Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine/Medical Sociology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
Front Public Health. 2023 Jan 16;10:980779. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.980779. eCollection 2022.
Education for planetary health could be one of the key levers of the much-needed civilizational turn toward a sustainable and healthy future. Education goes beyond information provision and passing on of knowledge and includes competencies to transfer knowledge from one decision situation to another. There are a range of different literacy concepts from various research perspectives that aim to improve such competencies. While many contain aspects highly relevant for planetary health, there is still no comprehensive and integrative planetary health approach. To fill this research gap, we present a conceptual model of planetary health literacy. By zooming into the model, further details on the necessary core competencies of accessing, understanding, appraising, and applying information in order to make judgements and take decisions regarding planetary health can be found. Zooming out of the model allows a holistic planetary health perspective and shows the potential and opportunities of planetary health literacy for the health of humans and ecosystems. Planetary health literacy encompasses both a life-course and a transgenerational approach, at the individual, societal, and global level. Future educational programs focusing on planetary health could integrate the conceptual model to increase planetary health literacy of individuals, including relevant health literacy agents, and of societies.
行星健康教育可能是实现向可持续和健康未来所需的文明转变的关键杠杆之一。教育不仅仅是提供信息和传授知识，还包括将知识从一个决策情境转移到另一个决策情境的能力。从各种研究角度来看，有一系列不同的素养概念旨在提高这些能力。虽然其中许多概念包含与行星健康高度相关的方面，但仍然没有全面综合的行星健康方法。为了填补这一研究空白，我们提出了一个行星健康素养的概念模型。通过放大该模型，可以找到获取、理解、评估和应用信息以就行星健康做出判断和决策所需的核心能力的进一步细节。从模型中放大，可以看到整体的行星健康视角，并展示了行星健康素养对人类和生态系统健康的潜力和机会。行星健康素养既包括生命历程方法，也包括个体、社会和全球层面的跨代方法。未来关注行星健康的教育项目可以整合该概念模型，以提高个人、包括相关健康素养代理人以及社会的行星健康素养。
