Assessment of Climate-Health Curricula at International Health Professions Schools.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Researchers have published surveys on health professionals' perceptions of the possible association between climate change and health (climate-health) and assessed climate-health or planetary health curricula in medical schools. However, curricula on climate-health are still lacking and gaps in knowledge persist.

Objective

To understand the state of climate-health curricula among health professions institutions internationally.

Design, setting, and participants

A survey of 160 institutional members of the Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education, which includes international health professions schools and programs, was conducted from August 3, 2017, to March 1, 2018. The survey, hosted by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, used an

SUBMITTER: Shea B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7256668 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature