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Climate Adaptation Partnerships Program

Advancing Climate Literacy and Health Equity in the Albermarle Regional Health Services

CAP Team (s):

C3HE (Carolinas Collaborative on Climate Health and Equity)

Years Active (s):

2021 –
2026

Principal Investigator (s):

Kathie Dello

Co-Investigator (s):

Kathie Dello, Jennifer Runkle, Haven Cashwell, Shelly McComb

Project Supporters:

None

Project Contact:

State/Locations:

North Carolina

Research Partners:

Local Government, NOAA Sea Grant

End User / Practitioner Partners:

Local Government, Planners, Resource Managers, Emergency Management

Deliverables:

Climate workshop and communications plan, peer-reviewed publications on climate and health

Adaptation:

Advance understanding, Train professionals, Strengthen relationships & networks, Support knowledge exchange, Inform plans & policies, Advance science policy

Categories:

agriculture, Coasts, Diversity, Drought, Ecosystems, Equity, extreme events, Heat, Human Health, Infrastructure, Justice, justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion, natural hazards, Recreation, tourism, Water Resources

Geographic Scope:

Northeastern NC/Inner Banks

Geographic Communities Benefited:

Elizabeth City, NC/Chowan, Bertie, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Gates, Hertford, Tyrell, Camden Counties

Non-Geographic Underserved Communities Benefited:

low income children and elderly residents in rural North Carolina

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 NOAA’s 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.

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