A Global Review of Research on Effective Advocacy and Communication Strategies at the Intersection of Climate Change and Health

Given that people from all political information on the health risks of climate effective than highlighting the health risks of climate backgrounds tend to care about health, highlighting change and air pollution? change (i.e., a loss frame)—although both are the health risks of climate change and the health Research conducted primarily in the USA suggests helpful, as is highlighting the social no. [...] These include the lack of multi-national survey of health professionals found that visuals depicting impacts of climate change knowledge, resources, and time, a range of social that understanding the health relevance of climate heighten perceived issue importance, whereas challenges including issue polarization, fear of change and the extent of the scientific consensus visuals depicting solutions. [...] A survey of A survey conducted in Malta found that the perception that climate change residents in Kisumu County, Kenya found that 74% of respondents reported an poses a risk to health and general well-being was a strong predictor of support increase in the prevalence of vector-borne diseases such as malaria in for climate change policies and willingness to take action to mitigate climate associat. [...] Image credit: Climate Visuals Climate and Health Literature Review | 14 More recently, a large multinational study conducted in five countries—China, frame, highlighting the challenge of communicating effectively about the health Germany, India, the UK, and the USA—examined the effects of four different relevance of climate change in the face of misinformation and denial. [...] Most fundamentally, health professionals can educate their patients, members of their community (including their professional community), and their policymakers about how climate change harms human health and health systems, and what can be done to protect the health of people and the health of the climate.