The Australian Health Promotion Association (AHPA), with support from the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, has recently released a special issue of the Health Promotion Journal of Australia. The special issue reflects a commitment to build knowledge and promote debate about the links between climate change and health promotion. As a strategy to support dialogue on this topic, AHPA has agreed to make this special issue freely available for the month of January 2012. Please click on the link below to access your free copy:

http://healthpromotion.org.au/journal/journal-downloads/article/1-hpja/4...

The following articles are included in this special issue

Editorials

Addressing climate change through health promotion in Australia
James A. Smith and Anthony Capon

Action on climate change requires strong leadership from the health sector
Melissa Sweet

Emerging Evidence

Health promotion interventions to address climate change using a primary health care approach: a literature review
Rae Walker, John Hassall, Sue Chaplin, Janet Congues, Rachael Bajayo
and Wendy Mason

Residential air-conditioning and climate change: voices of the vulnerable
Carol Farbotko, Gordon Waitt

Older persons and heat-susceptibility: the role of health promotion in a changing climate
Alana Hansen, Peng Bi, Monika Nitschke, Dino Pisaniello, Jonathan Newbury and Alison Kitson

Extreme Heat Arrangements in South Australia: an assessment of trigger temperatures
Susan Williams, Monika Nitschke, Graeme Tucker and Peng Bi

Perspectives

Core health promotion competencies in Australia: are they compatible with climate change action?
Rebecca Patrick and James A. Smith

Why sustainable population growth is a key to climate change and public health equity
Peter Howat and Melissa Stoneham

Implications of climate change for skin cancer prevention in Australia
Jen Makin

A numbers game: lack of gendered data impedes prevention of disaster-related family violence
Debra Parkinson, Cath Lancaster, Anna Stewart

Strategies for Action

Wrestling with ‘doubt-sayers’: a first step in leading community-wide climate change action for better health

Jan Ritchie
The potential role of Health Impact Assessment in tackling the complexity of climate change adaptation for health
Helen L Brown, Katrina Proust, Jeffery Spickett and Anthony Capon

Networked resilience in rural Australia – a role for health promotion in regional responses to climate change
Eric K van Beurden, Annie M Kia, Denise Hughes, Jeffery D Fuller,
Uta Dietrich, Kirsty Howton and Suman Kavooru

It’s here! Are we ready? Five case studies of health promotion practices that address climate change from within Victorian health care settings
Rebecca Patrick and Teresa Capetola

Schools, climate change and health promtion: a vital alliance
Helen Boon, Lawrence Brown, Brenton Clark, Paul Pagliano,
Komla Tsey and Kim Usher