Implementation Research, Health Communication, Bernhard-Nocht-Institut für Tropenmedizin, Hamburg, Germany
Institute for Planetary Health Behaviour, Health Communication, University of Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany.
BMJ Open. 2024 Nov 14;14(11):e091093. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-091093.
Climate change is a paramount global health threat with multifaceted implications. Societal change is required to mitigate the negative effects of climate change, as well as help people adapt to the associated health risks. This requires situation-specific, large-scale data to help scientists and policymakers understand public perceptions and behaviours and identify the levers to increase public readiness to act against climate change and protect health. The Planetary Health Action Survey (PACE) assesses this readiness to act as a regular monitoring of representative samples in Germany. The ongoing monitoring seeks to develop and refine an integrated conceptual model of the trait-like readiness to act, comprising policy acceptance, political participation and individual behaviours as indicators of the trait. It also proposes as set of determinants to explain different levels of readiness to act. This study protocol provides newly developed valid measurement instruments and the methodological details of the monitoring.
PACE assesses indicators of the readiness to act and a set of sociocognitive factors predicting the readiness to act in continuous cross-sectional data collections. The latter comprise climate change knowledge, trust in institutions, perceived health risks, self-efficacy, social norms and perceived effectiveness of policy measures. The online questionnaire is updated regularly. Data collection involves non-probabilistic quota samples from Germany (n≈1000 at each collection).
The project adheres to the ethical guidelines of the University of Erfurt and the German Research Foundation. Ethical clearance was granted by the University's Institutional Review Board (No #20220525/No #2024-01). Participants are guaranteed confidentiality and anonymity, and informed consent is obtained before participation. Results will be published in peer-reviewed journals. Additionally, we aim to inform and empower the public and support stakeholders (media, policymakers, climate protection organisations) in preparing climate communication and assisting policymakers through the project website including an interactive tool, detailed reports and short summaries for practitioners.
气候变化是一个至关重要的全球健康威胁，具有多方面的影响。需要社会变革来减轻气候变化的负面影响，并帮助人们适应相关的健康风险。这需要特定于情况的大规模数据，以帮助科学家和政策制定者了解公众的看法和行为，并确定增加公众准备采取行动应对气候变化和保护健康的杠杆。行星健康行动计划（PACE）评估德国代表性样本的这种行动准备情况，作为定期监测。正在进行的监测旨在开发和完善行动准备的综合特质模型，包括政策接受度、政治参与度和个人行为，作为特质的指标。它还提出了一组决定因素来解释不同水平的行动准备。本研究方案提供了新开发的有效测量工具和监测的方法细节。
PACE 评估行动准备的指标以及一套预测行动准备的社会认知因素，这些因素包括气候变化知识、对机构的信任、感知健康风险、自我效能感、社会规范和政策措施的有效性。在线问卷定期更新。数据收集涉及德国的非概率配额样本（每次收集约 1000 人）。
该项目遵循厄尔福特大学和德国研究基金会的伦理准则。大学机构审查委员会已批准该项目（第 20220525 号/第 2024-01 号）。参与者保证机密性和匿名性，并在参与前获得知情同意。结果将在同行评议的期刊上发表。此外，我们旨在通过项目网站为公众提供信息和赋权，并支持利益相关者（媒体、政策制定者、气候保护组织）准备气候沟通，并通过互动工具、详细报告和实践人员的简短摘要为政策制定者提供帮助。
