These resources from Health Care Without Harm will help eliminate mercury from your facility.
The integrated pest management practitioner’s 2015 directory of least-toxic pest control products contains more than 2000 products produced by more than 600 suppliers.
(Delivering community benefit: Climate and health toolkit) The Hilltop Institute’s Community Benefit State Law Profiles present a comprehensive analysis of each state’s community benefit landscape as defined by its laws, regulations, tax exemptions, and, in some cases, policies and activities of state executive agencies.
(Delivering community benefit: Climate and health toolkit) (Catholic Health Association) Community benefits are programs and services designed to improve health in communities and increase access to health care.
(Delivering community benefit: Climate and health toolkit) (ASTHO) Community health needs assessments (CHNA) and implementation strategies are newly required of tax-exempt hospitals as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
(Delivering community benefit: Climate and health toolkit) (EPA) The Climate Change Impacts and Risk Analysis (CIRA) project quantifies the physical effects and economic damages under multiple climate change scenarios.
(Delivering community benefit: Climate and health toolkit) Can community benefit programs that improve health also have a positive impact on climate change and the environment? The answer can be yes.
(World Health Organization) Primarily intended for public health professionals and health managers, this framework would also help guide decision-makers in other health-determining sectors, such as nutrition, water and sanitation, and emergency management.
A white paper demonstrating that the health sector has a critical role to play in helping lead the transition to a fossil fuel-free and sustainable economy.
(Delivering community benefit: Climate and health toolkit) This paper identifies community benefit activities that address local health priorities and mitigate climate change or generate environmental benefits.
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