Activating health professionals as climate change and health communicators and advocates: a review
Health professionals have a crucial role to play in educating the public and advocating with policymakers about the human health relevance of climate change. Here, we review 93 studies published between the years 2000–2023 on the roles health professionals can play in addressing climate change as a...
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| description | Health professionals have a crucial role to play in educating the public and advocating with policymakers about the human health relevance of climate change. Here, we review 93 studies published between the years 2000–2023 on the roles health professionals can play in addressing climate change as a health issue, their knowledge of and concern about the issue, their willingness to engage with the issue, barriers they perceive to that engagement, and strategies to overcome these challenges. Overall, we found health professionals have a growing understanding of and concern about climate change’s impacts on human health and are interested in communicating about the issue and advocating for climate and health solutions. Continued efforts are needed to develop effective programming and resources to help activate, train, and support health professionals as trusted voices on the issue. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-559585a83634485db2a255d5d1d871f82025-01-27T10:39:51ZengIOP PublishingEnvironmental Research: Health2752-53092025-01-013101200210.1088/2752-5309/ada791Activating health professionals as climate change and health communicators and advocates: a reviewEryn Campbell0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8711-7882Sri Saahitya Uppalapati1John Kotcher2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4789-1384Kathryn Thier3Patrick Ansah4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0864-5885Neha Gour5Edward Maibach6https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3409-9187Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media, University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia, PA, United States of America; Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University , Fairfax, VA, United States of AmericaCenter for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University , Fairfax, VA, United States of AmericaCenter for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University , Fairfax, VA, United States of AmericaCenter for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University , Fairfax, VA, United States of AmericaCenter for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University , Fairfax, VA, United States of AmericaCenter for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University , Fairfax, VA, United States of AmericaCenter for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University , Fairfax, VA, United States of AmericaHealth professionals have a crucial role to play in educating the public and advocating with policymakers about the human health relevance of climate change. Here, we review 93 studies published between the years 2000–2023 on the roles health professionals can play in addressing climate change as a health issue, their knowledge of and concern about the issue, their willingness to engage with the issue, barriers they perceive to that engagement, and strategies to overcome these challenges. Overall, we found health professionals have a growing understanding of and concern about climate change’s impacts on human health and are interested in communicating about the issue and advocating for climate and health solutions. Continued efforts are needed to develop effective programming and resources to help activate, train, and support health professionals as trusted voices on the issue.https://doi.org/10.1088/2752-5309/ada791climate changecommunicationhealth professionalsadvocacyclimate and healthbarriers |
| spellingShingle | Eryn Campbell Sri Saahitya Uppalapati John Kotcher Kathryn Thier Patrick Ansah Neha Gour Edward Maibach Activating health professionals as climate change and health communicators and advocates: a review Environmental Research: Health climate change communication health professionals advocacy climate and health barriers |
| title | Activating health professionals as climate change and health communicators and advocates: a review |
| title_full | Activating health professionals as climate change and health communicators and advocates: a review |
| title_fullStr | Activating health professionals as climate change and health communicators and advocates: a review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Activating health professionals as climate change and health communicators and advocates: a review |
| title_short | Activating health professionals as climate change and health communicators and advocates: a review |
| title_sort | activating health professionals as climate change and health communicators and advocates a review |
| topic | climate change communication health professionals advocacy climate and health barriers |
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