[2022 National Public Awareness Survey on Health Impacts of Climate Change]

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency operates a Climate Health Impact Assessment every five years and publishes the results to minimize the damage to public health caused by climate change. An online structured survey was administered in the first study which investigated public awareness regarding the impact of climate change on public health. There was a high level of interest concerning about climate change (87.4%). However, awareness of the health risks caused by climate change (63.2%) and the 1st Climate Health Impact Assessment (9.1%) was low, and differences in awareness by sex and age were confirmed. In addition, we confirmed the public demand for climate health information, areas of interest, and preferred media. However, we found that the related information was inadequate (30.3%). Further, we plan to develop more actionable and sustainable evidence-based contents through in-depth comparative research. We must pay more attention to raising public awareness and improving health literacy on climate change.