Title |
Health Implications of Climate Change: a Review of the Literature About the Perception of the Public and Health Professionals
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Published in |
Current Environmental Health Reports, February 2018
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DOI | 10.1007/s40572-018-0190-3 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Julia Hathaway, Edward W. Maibach |
Abstract |
Through 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. Among 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. Health professionals feel the need to learn more, and the public appears open to learning more, about the health consequences of climate change. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 12 | 67% |
Bulgaria | 1 | 6% |
Curaçao | 1 | 6% |
Unknown | 4 | 22% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Members of the public | 13 | 72% |
Scientists | 3 | 17% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 6% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 6% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Unknown | 250 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Student > Master | 42 | 17% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 24 | 10% |
Researcher | 22 | 9% |
Student > Bachelor | 22 | 9% |
Other | 13 | 5% |
Other | 37 | 15% |
Unknown | 90 | 36% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Medicine and Dentistry | 31 | 12% |
Environmental Science | 27 | 11% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 21 | 8% |
Social Sciences | 16 | 6% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 9 | 4% |
Other | 46 | 18% |
Unknown | 100 | 40% |