Advancing scientific understanding of climate, improving society’s ability to plan and respond
Advancing scientific understanding of climate, improving society’s ability to plan and respond
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The Albermarle Regional Health Services (ARHS) covers an 8-county region in the Albermarle-Pamlico Sound/Inner Banks Region of rural Northeastern North Carolina (Chowan, Bertie, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Gates, Hertford, Tyrell, Camden). This region is among the poorest and most vulnerable in the Carolinas.
In fall 2021, the C3HE team was approached to advise the ARHS team on a grant proposal to NOAAs Education and Literacy Program. Through this effort, the ARHS team started to explore a community partnership with the C3HE team. This region is experiencing sea level rise and saltwater intrusion, extreme heat, flooding and other secondary hazards like more frequent algal blooms. The C3HE team is working with ARHS leadership and others in this region to plan a climate workshop to assess the needs of the community, identify linkages between climate and health stressors, and to develop a communication and response plan for the regional health providers.