Communicating to Policymakers: Global Environmental Change and Cryptosporidium in Drinking Water. Ann Bostrom, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Increases in problems with cryptosporidiosis from drinking water are one potential health effect of global environmental change. Recent efforts (e.g., the Public Health Handbook produced by the Working Group on Waterborne Cryptosporidiosis) have provided some guidelines and support for local health departments and water utilities on this topic. However, little research has been done with regard to how best to prepare this level of policy makers for longer term health effects of global climate change. Using Cryptosporidium in drinking water as an example, this paper reports the results of interviews with experts to see what water resource managers—lower or middle level policy makers—need to know about potential health effects of global environmental change, and how best to inform them. To complete the picture, results from surveys of these policy makers illustrate what they know and want to know.
Go to . . .