacts

• n Health Care Facilities

Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care

Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care Webinar March 2, 2017

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Climate Change Impacts on Health Systems

Climate change will be the defining issue for health systems in the 21st century, interacting with all social determinants of health.

World Health Organization (WHO), 2015

http://www.who.int/globalchange/publicatio ns/didyouknow-health-ministers.pdf?ua=1

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Public Safety Canada

Disaster Trend in Canada 1900-2019

50 100 150 200 250

1900-09 1910-19 1920-29 1930-39 1940-49 1950-59 1960-69 1970-79 1980-89 1990-99 2000-09 2010-2019

Number of Disasters

Human Induced Geophysical Winter Storm Flooding Extreme Heat

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Extreme Heat Events will Increase in Canada

Health Canada, 2011

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Evidence of Health Impacts from Heat

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Mental Health Impacts of Flooding in Canada Psychosocial impacts included:

• Increases in alcohol and

drug use

• Increases in family

violence

• Depression
• Anxiety
• Sleep disruption

Manitoba Flood 2011

• 1 in 300 year flood
• 1932 people remained

evacuated 2 yrs after the flood

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Spread of Lyme disease vector (Ixodes scapularis)

Establishment and spread under current climate (2000) & projected future climate (2020 to 2080)

Ogden et al., 2008

Health Risks in Canada from Climate Change

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Psychosocial impacts from droughts Permafrost melt damaging infrastructures Health impacts from more severe storms Water-borne diseases from floods Changes in drinking water quality and quantity Food security - changing animal distributions Respiratory illnesses from forest fires Dangerous travelling conditions Expansion of Lyme Disease vector Heat–related illnesses and deaths

http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2008 /hc-sc/H128-1-08-528E.pdf

Health Risks in Canada from Climate Change

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Source: Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care

Hospital Disaster Trends in Canada 1900-2019

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• Damage to health care infrastructures such as

hospitals, clinics and nursing homes.

• Power outages
• Inadequately trained personnel or lack of an

emergency plan.

• Contracted essential services interrupted (e.g.

laundry and food).

• Medical supplies delivery interrupted.
• Overcrowding in emergency shelters during a disaster

may increase exposure to infectious diseases (e.g. influenza) of health care workers.

• Electronic medical records could face access delays of

up to days or weeks in the event of a power outage during a disaster.

• Delays or cancellations of medical testing or

procedures Source for Text: Health Canada, 2008

Sample Climate Change Impacts on Health Care

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HC Facility Climate Change Resiliency Toolkit

Health Care Facility Resiliency Toolkit:

Facilitator Presentation The Resiliency Checklist Resources

2 www.greenhealthcare.ca/resiliency/ HC Facility Climate Change Resiliency Toolkit

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HC Facility Climate Change Resiliency Checklist

Purpose:

• Increase awareness of the impacts of climate

change on health care facilities in Canada

• Enable health care facility officials to assess

resiliency to climate change

• Provide references and best practices to help

health care facilities become more resilient to climate change

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• Online 78-questions divided into 4 sections
• Scoring of results
• Notes section to detail current situation
• Confidentiality of responses
• Resources to help health care facilities become

more resilient and adapt to climate change HC Facility Climate Change Resiliency Checklist

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Healthcare Facility Climate Change Resiliency Mentoring Mentoring available for 2 cohorts from 2017 – 2018 Contact: Kent Waddington 613-720-4889 kent@greenhealthcare.ca

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Funding and support for the development of the toolkit was provided by:

Nova Scotia Department of Environment Health Canada

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Funding for the Climate Change Mentoring project is provided by:

Ontario Trillium Foundation

An agency of the Government of Ontario, the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) is one of Canada’s largest granting foundations. With a budget of over $136 million, OTF awards grants to some 1,000 projects every year to build healthy and vibrant Ontario communities. For more information, please visit: www.otf.ca

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THANK-YOU

For more information please contact:

Samantha Putos – CCGHC samanthat@greenhealthcare.ca Kent Waddington – CCGHC kent@greenhealthcare.ca