Survey of county-level heat preparedness and response to the 2011 summer heat in 30 U.S. States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adapting to extreme heat is becoming more critical as our climate changes. Previous research reveals that very few communities in the United States have programs to sufficiently prevent health problems during hot weather.

Objective

Our goal was to examine county-level local heat preparedness and response in 30 U.S. states following the unusually hot summer of 2011.

Methods

Using a multimodal survey approach, we invited local health and emergency response departments from 586 counties to participate in the largest survey to date of heat preparedness and response in the United States. County-level responses were pooled into national and regional-level summaries. Logistic regressions modeled associations between heat planning/response and county characteristic

SUBMITTER: White-Newsome JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4048256 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature