• Implementation & Evaluation of Community-based Adaptation  to  Climate Change in Alaska: 2015 Highlights Report (pdf, 279 KB)
  Dr. David Driscoll et al, 2015 
  Anchorage,AK –September 2, 2015. UAA's Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies (ICHS) today released the Implementation and Evaluation of Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change in Alaska assessing the health effects of unusual environmental conditions likely associated with climate change in Alaska.

This Highlights Report reveals the results of two rounds of community-based sentinel surveillance in Alaska, and describes the adverse health outcomes associated with those conditions in three ecologically-distinct regions of the state. It describes statistical associations between two exposures;unusual weatherconditions and participant changes in travel as a result of unusual weather conditions,with a variety of health outcomes and health outcome mediators. A broader report with a detailed description of the methods and analytic approach employed in this study will be released in the scientific literature later this year.