ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2015
Vulnerable Populations Perceive Their Health as at Risk from Climate Change.
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- The effects of climate change on mental health and psychological well-being: Impacts and priority actions.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2024Article
- Exploring medical students' perceptions and understanding of the health impacts of climate change: a qualitative content analysis.BMC medical education · 2023Article
- Perception of health risks in contexts of extreme climate change in semiarid Northeastern Brazil: an analysis of the role of socioeconomic variables.Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine · 2023Article
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- Public perceptions of Lyme disease and climate change in southern Manitoba, Canada: making a case for strategic decoupling of climate and health messages.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Dissemination of Information About Climate Change by State and Local Public Health Departments: United States, 2019-2020.American journal of public health · 2020Article
- Mental Health and Weather Extremes in a Southeastern U.S. City: Exploring Group Differences by Race.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Risk perception of heat related disorders on the workplaces: a survey among health and safety representatives from the autonomous province of Trento, Northeastern Italy.Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene · 2020Article
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Abstract
Climate change is already taking a toll on human health, a toll that is likely to increase in coming decades. The relationship between risk perceptions and vulnerability to climate change's health threats has received little attention, even though an understanding of the dynamics of adaptation among particularly susceptible populations is becoming increasingly important. We demonstrate that some people whose health will suffer the greatest harms from climate change-due to social vulnerability, health susceptibility, and exposure to hazards-already feel they are at risk. In a 2013 survey we measured Maryland residents' climate beliefs, health risk perceptions, and household social vulnerability characteristics, including medical conditions (n = 2126). We paired survey responses with secondary data sources for residence in a floodplain and/or urban heat island to predict perceptions of personal and household climate health risk. General health risk perceptions, political ideology, and climate beliefs are the strongest predictors. Yet, people in households with the following characteristics also see themselves at higher risk: members with one or more medical conditions or disabilities; low income; racial/ethnic minorities; and residence in a floodplain. In light of these results, climate health communication among vulnerable populations should emphasize protective actions instead of risk messages.
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