Topic: Adaptations for Karuk Health in the Face of Climate Change
Public awareness campaigns: encourage and enable patients and community members with severe conditions to have backup supplies.
Expand resources for public cooling centers.
Individual and family counseling services.
Monitoring and assessment of community needs regarding access to cool spaces.
Work with DNR water quality and other to advocate for dam removal, reduction in agricultural inputs from upper basin, other...
Improve coordination between medical and water quality monitoring staff.
Trainings regarding symptom recognition and treatment.
Increase clinic and medical infrastructure to support long term increases in community rates of allergies and asthma.
Revitalize air quality monitoring program, coordinate with clinics.
Tabulate data on smoke related visits, coordinate with air quality monitoring.
Expand HEPA filter distribution capacity; look to permanent installation for all homes in service area.
Maintain and expand public air centers.