Barriers and facilitators to state public health agency climate and health action: a qualitative assessment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As the health implications of climate change become more apparent, agencies and institutions across the United States are developing recommendations for state and territorial health agencies (S/THAs) to implement evidence-informed climate and health adaptation strategies. The CDC established the Building Resilience Against Climate Effects (BRACE) framework in 2010 to encourage local and state public health engagement in climate change adaptation. However, even after a decade of the BRACE initiative, the elements that affect the adoption and implementation of climate and health programming by S/THAs are not well understood.

Methods

Using an implementation science framework, this study sought to further understand and define the barriers and facilitators that determ

SUBMITTER: Hartwell C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9859738 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature