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"This Primer is a first edition on climate change, comprised of four chapters. This title will be part of the Population Health Primer Series. Content includes information on the science behind climate change, the impacts of climate change on health, how to communicate about climate change and health, and climate change and health policy"--

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"This Primer is a first edition on climate change, comprised of four chapters. This title will be part of the Population Health Primer Series. Content includes information on the science behind climate change, the impacts of climate change on health, how to communicate about climate change and health, and climate change and health policy"--
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Dr. Mona Sarfaty is trained in family medicine and public health and has engaged in teaching, research, and advocacy for 40 years. As an academic faculty member with expertise in primary care, preventive services, and health policy, she has lectured at national & regional venues including hospitals, health plans, professional societies, health departments, and government conferences. She is the founding director of the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health, a coalition of 29 medical societies and 53 affiliated public health organizations with the mission of informing the public and policymakers about the health harms of climate change and the health benefits of climate solutions. Earlier in her career she worked as a Senior Health Policy Advisor for the U.S. Senate Health and Human Resources Committee (now Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions) where she planned hearings, wrote legislation, negotiated policy, and met with constituents. She collaborated with other to found the Foundation for the NIH, the Community Oriented Primary Care Track at the George Washington School of Public Health (now the Milken Institute School), Project Access and the Primary Care Coalition of Montgomery County, MD, and the Diabetes Information and Support for Your Health program at Thomas Jefferson University. She is the author of widely circulated guides on cancer screening and many peer reviewed articles. She also authored two book chapters on climate change and health. She received her MPH from George Washington University, her MD from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and her BA from Harvard University. She has been married for 38 years, and has two sons, and 4 grandchildren