"Climate Change and Health?": Knowledge and Perceptions among Key Stakeholders in Puducherry, India.

ABSTRACT: Climate change has far-reaching impacts on human health, with low- and middle-income countries, including India, being particularly vulnerable. While there have been several advances in the policy space with the development of adaptation plans, little remains known about how stakeholders who are central to the strengthening and implementation of these plans perceive this topic. We conducted a qualitative study employing key interviews with 16 medical doctors, researchers, environmentalists and government officials working on the climate change agenda from Puducherry, India. The findings were analysed using the framework method, with data-driven thematic analysis. We elucidated that despite elaborating the direct and indirect impacts of climate change on health, there remains a perceived ga

SUBMITTER: Shrikhande SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10048771 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature