气候变化对健康领域的影响,南印度一个地区的公众看法 - - 一项横截面研究
Neethu George1, Pavithra Mahendran1, Vijayalakshmi L Rajkumar1
1Department of Community Medicine, Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Medical College Hospital, Perambalur, Tamil Nadu, India.
概括
大多数成年人意识到气候变化对身体,精神和环境健康的影响. 高等教育,农业工作和农村生活与增加的气候变化感知有关,这表明需要社区计划.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 气候科学 气候科学
背景情况:
- 气候变化对身体,社会,环境和心理健康领域产生重大影响.
- 公众对气候变化对健康的影响的认识仍然有限,阻碍了意识和行动.
- 了解公众的看法对于制定有效的气候变化适应战略至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估公众对气候变化对身体,环境和心理健康的影响的看法.
- 确定气候变化对健康的影响和人口/社会经济因素之间的关联.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及877名城市和农村地区的成年人 (≥30岁) 的横截面研究.
- 通过半结构化问卷和采访收集的数据.
- 回归模型分析了关于社会人口统计学特征的感知几率.
主要成果:
- 大多数参与者认为气候变化的影响涉及身体,精神和环境健康领域.
- 高等教育,农业职业和农村居住显著与感知增加有关 (P <0.05).
结论:
- 越来越多的公众对气候变化影响的认识表明,人们已经准备好采取适应性策略.
- 基于社区的计划对于提高对气候变化的理解和事实感知至关重要.
- 应对气候变化对健康的影响需要强有力的公众参与和教育.
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