Hosted by the Department of Global and Environmental Health
Natural hazards and other widespread environmental shocks highly affect population health. Environmental shocks can be highly traumatic and often lead to a breakdown of social services and community safety nets; economic strain and job loss; and loss of community, family, and identity. While past research concentrates on physical health outcomes, a growing number of studies examine the psychosocial dimension of health. In general, the current evidence is limited to high-income countries. High-income countries have comprehensive infrastructure and response services, which may not reflect the realities of low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs). LMICs are disproportionately affected by environmental shocks and have less comprehensive population-level data, which leads to structural inequity in health response and research. In this guest seminar, Dr. Ilan Cerna-Turoff will discuss this body of evidence, topical and methodological extensions to LMICs, and future directions in the age of climate change.