Oregon Health Authority and Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs: Using Storytelling to Illustrate the Impacts of Climate Change on Health

October 30, 2017Amy Hill

Public health practitioners are increasingly focused on the critical need to address the relationship between climate change and health. Leading the way on statewide efforts to build community resiliency for mitigating these impacts is the Oregon Health Authority (OHA), which in the fall of 2016 released a Climate and Health Resilience Plan. Among a range of actions outlined in the plan is the use of storytelling methods to engage local community members in learning about and responding to climate change.