Department of Public Health, Northern University Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
PLoS One. 2024 Aug 30;19(8):e0307898. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0307898. eCollection 2024.
Bangladesh experiences different types of natural disasters almost every year which adversely affect human health. It is very essential to identify knowledge and implementation behavior as mitigation initiatives towards climate change in community settings of Bangladesh. This study was designed to explore this issue. It was an analytical type of cross-sectional study which was conducted among 450 adult people residing in Barisal district of Bangladesh. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews using semi-structured questionnaire included socio-demographic information, knowledge and implementation behavior regarding mitigation initiatives towards climate change. Bivariate and multivariate techniques were adopted to analyze the data. The outcome reflected that a large proportion of the respondents had poor knowledge (55.1%) and poor implementation behavior (52.0%) on mitigation initiatives towards climate change. Poor knowledge was significantly more prominent among the people who were male (AOR = 1.56), Muslim (AOR = 2.55), respondents with >4 family members (AOR = 1.91) and with >3 children (AOR = 1.64) showed higher odds of poor knowledge. Poor implementation behavior was found significantly more leading among the female (AOR = 2.91), service-holder (AOR = 1.92) participants having higher monthly family incomes (AOR = 2.91), who had <1 child (AOR = 2.70), belonging ≤4 number of family members (AOR = 30.09). An alarming proportion of poor knowledge and implementation behavior were found regarding mitigation initiatives towards climate change in community settings of Bangladesh. Concerning demographic major predictors, it is essential to plan and implement sustainable and comprehensive health promotional program on climate change mitigation throughout the country.
孟加拉国几乎每年都会经历不同类型的自然灾害，这些灾害对人类健康造成了负面影响。在孟加拉国的社区环境中，识别与气候变化缓解相关的知识和实施行为至关重要。本研究旨在探讨这一问题。这是一项在孟加拉国巴里萨尔地区进行的横断面研究，采用面对面访谈方式，对 450 名成年人进行了调查。数据收集采用半结构式问卷，包括社会人口学信息、与气候变化缓解相关的知识和实施行为。采用单变量和多变量技术对数据进行分析。结果表明，很大一部分受访者在气候变化缓解措施方面的知识（55.1%）和实施行为（52.0%）较差。在男性（AOR=1.56）、穆斯林（AOR=2.55）、家庭人口数超过 4 人（AOR=1.91）和子女数超过 3 人（AOR=1.64）的人群中，知识较差的比例显著更高。在女性（AOR=2.91）、服务业人员（AOR=1.92）、家庭月收入较高（AOR=2.91）、子女数较少（AOR=2.70）、家庭人口数少于 4 人（AOR=30.09）的人群中，实施行为较差的比例显著更高。在孟加拉国的社区环境中，人们对气候变化缓解措施的知识和实施行为较差的比例令人担忧。考虑到人口统计学主要预测因素，有必要在全国范围内制定和实施可持续和全面的气候变化缓解健康促进计划。
