Why Climate Literacy Is Health Literacy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15744843 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Larry R Churchill (Vanderbilt University Medical Center, corresponding author), Gail E Henderson (0000-0002-4968-7064, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Nancy M P King (0000-0001-9460-7484, Wake Forest University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | E147-152 |
| Publication date | 2024-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The AMA Journal of Ethic (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2376-6980 • E-ISSN: 2376-6980 |
| Publisher | American Medical Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1001/amajethics.2024.147 |
| PMID | 38306204 |
| OpenAlex | W4391469449 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 6 |
Health problems of global warming are daunting in severity and magnitude and will only get worse. Yet literacy about these problems is poor and plans to alleviate them are too early in development to be responsive to current levels of global threat and individual need. Social and ecological determinants of health and illness are exacerbated by excessive heat and flooding; lack of food, safe water, and secure shelter; and loss of arable land for farming. This article considers the nature and scope of ethicists' roles in awakening clinicians and the public to this crisis and offers 4 recommendations to reduce morbidity and mortality from climate change
Agriculture · Arable land · Business · Climate change · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Environmental planning · Flooding (psychology · Geography · Global warming · Health care · Health literacy · Literacy · Natural resource economics · Political science · Public health · Scope (computer science · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Ecology
| Citations per year | 1.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |