The State of Public Health Resource Hub is a companion to the State of Public Health Report featuring links to public health data dashboards, tools, and reports for more information about the health conditions and data trends described in the report. The following links focus on climate change and public health preparedness and response.
The Climate Change & Health Equity (CCHE) Branch works with local, state, and national partners to embed health and equity in California climate change policy and planning, and embed climate change and equity in public health policy and planning.
The CCHE Branch has a library of climate change and health equity tools and resources on topics including extreme heat and wildfire smoke and Spanish language materials.
The Center for Preparedness and Response (CPR), formerly the Emergency Preparedness Office, coordinates overall emergency planning and preparedness efforts for CDPH. CPR’s Be Prepared webpage provides resources on disaster planning to assist Californians in preparing for catastrophic threats to public health.
The CPR Know and Understand Natural Disasters webpage features guidance and resources on how to stay safe during extreme heat, wildfires, floods, landslides and mudslides, power outages, and more.
The CDPH CalBRACE Adaption toolkit is a collection of tools, reports, and guides for local public health departments and communities to anticipate, prepare for, and respond to the health impacts of climate change.
The Climate Change and Health Vulnerability Indicators for California (CCHVIs) provide data organized by environmental exposures, population sensitivity, and adaptive capacity indicators. A query system enables downloadable data for various indicators by county. The Climate Change and Health Vulnerability Indicators visualization tool (CCHVIz) is the interactive data visualization platform for the CCHVIs.
The California Climate Dashboard, from the California Environmental Protection Agency, tracks progress in achieving California’s climate greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets and the associated benefits.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides a Heat and Health Tracker for local heat and health information and to identify at-risk populations.
HEAT.gov is a National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS) providing tools and information on the impacts of extreme heat and the health, economic, and infrastructural inequitable impacts of extreme heat.