Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States.
Center for Sustainability and Global Environment, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States.
Front Public Health. 2023 Mar 23;11:1112944. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1112944. eCollection 2023.
Responding effectively to intensifying climate change hazards to protect human health in personal and professional settings is an urgent and pressing challenge. This will require collaboration and subject matter expertise of people across the life course and occupations. In this perspective piece, we build on a previously published compilation of climate and health literacy elements to explore tangible opportunities to strengthen climate and health understanding among individuals spanning educational levels, professional settings, and societal needs. Educational materials addressing climate change and health linkages have historically focused on K-12, college, post-graduate education, and continuing medical education, with less attention devoted to reaching students in trade schools and other professional settings. Here, we outline a flexible blueprint for strengthening climate and health literacy among all people by targeting education in a way that is relevant for each age group or profession. In particular, we discuss the idea of professional adaptability as a way to design practical climate and health training for people currently in the workforce.
有效应对日益加剧的气候变化危害,以保护个人和专业环境中的人类健康,是一项紧迫而紧迫的挑战。这将需要跨生命周期和职业的人员的合作和专业知识。在这篇观点文章中,我们借鉴了先前发表的一份气候和健康素养要素汇编,探讨了在教育水平、专业环境和社会需求各异的个人中加强对气候和健康的理解的切实可行的机会。历史上,针对气候变化和健康联系的教育材料主要集中在 K-12、大学、研究生教育和继续医学教育上,而较少关注到职业学校和其他专业环境中的学生。在这里,我们概述了一个灵活的蓝图,通过针对每个年龄组或专业的相关教育方式,来加强所有人的气候和健康素养。特别是,我们讨论了职业适应性的理念,即设计针对当前在职人员的实用气候和健康培训的一种方式。