Perceptions of the health impacts of climate change among Canadians.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding public perceptions of the health risks of climate change is critical to inform risk communication and support the adoption of adaptive behaviours. In Canada, very few studies have explored public understandings and perceptions of climate impacts on health. The objective of this study was to address this gap by exploring perceptions of the link between climate change and health.

Methods

We conducted a survey of Canadians (n = 3,014) to address this objective. The 116-question survey measured prior consideration of the link between climate change and health, affective assessment of climate health impacts, unprompted knowledge of climate health impacts, and concern about a range of impacts. ANOVA tests were used to assess differences among sociodemograp

SUBMITTER: Casson N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9887551 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature