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2024 Hennepin County All -Jurisdiction Hazard Mitigation Plan <br />Volume 2 — Hazard Inventory <br />Education about extreme heat can also be a strategy. <br />TABLE 4.3.7A White -Newsome et al (2014) describe educational strategies in their four -city study: <br />TABLE 4.3.7A Four City Study <br />- .11111111ZHISM11612 <br />• Revisit framing of heat warnings <br />Detroit <br />• Invest in full scale public relations campaign to educate residents on heat and <br />health. <br />• Educate grade school students about climate change. <br />• Ensure that county summer campaign includes a heat health component. <br />• Develop messages that connect climate change to everyday life <br />• Identify strategies to prevent oversaturation of messaging (e.g., home -based <br />care providers have many health messages to deliver) <br />New York <br />• Using focus groups, determine how and where to best promote cooling centers <br />to a greater diversity of vulnerable persons. <br />• Make health messages that apply to everyone. <br />• Consider additional risk factors in messaging, such as obesity and risk aversion <br />• Revisit messaging about where to go (e.g., ride public transportation, cooling <br />centers, mall) during heat waves. <br />• Educate people to participate in traditional cooling behaviors. <br />Philadelphia <br />. Increase messaging to encourage buddy systems or checking on loved ones. <br />• Consider use of social media or partnerships with GenPhilly <br />(http://www.genphilly.org) to remind younger generations to check on <br />vulnerable family members <br />• Create clearinghouse of projects and materials <br />• Develop —check on your neighbor1l programs or messaging. <br />Phoenix <br />. Work with Salvation Army on trainings for social service providers <br />• Improve collective definitions of heat wave. <br />• Partner with academics to better translate study findings <br />4.3.7.13. Response <br />There are many things an individual can do to respond to extreme heat events. The following list is from <br />the American Red Cross: <br />• Listen to a NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Weather Radio for critical <br />updates from the National Weather Service (NWS). <br />• Never leave children or pets alone in enclosed vehicles. <br />• Stay hydrated by drinking plenty of fluids even if you do not feel thirsty. Avoid drinks with caffeine <br />or alcohol. <br />• Eat small meals and eat more often. <br />• Avoid extreme temperature changes. <br />139 <br />