Journal
CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH REPORTS
Volume 5, Issue 1, Pages 197-204Publisher
SPRINGERNATURE
DOI: 10.1007/s40572-018-0190-3
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Climate change; Climatic change; Health; Public health; Perceptions; Attitudes; Opinions
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- Energy Foundation
- ClimateWorks Foundation
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Purpose of ReviewThrough a systematic search of English language peer-reviewed studies, we assess how health professionals and the public, worldwide, perceive the health implications of climate change.Recent FindingsAmong health professionals, perception that climate change is harming health appears to be high, although self-assessed knowledge is low, and perceived need to learn more is high. Among the public, few North Americans can list any health impacts of climate change, or who is at risk, but appear to view climate change as harmful to health. Among vulnerable publics in Asia and Africa, awareness of increasing health harms due to specific changing climatic conditions is high. Americans across the political and climate change opinion spectra appear receptive to information about the health aspects of climate change, although findings are mixed.SummaryHealth professionals feel the need to learn more, and the public appears open to learning more, about the health consequences of climate change.
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