*Emergency Medical Services and Health Equity

The vision for this project is to draw from the experiences of those on the frontline of health care in low-income communities, first, to better understand social and environmental determinants of health and, second, to identify ways to improve public health. EMS experiences and data can help identify public health issues as they emerge. EMS professionals can also intervene closer to the source of the issues through a combination of community-based paramedicine and collaboration with other city agencies. Among the issues that are a focus of the research is the effect of climate change and heat on public health and on EMS responses.