Melissa Gorman
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 6906063 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Melissa Gorman |
| PRENOMES | Melissa |
| SOBRENOME | Gorman |
| ASSINATURA | GORMAN M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Health Canada |
| ORCID | 0009-0006-9045-4656 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 4 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 0 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 4 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2023 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 0 |
Updating Health Canada’s Heat-Health Messages for the Environment and Climate Change Canada Heat Warning System
It is critical to inform the public of the threat heat poses to health and provide actionable guidance on mitigating this risk before, during, and after heat events. To help educate the public during heat events, Health Canada works closely with Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) to distribute heat-health messaging through a weather warning system. However, the warning system's current list of messages dates back over a decade. Continua…
Death Is a Possibility for Those without Shelter”
Among the most vulnerable to the health-harming effects of heat are people experiencing homelessness. However, during the 2021 Heat Dome, the deadliest extreme heat event (EHE) recorded in Canada to date, people experiencing homelessness represented the smallest proportion of decedents (n = 3, 0.5%)-despite the impacted region (British Columbia) having some of the highest rates of homelessness in the country. Thus, we sought to explore the 2021 H…
Scoping population health equity in impact assessments
While extractive industries in Canada provide many benefits like employment, income, and education, they can also pose disproportionate physical and socio-cultural risks to population health equity for Indigenous populations. The Government of Canada established a new federal framework to review extractive industry and large infrastructure developments in 2019, with impact assessment of project proposals incorporating a 180-day planning phase and…
The Intersection of the Covid-19 Pandemic and the 2021 Heat Dome in Canadian Digital News Media
During the 2021 Heat Dome, 619 people in British Columbia died due to the heat. This public health disaster was made worse by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Few studies have explored the intersection of heat with COVID-19, and none in Canada. Considering that climate change is expected to increase the frequency of extreme heat events, it is important to improve our understanding of intersecting public health crises. Thus, this study aimed to expl…
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The Intersection of the Covid-19 Pandemic and the 2021 Heat Dome in Canadian Digital News Media
During the 2021 Heat Dome, 619 people in British Columbia died due to the heat. This public health disaster was made worse by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Few studies have explored the intersection of heat with COVID-19, and none in Canada. Considering that climate change is expected to increase the frequency of extreme heat events, it is important to improve our understanding of intersecting public health crises. Thus, this study aimed to expl…
Death Is a Possibility for Those without Shelter”
Among the most vulnerable to the health-harming effects of heat are people experiencing homelessness. However, during the 2021 Heat Dome, the deadliest extreme heat event (EHE) recorded in Canada to date, people experiencing homelessness represented the smallest proportion of decedents (n = 3, 0.5%)-despite the impacted region (British Columbia) having some of the highest rates of homelessness in the country. Thus, we sought to explore the 2021 H…
Scoping population health equity in impact assessments
While extractive industries in Canada provide many benefits like employment, income, and education, they can also pose disproportionate physical and socio-cultural risks to population health equity for Indigenous populations. The Government of Canada established a new federal framework to review extractive industry and large infrastructure developments in 2019, with impact assessment of project proposals incorporating a 180-day planning phase and…
Updating Health Canada’s Heat-Health Messages for the Environment and Climate Change Canada Heat Warning System
It is critical to inform the public of the threat heat poses to health and provide actionable guidance on mitigating this risk before, during, and after heat events. To help educate the public during heat events, Health Canada works closely with Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) to distribute heat-health messaging through a weather warning system. However, the warning system's current list of messages dates back over a decade. Continua…
Political science (4 obras) · Medicine (3 obras) · Public relations (3 obras) · Business (2 obras) · Climate Change and Health Impacts (2 obras) · Environmental health (2 obras) · Equity (law (2 obras) · Law (2 obras) · Law (2 obras) · Public health (2 obras)