Mitigating and adapting to climate change: a call to public health professionals

Winkler, Mirko S.; Röösli, Martin; Ragettli, Martina S.; Cissé, Guéladio; Müller, Pie; Utzinger, Jürg; Pérez, Laura

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“…Paediatricians, who bear a special responsibility for children, should be engaged in strategies to address CC by alerting patients and their families on health implications and, also, counselling on the personal and environmental benefits of a transition to active transport and to a plant-based diet [57][58][59][60]. Indeed, consuming healthy diets low in red meat and processed meats and rich in plant-based foods has been suggested to substantially contribute to reducing CO 2 emissions, crop damage and extreme weather [61].…”

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“…Paediatricians should also play a central role at an institutional level in the global challenge imposed by CC by helping to build a broader coalition across disciplines to properly address CC [60,62]; advocating for local, national, and international policies aimed at reducing GHG emissions and taking part in multidisciplinary collaborations with other health professionals, civil authorities in charge of emergency preparedness programmes, city planners and architects, in order to develop new adaptation measures and strengthen existing public health strategies [63,64].…”

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Climate Change and Childhood Respiratory Health: A Call to Action for Paediatricians

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Climate change (CC) is one of the main contributors to health emergencies worldwide. CC appears to be closely interrelated with air pollution, as some pollutants like carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx) and black carbon are naturally occurring greenhouse gases. Air pollution may enhance the allergenicity of some plants and, also, has an adverse effect on respiratory health. Children are a uniquely vulnerable group that suffers disproportionately from CC burden. The increasing global warming related to CC has a big impact on plants’ lifecycles, with earlier and longer pollen seasons, as well as higher pollen production, putting children affected by asthma and allergic rhinitis at risk for exacerbations. Extreme weather events may play a role too, not only in the exacerbations of allergic respiratory diseases but, also, in favouring respiratory infections. Even though paediatricians are already seeing the impacts of CC on their patients, their knowledge about CC-related health outcomes with specific regards to children’s respiratory health is incomplete. This advocates for paediatricians’ increased awareness and a better understanding of the CC impact on children’s respiratory health. Having a special responsibility for children, paediatricians should actively be involved in policies aimed to protect the next generation from CC-related adverse health effects. Hence, there is an urgent need for them to take action and successfully educate families about CC issues. This paper aims at reviewing the evidence of CC-related environmental factors such as temperature, humidity, rainfall and extreme events on respiratory allergic diseases and respiratory infections in children and proposing specific actionable items for paediatricians to deal with CC-related health issues in their clinical practice.

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Climate Change and Childhood Respiratory Health: A Call to Action for Paediatricians

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“…Health professionals are supposed to play a critical role in mitigating the health risks of climate change [6,7]. Physicians, nurses, public health specialists, and health officials should be equipped with high expertise and take essential responsibilities in protecting populations from the harm of climate change [8]. Millions of patients all over the world seek consultations and treatments from physicians every day.…”

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Associations between Knowledge of the Causes and Perceived Impacts of Climate Change: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Medical, Public Health and Nursing Students in Universities in China

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This study aimed to measure the knowledge and perceptions of medical, public health, and nursing students about climate change and its impacts, and to identify associations between the knowledge and perceptions. Data were from a nationwide cross-sectional survey of 1387 students sampled in five different regional universities in China (April–May 2017). The knowledge and perceptions of the participants were collected by self-administered questionnaires. We found that most respondents believed that climate change is generally “bad” (83%) and bad for human health (88%), while 67% believed that climate change is controllable. The vast majority of respondents acknowledged illness conditions resulting from poor air quality (95%), heat stress (93%), and extreme weather events (91%) as potential impacts of climate change. Nevertheless, only 39% recognized malnutrition as a consequence of food deprivation resulting from climate change. Around 58% of respondents could correctly identify the causes of climate change. The knowledge of the causes of climate change was not associated with the ability to recognize the health consequences of climate change. However, the knowledge of causes of climate change was a significant predictor of increased awareness of the negative impacts of climate change between the medical and nursing students, although this was not the case among their public health counterparts. Poor knowledge about the causes of climate change is evident among students in China. They are able to recognize the direct links between weather events and health, but less likely to understand the consequences involving complicated pathways. Research and training into the underlying mechanisms of health impacts of climate change needs to be strengthened.

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“…Arguably, mutual learning and interactions contribute to a better understanding and most efficient translation of research results into policy and actions. Nevertheless, academic institutions and health professionals are recognized as relevant actors in the issues of, and responsibility to reduce their carbon footprint and minimize the negative impact of climate change (Winkler et al 2015).…”

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Mitigating and adapting to climate change: a call to public health professionals

Cited by 13 publications

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Climate Change and Childhood Respiratory Health: A Call to Action for Paediatricians

Climate Change and Childhood Respiratory Health: A Call to Action for Paediatricians

Associations between Knowledge of the Causes and Perceived Impacts of Climate Change: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Medical, Public Health and Nursing Students in Universities in China

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