Week 9
Heat, Health and Community Resilience
How does the body respond to extreme heat and heatwaves? What are the best ways to stay safe?
This week you will learn about how the body responds to heat across the human lifespan and explore evidence-based ways to keep cool. You will learn about the risk factors present during heatwaves and importance of preparedness and managing stress during a webinar with the Australian Red Cross. All schools have the option to visit the University of Sydney Heat and Health Research Centre’s Thermal Ergonomics Laboratory to learn about current research.
You will use this information to complete Task 3 and create targeted heat-safe messaging in your community.
‘Extreme heat can impact our health in a number of different ways. During very hot weather or when we are physically active, our bodies begin to accumulate heat, to store heat, and if this is unchecked our core body temperature gradually begins to rise, and this can begin to result in a number of different health-related issues.’
