Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States.
Department of Emergency Medicine, Columbia Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, United States.
Front Public Health. 2023 Jan 26;11:1077306. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1077306. eCollection 2023.
Climate change is a reality in the Caribbean and its effects are already harming health, yet the health workforce capacity to implement climate mitigation and adaptation measures is lacking. From March-May of 2022, a free, live-virtual, evidence and competency based 10-week climate and health course targeted toward health risks in the Caribbean was deployed to: (1) increase communication about climate and health, (2) equip health professionals with knowledge and skills that could be readily incorporated into practice, and (3) engage health professionals with climate and health initiatives within their communities. Participants in this course came from 37 countries, 10 different health-related fields, and five different general places of work. Longitudinal surveys revealed significant changes in health professional communication, engagement and application of climate and health knowledge and skills. Live-virtual, evidence and competency-based courses, regional-specific courses have the potential to change health professional behaviors toward addressing climate impacts on health.
气候变化是加勒比地区的现实，其影响已经在危害健康，但卫生人力在实施气候缓解和适应措施方面的能力不足。2022 年 3 月至 5 月，我们针对加勒比地区的健康风险，免费提供了一个为期 10 周的、基于证据和能力的、关于气候和健康的虚拟现场课程：(1) 加强关于气候和健康的沟通；(2) 使卫生专业人员具备可直接纳入实践的知识和技能；(3) 让卫生专业人员参与其所在社区的气候和健康倡议。参加本课程的人员来自 37 个国家、10 个不同的卫生相关领域和 5 个不同的一般工作场所。纵向调查显示，卫生专业人员在沟通、参与以及应用气候和健康知识及技能方面发生了显著变化。基于证据和能力的虚拟现场课程和针对特定区域的课程有可能改变卫生专业人员应对气候变化对健康影响的行为。
