气候变化倡导和癌症临床试验组织
Nay My Oo1, Catherine S Weadick1, Lucy Murphy2
1Department of Medical Oncology, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland.
BJC reports
|November 8, 2024
概括
癌症临床试验组织的气候倡导力很低. 需要做出更大的努力,让这些组织参与应对气候变化影响和他们自己的环境足迹.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 在瘤学瘤学.
背景情况:
- 医疗保健对气候变化做出了重大贡献,占全球温室气体排放量的4%.
- 医疗保健行业也产生大量的电子数据,有助于能源消耗.
- 仅癌症临床试验就产生了数百万的排放量,相当于国家水平.
研究的目的:
- 评估癌症临床试验组织中气候变化意识和倡导的水平.
- 在这些组织中确定与气候变化有关的当前做法和承诺.
主要方法:
- 在2023年9月进行了一项基于网络的范围测试.
- 确定了75个癌症临床试验组织,并分析了他们的网站.
主要成果:
- 在46个组织中,只有8个组织 (17%) 表示对气候变化有任何承诺.
- 很少有组织专门制定气候变化政策 (5%),委员会 (4%) 或患者教育资源 (2%).
- 大多数组织缺乏与气候变化倡议或联盟的明显参与.
结论:
- 在癌症临床试验组织中,气候变化倡导和参与特别低.
- 显然需要有针对性的倡议来促进该部门的气候行动.
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