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Ohio Clinicians for Climate Action. Aparna Bole, MD, FAAP Division Chief, General Academic Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine Medical Director, Community Integration, UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital. The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health Annual Meeting April 9, 2018
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Ohio Clinicians for Climate Action Aparna Bole, MD, FAAP Division Chief, General Academic Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine Medical Director, Community Integration, UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health Annual Meeting April 9, 2018 Washington, DC
OCCA History • Approached by local foundation invested in clean energy & climate action advocacy • Administrative home: Ohio Environmental Council (OEC) • OEC is a non-partisan, highly respected environmental advocacy organization with strong relationships in the state house & strong regional advocacy networks • Clinician advocacy day in Columbus: Sept 20, 2017 • Communication training • Climate change & health 101 • Republican & Democratic state senator involvement • Press conference on wind setbacks
http://theoec.org/clean-energy/ohio-clinicians-climate-action/http://theoec.org/clean-energy/ohio-clinicians-climate-action/
Toledo Cleveland Columbus Cincinnati
OCCA 2017 goals • Assemble an advisory board of members to co-develop educational resources and serve as core membership group; • Mobilize quickly around Ohio clean energy advocacy opportunities; • Build an online presence; • Mobilize 100-150 clinicians to participate in at least one action; • Activate 15-20 clinicians to take regular action (i.e. participating in earned media, speaking to the public); • Host two trainings to introduce and strengthen clinicians’ advocacy skills on climate change; and • Generate at least 12 earned media hits that highlight the importance of clinicians’ voices in this debate.
OCCA Organizational Structure & Priorities • Staffed & coordinated by OEC • Advisory committee of clinicians & others • Geographic diversity – Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati • Pediatrics, pulmonology, internal medicine – all academic physicians • Healthcare Without Harm, Medical Society Consortium, OEC RN board member also included • Policy priorities • Energy efficiency & renewable standards • Wind setbacks • Fracking on public lands • Lake Erie & Ohio River water quality • Redistricting
OCCA year 1 accomplishments • 8 member advisory committee meets monthly • 120 OCCA members • Educational resources: webpage, action toolkits, & social media • Clinicians engaged in more than 100 actions • Advocacy day, inclusion of trainees • ~15 clinicians engaged in more regular and repeated actions. • Drafting & publishing blogs • Signing on to action alerts • Speaking at a citizen hearing about US EPA funding. • Participating in town hall event on anniversary of Toledo Water Crisis • Testifying at Clean Power Plan hearing in WVA
OCCA next steps, strengths & challenges • CME events • Grand rounds “exchange” • CME conference • Formal MOUs w/ state chapters of medical professional societies • Dedicated staffing to bring expertise in working with health professionals • Recruitment - increasing geographic & specialty diversity of members • Additional opportunities for trainees • Strengths • OEC advocacy network, strategy, & relationships; staff • Challenges • OEC unfamiliarity with working with health professionals, efficiency challenges, how best to align with national initiatives
Aparna.bole@uhhospitals.org 216-844-5738 @DrAparnaBole Thank you! SARPS