학술논문
Climate change, behavior change and health: a multidisciplinary, translational and multilevel perspective
Commentary/Position Paper
Commentary/Position Paper
Document Type
Report
Source
Translational Behavioral Medicine. April 2022, Vol. 12 Issue 4, p503, 13 p.
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
1869-6716
Abstract
The Climate Crisis The climate crisis (and its attendant mass extinctions and ecological breakdown) is the most complex and consequential challenge humans have ever faced [1]. For the past 10,000 [...]
The climate crisis provides a critical new lens through which health and health behaviors need to be viewed. This paper has three goals. First, it provides background on the climate crisis, the role of human behavior in creating this crisis, and the health impacts of climate change. Second, it proposes a multilevel, translational approach to investigating health behavior change in the context of the climate crisis. Third, it identifies specific challenges and opportunities for increasing the rigor of behavioral medicine research in the context of the climate crisis. The paper closes with a call for behavioral medicine to be responsive to the climate crisis. Keywords: Behavioral medicine, Climate change, Global warming, Anthropocene, Mitigation, Adaptation, Health co-benefits
The climate crisis provides a critical new lens through which health and health behaviors need to be viewed. This paper has three goals. First, it provides background on the climate crisis, the role of human behavior in creating this crisis, and the health impacts of climate change. Second, it proposes a multilevel, translational approach to investigating health behavior change in the context of the climate crisis. Third, it identifies specific challenges and opportunities for increasing the rigor of behavioral medicine research in the context of the climate crisis. The paper closes with a call for behavioral medicine to be responsive to the climate crisis. Keywords: Behavioral medicine, Climate change, Global warming, Anthropocene, Mitigation, Adaptation, Health co-benefits