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The carbon footprint of health system employee commutes 卫生系统员工通勤的碳足迹

The journal of climate change and health Pub Date : 2023-05-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.joclim.2023.100216

Thejus Jayakrishnan , Ilyssa O. Gordon , Sarah O'Keeffe , Mamta K. Singh , Ashwini R. Sehgal

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引用次数: 1

Climate change and health in medical school curricula: A national survey of medical students’ experiences, attitudes and interests 医学院课程中的气候变化与健康:一项关于医学生经历、态度和兴趣的全国性调查

The journal of climate change and health Pub Date : 2023-05-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.joclim.2023.100226

Sasha Létourneau , Aishwarya Roshan , George T. Kitching , Julia Robson , Celia Walker , Chenchen Xu , Daniel Jubas-Malz , Edward Xie

{"title":"Climate change and health in medical school curricula: A national survey of medical students’ experiences, attitudes and interests","authors":"Sasha Létourneau , Aishwarya Roshan , George T. Kitching , Julia Robson , Celia Walker , Chenchen Xu , Daniel Jubas-Malz , Edward Xie","doi":"10.1016/j.joclim.2023.100226","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.joclim.2023.100226","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Physicians play a critical role in addressing the health-related impacts of climate change. However, integration of education on the health effects of climate change into medical school curricula remains limited. Medical students are identified as both key stakeholders in curriculum development and leaders in curriculum change efforts. Student perspectives on the importance of learning about climate change and health are lacking and may help guide curricular growth. This study evaluates Canadian medical students’ experiences, attitudes and interests related to climate change and health in medical education.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>A cross-sectional, population-based survey was developed, piloted and distributed to all students in Canadian medical schools who had completed ≥1 year of training by June 30, 2020. Responses were tabulated and characterized using descriptive statistics.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>In total, 1424 eligible respondents submitted the survey, representing 12.1% of all Canadian medical students. The sample included respondents from all years of study and every school, with the majority reporting no or low engagement with climate change advocacy (70.8%). Most students believed climate change is an important determinant of health (88.0%) that will affect their future patients’ health (89.6%) and that teaching on climate change should be formally incorporated into medical curricula (85.6%). A majority of students reported less teaching on climate change and health relative to other topics (85.0%) and most wanted more teaching (79.8%).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Respondents from Canadian medical schools expressed strong interest in learning about climate change and health. Our nationwide study identifies areas for curriculum development to address the health consequences of a changing climate.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":75054,"journal":{"name":"The journal of climate change and health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48918275","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 1

Bringing together climate-conscious health professionals - Creation of Climate and Health 2023 汇聚有气候意识的卫生专业人员-创建2023年气候与健康

The journal of climate change and health Pub Date : 2023-05-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.joclim.2023.100233

Kimberly Humphrey, Sheetal Rao, Marcalee Alexander

引用次数: 2

Escalating costs of billion-dollar disasters in the US: Climate change necessitates disaster risk reduction 美国数十亿美元灾难成本不断上升：气候变化必须减少灾害风险。

The journal of climate change and health Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.joclim.2022.100201

Vijai Bhola , Attila Hertelendy , Alexander Hart , Syafwan Bin Adnan , Gregory Ciottone

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引用次数: 6

Nature step to health 2022-2032: Interorganizational collaboration to prevent human disease, nature loss, and climate crisis 自然走向健康2022-2032：组织间合作预防人类疾病、自然损失和气候危机

The journal of climate change and health Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.joclim.2022.100194

Riitta-Maija Hämäläinen , Jaana I. Halonen , Hanna Haveri , Marju Prass , Suvi M. Virtanen , Minna-Maija Salomaa , Päivi Sieppi , Tari Haahtela

引用次数: 3

Collective intelligence for addressing community planetary health resulting from salinity prompted by sea level rise 解决海平面上升引起的盐度导致的社区地球健康问题的集体智慧

The journal of climate change and health Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.joclim.2023.100203

Byomkesh Talukder , Reza Salim , Sheikh Tawhidul Islam , Krishna Prosad Mondal , Keith W. Hipel , Gary W. vanLoon , James Orbinski

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Erratum to "Patients value climate change counseling provided by their pediatrician: The experience in one Wisconsin pediatric clinic" [J. Climate Change Health 4 (2021) 100053] “儿童重视儿科医生提供的气候变化咨询:威斯康星州一家儿科诊所的经验”[J]。气候变化与健康4 (2021)100053]

The journal of climate change and health Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.joclim.2023.100222

Andrew A Lewandowski , Perry E Sheffield , Samantha Ahdoot , Edward W Maibach

引用次数: 0

Erratum to “Bleeding green: Sustainability in practice in a clinical skills teaching laboratory” [Journal of Climate Change and Health 8 (2022)-100149] “流血的绿色:临床技能教学实验室实践中的可持续性”的勘误[气候变化与健康杂志]8 (2022)-100149]

The journal of climate change and health Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.joclim.2023.100221

Wesam Alyeddin , Sarah Peters , Adrianna Aleksandra Zembrzycka , Laura Hudson , San Yu May Tun

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Healthy, regenerative and just: Guiding the development of a national strategy on climate, health and well-being for Australia 健康、再生和公正：指导澳大利亚制定气候、健康和福祉国家战略

The journal of climate change and health Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.joclim.2023.100205

Fiona Armstrong , Arthur Wyns , Philomena Colagiuri , Rory Anderson , Arnagretta Hunter , Kerry Arabena , Colin Russo , Steven Cork , Serena Joyner , Mark Howden , Melissa Haswell , Tarun Weeramanthri , Nicky Chudleigh , Tony Capon , Nick Horsburgh , Rebecca Patrick , Liz Hanna , Sue Cooke , Peter Sainsbury , Ann Borda

引用次数: 2

WITHDRAWN: Evaluating a large-scale programme for funding transdisciplinary research: Lessons learnt from the Wellcome Trust's Our Planet Our Health research partnerships 退出：评估跨学科研究的大规模资助计划：从惠康信托基金的“我们的星球我们的健康”研究伙伴关系中吸取的教训

The journal of climate change and health Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.joclim.2023.100220

Reetika Suri , Madeleine C Thomson , Modi Mwatsama , Irini Pantelidou , Zoe Brewster , Cathy Guest , Lukasz Aleksandrowicz , Stuart Thomas , Jose Siri

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