For the past year, one team of Dartmouth Health pediatricians in Lebanon has helped inform patients about five local climate concerns: air quality, extreme heat, extreme weather, ticks, mosquitos and mental health.
One poster displayed in doctor's offices depicts five local climate concerns: air quality, extreme heat, extreme weather, ticks and mosquitos, and mental health.
“I feel like I am constantly kind of assessing what I can do to help keep them safe, considering all of the things that they face,” she said. “I’m not sure that our healthcare system is talking about this,” she said. “I'm not sure that parents who maybe are concerned, and are thinking about this, have access to the same information.”
Pediatricians have to cover a lot of ground: administer vaccines, conduct a physical exam and address parent questions. As part of the pilot, participating doctors offices displayed posters and brochures about the climate-health connection. In the future, its findings might help inform pediatric care beyond the Dartmouth network, or how Anderson educates medical students.
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