Health professionals in a changing climate: protocol for a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Climate change will impose significant health impacts. Although we know health professionals should play a critical role in protecting human health from climate change, their preparedness to engage with these issues worldwide is unclear. This study aims to map the range and nature of existing evidence regarding health professionals' knowledge, attitudes, perceptions and practices regarding climate change and health impacts and the challenges they face, and identify knowledge gaps to guide future development of research, policy and practices.

Methods and analysis

We will perform a scoping review based on the six-stage framework proposed by Arksey and O'Malley. Our study includes peer-reviewed literature focusing on any aspect of health professionals' work regardi

SUBMITTER: Yang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6398618 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature