三重行星危机:为什么医疗保健专业人员应该关心
Fathima Rizka Ihsan1, Jacqueline G Bloomfield2, Lynn V Monrouxe1
1Faculty of Medicine and Health, Sydney School of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
Frontiers in medicine
|October 3, 2024
概括
生态危机,包括气候变化和污染,严重影响人类健康,造成数百万人的死亡. 医疗保健专业人员必须解决他们在这个危机中的角色,并参与行星健康倡议.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 气候变化影响 气候变化影响
背景情况:
- 人类面临着严重的健康后果的生态危机,包括气候变化和污染,导致每年数百万人过早死亡.
- 医疗保健部门既受到环境退化和气候变化的影响,也为此做出了贡献.
- 医疗保健专业人员急需应对三重的地球威胁:气候变化,生物多样性丧失和污染.
研究的目的:
- 讨论当前的生态危机,重点关注气候变化,生物多样性丧失和污染.
- 突出卫生保健部门对生态危机的贡献和负担.
- 探索潜在的研究领域,以激励医疗保健专业人员参与减轻这些危机.
主要方法:
- 这篇视角论文综合了有关生态危机及其健康影响的当前知识.
- 它讨论了医疗保健部门和专业人员在这一背景下的作用.
- 它回顾了行星健康和生态焦虑等概念,并提出了未来的研究方向.
主要成果:
- 生态危机对全球健康构成重大威胁,其死亡率超过主要疾病的死亡率.
- 医疗保健系统目前的举措不足以应对危机的严重程度.
- 医疗保健专业人员对生态危机及其作用缺乏认识,加剧了这个问题.
结论:
- 医疗保健专业人员必须认识到他们与生态系统的相互联系,以及他们对环境退化的贡献.
- 医疗保健专业人员提高意识和参与度至关重要,以减轻生态危机.
- 需要进一步的研究,以激励医疗保健专业人员在应对地球健康挑战方面发挥主动作用.
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