为什么气候素养就是健康素养
Larry R Churchill1, Gail E Henderson2, Nancy M P King3
1Professor emeritus at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee.
AMA journal of ethics
|February 2, 2024
概括
全球变暖带来严重的健康风险,加剧了现有的问题. 伦理学家可以帮助临床医生和公众了解这一危机,并减少气候变化相关的疾病和死亡.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 医学伦理 医学伦理
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 全球变暖带来了严重和不断升级的健康挑战.
- 现有的健康素养和减缓计划对于当前的气候危机是不够的.
- 气候变化加剧了健康的社会和生态决定因素,包括高温,洪水,粮食/水资源不安全和土地丧失.
研究的目的:
- 检查伦理学家在应对全球变暖对健康的影响中的作用.
- 提高临床医生和公众对气候危机的认识.
- 为减少与气候变化相关的发病率和死亡率提出可行的建议.
主要方法:
- 关于气候变化和健康的文献评论.
- 对气候变化影响的伦理层面的分析.
- 基于道德考虑的建议的制定.
主要成果:
- 与全球变暖相关的健康问题严重且日益严重.
- 当前公众和专业人士对气候相关健康风险的理解不足.
- 伦理学家在倡导气候行动和健康保护方面发挥着至关重要的作用.
结论:
- 迫切需要采取行动来应对全球变暖对健康造成的严重后果.
- 加强道德参与对于动员临床医生和公众至关重要.
- 提出了四个关键建议,以减轻气候变化对健康的影响.
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