ArticleFamily practice2023
Climate change and Australian general practice vocational education: a cross-sectional study.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Implementation of decarbonisation actions in general practice: a systematic review and narrative synthesis.BMJ open · 2025Pooled it
- Sustainable healthcare knowledge, experience and curricular perspectives: a cross-sectional survey within the European Young Family Doctors Movement network.Family practice · 2026Article
- Supporting general practices to develop green action plans to reduce carbon emissions: development and evaluation of the feasibility of a workshop-based intervention.Primary health care research & development · 2026Article
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- Primary healthcare's carbon footprint and sustainable strategies to mitigate its contribution: a scoping review.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Impacts of Climate Change on Work Health and Safety in Australia: A Scoping Literature Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- What can we learn from Australian general practices taking steps to be more environmentally sustainable? A qualitative study.Family practice · 2023Article
- Health system adaptation to extreme weather events in Australia: A scoping review.The journal of climate change and healthReview
- Rapid review of the impacts of climate change on the health system workforce and implications for action.The journal of climate change and healthReview
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Abstract
backgroundClimate change is a rapidly progressing threat to global health and well-being. For general practitioners (GPs) currently in training, the effects of climate change on public health will shape their future professional practice We aimed to establish the prevalence and associations of Australian GP registrars' (trainees') perceptions of climate change as it relates to public health, education, and workplaces.
methodsA cross-sectional questionnaire-based study of GP registrars of three Australian training organizations. The questionnaire assessed attitudes regarding adverse health effects of climate change (over the next 10-20 years), and agreement with statements on (i) integrating health impacts of climate change into GP vocational training, and (ii) GPs' role in making general practices environmentally sustainable.
resultsOf 879 registrars who participated (response rate 91%), 50.4% (95% CI 46.8%, 54.0%) perceived a large or very large future health effect of climate change on their patients, and 61.8% (95% CI 58.6%, 65.0%) agreed that climate health impacts should be integrated within their education programme. 77.8% (95% CI 74.9%, 80.4%) agreed that GPs should have a leadership role in their practices' environmental sustainability. Multivariable associations of these attitudes included female gender, training region, and (for the latter two outcomes) perceptions of future impact of climate change on patient health.
conclusionsGP registrars are motivated to receive climate health education and engage in environmentally sustainable practice. This may primarily reflect concern for future practice and patient care.
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