{"id":13539,"date":"2022-10-13T11:54:36","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T18:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/?p=13539"},"modified":"2022-10-13T11:54:37","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T18:54:37","slug":"residents-climate-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/residents-climate-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"East Palo Alto health officials want to know residents' climate challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/cambio-climatico-2-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"East Palo Alto health officials want to know residents&#039; climate challenges\" class=\"wp-image-13540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/cambio-climatico-2-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/cambio-climatico-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/cambio-climatico-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/cambio-climatico-2-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/cambio-climatico-2-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/cambio-climatico-2-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/cambio-climatico-2-1068x712.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By Olivia Wynkoop. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baycitynews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bay City News<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Public health officials plan to go door-to-door in East Palo Alto neighborhoods next week to hear details about residents&#039; climate challenges and how they are coping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Survey teams are prepared to ask residents how they are threatened by extreme heat, rising sea levels, wildfires, air quality and mosquitoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The survey results will be used to inform officials about what resources East Palo Alto residents need and will also shape an emergency preparedness plan for the community.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese types of surveys are critical to understanding the needs of our community and providing actionable change,\u201d said Karen Pfister, epidemiology program manager for San Mateo County Health. \u201cWe look forward to working with East Palo Alto residents to better understand the community\u2019s emergency preparedness and climate change needs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>San Mateo County Health staff and the San Mateo County Mosquito and Vector Control District, along with local volunteers, plan to visit randomly selected addresses October 17-19.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inspection teams will wear identification badges and will not ask residents for personal information such as their name, date of birth or proof of identification.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe results of this survey will allow us to improve the way we provide vector control services to the East Palo Alto community,\u201d said Brian Weber, district manager for the Mosquito and Vector Control District. \u201cOur district is continually looking for ways to more efficiently detect and address vector-related issues and needs in the county.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information about the survey can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smcmvcd.org\/CASPER\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.smcmvcd.org\/CASPER<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>You may be interested in: <a href=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/amazonia-in-peril-by-bolsonarists\/\">Amazon, \"heart of the world\" endangered by bolsonaristas in Brazil<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Por Olivia Wynkoop. Bay City News. Los funcionarios de salud p\u00fablica planean ir de puerta en puerta en los vecindarios de East Palo Alto la pr\u00f3xima semana para escuchar los detalles sobre los desaf\u00edos clim\u00e1ticos de residentes y c\u00f3mo los enfrentan. Los equipos de inspecci\u00f3n est\u00e1n preparados para preguntar a los residentes c\u00f3mo se ven [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,14,6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-13539","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-community","8":"category-cover","9":"category-habitat"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13539"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13542,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13539\/revisions\/13542"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}