scholarly journals Why Do We Harm the Environment or Our Personal Health despite Better Knowledge? The Knowledge Action Gap in Healthy and Climate-Friendly Behavior

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (23) ◽  
pp. 13361
Author(s):  
Melanie Frick ◽  
Leonie Neu ◽  
Nina Liebhaber ◽  
Barbara Sperner-Unterweger ◽  
Johann Stötter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Stages Of Change ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Communicable Diseases ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Behavioral Changes ◽  
Climate Change Research ◽  
Non Communicable Diseases ◽  
Information Campaigns ◽  
Research Fields

Non-communicable diseases, such as hypertension, diabetes, or depression, result from an interplay of physiological, genetic, behavioral, and environmental aspects. Together with climate change, they are arguably among the most significant challenges mankind faces in the 21st century. Additionally, the bidirectional influences of climate change and health on each other are undisputed. Behavioral changes could curb both climate change and the spread of non-communicable diseases. Much effort has been put into information campaigns in both fields, but success has been limited. In the following, the knowledge action gap is compared and analyzed in healthy and climate-friendly behavior from a practical point of view and the supporting theoretical models are highlighted. The analysis shows that self-efficacy plays an essential role in both areas of research for effecting behavioral changes. The models of ‘Planned Behavior’ and ‘Stages of Change’ seems helpful and can be applied and adapted to explain behavioral changes in health and climate changes settings. We compared two previously unrelated research fields to uncover new avenues for further study and stimulate fruitful transdisciplinary discussion. Future directions on how behavioral medicine and climate change research can learn from each other are discussed.

scholarly journals Non-communicable diseases and climate change: linked global emergencies

The Lancet ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 394 (10199) ◽  
pp. 622-623 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Nugent ◽  
Edward Fottrell
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Communicable Diseases ◽  
Non Communicable Diseases

scholarly journals “There’s Not Really Much Consideration Given to the Effect of the Climate on NCDs”—Exploration of Knowledge and Attitudes of Health Professionals on a Climate Change-NCD Connection in Barbados

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 198
Author(s):  
Roxanne A. Springer ◽  
Susan J. Elliott
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Psychosocial Health ◽  
Communicable Diseases ◽  
Health Priorities ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Non Communicable Diseases ◽  
Future Burden

Despite widespread awareness of the rise of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and the growing threat of climate change, little research has explored future health outcomes that will occur at the intersection of these challenges. Ten Barbadian health professionals were interviewed to assess their knowledge of health risks of climate change as it relates to NCDs in Barbados as a case study of a small island state at risk. There is widespread concern among health professionals about the current and future prevalence of non-communicable diseases among Barbadians. There is less concern about the future burden of NCDs in the context of a changing climate, largely because of a lack of knowledge among the majority of the health experts interviewed. Those knowledgeable about potential connections noted the difficulty that climate change would pose to the prevention and management of NCDs, given the impacts of climate stressors to food security, the built environment, and physiological and psychosocial health impacts. Lack of awareness among health professionals of the risk climate change poses to NCD prevalence and impact is reflective of the country’s health priorities that fail to recognize the risk of climate change. We recommend efforts to disseminate information about climate change to stakeholders in the health sector to increase awareness.

scholarly journals Climate Change Communication in Singapore

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shirley S. Ho ◽  
Agnes S. F. Chuah
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Mass Communication ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Climate Change Research ◽  
Information Campaigns

Climate change is not a new topic, but it remains an unsolved issue for most countries in the world. Singapore, a small island nation, is not spared from climate change. The issue is worsened because Singapore is not endowed with natural resources and the country is mainly dependent on imported fossil fuels to generate energy. The burning of fossil fuels releases carbon into the air, intensifying the greenhouse effect. Furthermore, the recurring episodes of haze in Singapore have posed a threat to public health. Realizing the importance of public perceptions on climate change mitigation, the Singapore government and academic researchers have conducted studies to understand public perceptions of climate change. Although the general public do not have great concern about climate change, research suggests that interpersonal communication, information campaigns, and mass communication may have an impact on public awareness of climate change. Attention to mass media, such as newspapers and television, has been found to shape public perception of climate change in Singapore and increase public knowledge of climate change. In addition, the Singapore government has introduced the topic of climate change into the education system to cultivate sustainability among the young generations. Campaigns and programs were funded and organized by the Singapore government as well as the non-governmental organizations to raise the awareness of climate change among Singaporeans. In order to sustain public awareness and concern about climate change, continuous communication strategies are necessary.

Methods for Assessing Online Climate Change Communication, Social Media Discussion, and Behavior

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leona Yi-Fan Su ◽  
Heather Akin ◽  
Dominique Brossard
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
Survey Methods ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Online Surveys ◽  
Climate Change Research ◽  
Research Fields

In recent years, increased Internet access and new communication technologies have led to the development of online methods for gathering public opinion and behavioral data related to controversial issues like climate change. To help climate-change researchers better adapt to the new era of online-based research, a review of, and methodological applications for, prevailing Internet-based research methods are provided here. Online surveys have become more common in the last decade for several reasons, including their relatively low administration cost, the pervasiveness of Internet communication, and declining response rates associated with traditional survey methods. Experiments embedded within online surveys have also become a useful tool for examining the extent to which online communications influence publics’ attitudes and behaviors. Other research methods that have gained growing attention from scholars are content analyses of online communication using big data approaches. By mining the seemingly infinite amount of user-generated content extracted from different social media sites, researchers are able to analyze issue awareness, responses to instant news, and emerging sentiments. This article provides a detailed overview of these Internet-based research methods, including their potential advantages and pitfalls, their applications in the science-communication and climate-change research fields, as well as suggestions for future research.

To teaching the epidemiology of non-communicable diseases

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (9) ◽  
pp. 56-59
Author(s):  
Khatira Hashim Jafarova ◽  
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Flora Shura Tagiyeva ◽  
Elman Farman Vahabov ◽  
Vagif Nazim Vakilov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Diseases ◽  
Malignant Tumors ◽  
Communicable Diseases ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Noncommunicable Diseases ◽  
Major Goal ◽  
Non Communicable Diseases ◽  
Promising Direction ◽  
Epidemiological Features ◽  
Very High

Summary In the 20th and 21st centuries, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) became the leading cause of death worldwide. The share of cardiovascular diseases in the structure of deaths from NCDs is very high, from which 17.9 million people die annually. It is followed by cancer (9 million cases), respiratory disease (3.9 million cases) and diabetes (1.6 million cases). The epidemiology of NCD should be considered as a productive and promising direction in various fields of medicine, independent departments, divisions. In this case, the epidemiology of malignant tumors - oncology, the epidemiology of cardiovascular diseases - cardiology, the epidemiology of mental illness - psychiatry, etc., remains part of it and gives these subjects a preventive nature. Saving lives and extending the lives of millions of people is a major goal of NCDs. From this point of view, it is important to study its epidemiological features in NCD education. Key words: non-communicable diseases, epidemiology, morbidity, methods

scholarly journals Strategy for primary prevention of non-communicable diseases (NCD) and mitigation of climate change in Italy

2021 ◽  
pp. jech-2020-215726
Author(s):  
Paolo Vineis ◽  
Jessica Beagley ◽  
Lucia Bisceglia ◽  
Luca Carra ◽  
Roberto Cingolani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Primary Prevention ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Communicable Diseases ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
General Strategy ◽  
Special Importance ◽  
Non Communicable Diseases ◽  
Sugary Drinks ◽  
Obesity And Diabetes

This paper derives from a document commissioned in 2019 by the Italian Minister of Health, and outlines a general strategy for primary prevention of non-communicable diseases in Italy, with a special focus on cobenefits of climate change mitigation. Given that action against climate change is primarily taken via energy choices, limiting the use of fossil fuels and promoting renewable sources, an effective strategy is one in which interventions are designed to prevent diseases and jointly mitigate climate change, the so-called cobenefits. For policies capable of producing relevant co-benefits we focus on three categories of interventions, urban planning, diet and transport that are of special importance. For example, policies promoting active transport (cycling, walking) have the triple effect of mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, preventing diseases related to atmospheric pollution, and increasing physical activity, thus preventing obesity and diabetes.In particular, we propose that for 2025 the following goals are achieved: reduce the prevalence of smokers by 30%, with particular emphasis on young people; reduce the prevalence of childhood obesity by 20%; reduce the proportion of calories obtained from ultraprocessed foods by 20%; reduce the consumption of alcohol by 10%; reduce the consumption of salt by 30%; reduce the consumption of sugary drinks by 20%; reduce the average consumption of meat by 20%; increase the weekly hours of exercise by 10%. The aim is to complement individual health promotion with structural policies (such as urban planning, taxation and incentives) which render the former more effective and result in a reduction in inequality. We strongly encourage the inclusion of primary prevention in all policies, in light of the described cobenefits. Italy’s role as the cohost of the 2020 (now 2021) UN climate negotiations (COP26) presents the opportunity for international leadership in addressing health as an integral component of the response to climate change.

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