Asekun-Olarinmoye Esther O, Bamidele James O, Odu Olusola O, Olugbenga-Bello Adenike I, Abodurin Olugbenga L, Adebimpe Wasiu O, Oladele Edward A, Adeomi Adeleye A, Adeoye Oluwatosin A, Ojofeitimi Ebenezer O
Department of Community Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria.
Department of Community Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Nigeria.
Res Rep Trop Med. 2014 Feb 10;5:1-10. doi: 10.2147/RRTM.S53984. eCollection 2014.
Climate change (CC) has received extensive media attention recently, and it is currently on the international public health agenda. A study of knowledge and attitudes to climate change, most especially from rural Nigerian communities, is important for developing adaptation strategies. This is a study of public perceptions of CC and its impact on health and environment in rural southwestern Nigeria.
This was a community-based descriptive cross-sectional study of 1,019 rural respondents using a multistage sampling method. The research instrument used was a pretested, structured, interviewer-administered questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS software. χ, Cramér's , and Kendall's τ-c statistics were employed in addition to fitting the data to a logistic regression model to explore associations found significant on bivariate analysis.
Mean age of respondents was 36.9 (±12.4) years. About 911 (89.4%) of respondents opined that there has been a change in climate in the last 10 years. Supernatural reasons were prominent among respondent-reported causes of CC. Identified risky behavior contributing to CC included smoking (10.7%), bush burning (33.4%), and tree felling (41.0%). Poor knowledge of causes but good knowledge of effects of CC were found in this study. About two-thirds of respondents had a positive attitude to causes of CC, while half had a positive attitude to the effects of CC. A significant association was found between educational status (˂0.001, Kendall's τ-c=-0.042), occupational status (˂0.01, Kendall's τ-c=0.088), and attitude to causes of CC. Further analysis using logistic regression showed that occupational status was significantly associated with likelihood of having a positive attitude, but educational status and marital status were not.
Rural areas of Nigeria are vulnerable to the adverse effects of CC. Respondents' poor knowledge but positive attitude to CC calls for dissemination of adequate information on CC in sustained health-promotion programs.
气候变化（CC）最近受到了媒体的广泛关注，目前已被列入国际公共卫生议程。研究对气候变化的认识和态度，尤其是来自尼日利亚农村社区的认识和态度，对于制定适应策略至关重要。这是一项关于尼日利亚西南部农村地区公众对气候变化及其对健康和环境影响的认知研究。
这是一项基于社区的描述性横断面研究，采用多阶段抽样方法对1019名农村受访者进行了调查。所使用的研究工具是一份经过预测试、结构化、由访谈员实施的问卷。使用SPSS软件对数据进行分析。除了将数据拟合到逻辑回归模型以探索在双变量分析中发现的显著关联外，还采用了χ²、克莱默氏V系数和肯德尔氏τ-c统计量。
受访者的平均年龄为36.9（±12.4）岁。约911名（89.4%）受访者认为过去10年气候发生了变化。在受访者报告的气候变化原因中，超自然原因较为突出。确定的导致气候变化的危险行为包括吸烟（10.7%）、烧荒（33.4%）和砍伐树木（41.0%）。本研究发现，受访者对气候变化原因的了解较差，但对其影响的了解较好。约三分之二的受访者对气候变化的原因持积极态度，而一半的受访者对气候变化的影响持积极态度。研究发现教育程度（＜0.001，肯德尔氏τ-c = -0.042）、职业状况（＜0.01，肯德尔氏τ-c = 0.088）与对气候变化原因的态度之间存在显著关联。使用逻辑回归的进一步分析表明，职业状况与持积极态度的可能性显著相关，但教育程度和婚姻状况则不然。
尼日利亚农村地区易受气候变化的不利影响。受访者对气候变化了解不足但态度积极，这就要求在持续的健康促进项目中传播关于气候变化的充分信息。
