Climate Change, Community Action, and Health in the Anglophone Caribbean: A Scoping Review
Objective: This scoping review investigates the status of research focusing on the nexus of community action, climate change, and health and wellbeing in anglophone Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS).Methods: This review was guided by Arksey and O’Malley framework and utilized the PRISM...
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| author | Sonja Lynn Myhre Michelle Scobie Eija Meriläinen Eija Meriläinen Eija Meriläinen Ilan Kelman Ilan Kelman Unni Gopinathan |
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| description | Objective: This scoping review investigates the status of research focusing on the nexus of community action, climate change, and health and wellbeing in anglophone Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS).Methods: This review was guided by Arksey and O’Malley framework and utilized the PRISMA-ScR checklist. We searched Medline/OVID, PsychInfo, VHL, Sociological Abstracts, Google Scholar, and Scopus to capture interdisciplinary studies published from 1946 to 2021.Results: The search yielded 3,828 records of which fourteen studies met the eligibility criteria. The analysis assessed study aim, geographic focus, community stakeholders, community action, climate perspective, health impact, as well as dimensions including resources/assets, education/information, organization and governance, innovation and flexibility, and efficacy and agency. Nearly all studies were case studies using mixed method approaches involving qualitative and quantitative data. Community groups organized around focal areas related to fishing, farming, food security, conservation, and the environment.Conclusion: Despite the bearing these areas have on public health, few studies explicitly examine direct links between health and climate change. Research dedicated to the nexus of community action, climate change, and health in the anglophone Caribbean warrants further study. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-19e938e1f52c4331a86794e3040c64982024-01-12T10:06:17ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Public Health Reviews2107-69522024-01-014410.3389/phrs.2023.16058431605843Climate Change, Community Action, and Health in the Anglophone Caribbean: A Scoping ReviewSonja Lynn Myhre0Michelle Scobie1Eija Meriläinen2Eija Meriläinen3Eija Meriläinen4Ilan Kelman5Ilan Kelman6Unni Gopinathan7Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH), Oslo, NorwayInstitute of International Relations, The University of the West Indies St. Augustine, St. Augustine, Trinidad and TobagoSchool of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences, Örebro University, Örebro, SwedenHanken School of Economics, Helsinki, FinlandInstitute for Risk and Disaster Reduction and Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, United KingdomInstitute for Risk and Disaster Reduction and Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, United KingdomDepartment of Global Development and Planning, University of Agder, Kristiansand, NorwayNorwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH), Oslo, NorwayObjective: This scoping review investigates the status of research focusing on the nexus of community action, climate change, and health and wellbeing in anglophone Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS).Methods: This review was guided by Arksey and O’Malley framework and utilized the PRISMA-ScR checklist. We searched Medline/OVID, PsychInfo, VHL, Sociological Abstracts, Google Scholar, and Scopus to capture interdisciplinary studies published from 1946 to 2021.Results: The search yielded 3,828 records of which fourteen studies met the eligibility criteria. The analysis assessed study aim, geographic focus, community stakeholders, community action, climate perspective, health impact, as well as dimensions including resources/assets, education/information, organization and governance, innovation and flexibility, and efficacy and agency. Nearly all studies were case studies using mixed method approaches involving qualitative and quantitative data. Community groups organized around focal areas related to fishing, farming, food security, conservation, and the environment.Conclusion: Despite the bearing these areas have on public health, few studies explicitly examine direct links between health and climate change. Research dedicated to the nexus of community action, climate change, and health in the anglophone Caribbean warrants further study.https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/phrs.2023.1605843/fullwellbeingclimate changehealthcommunity actionCaribbean |
| spellingShingle | Sonja Lynn Myhre Michelle Scobie Eija Meriläinen Eija Meriläinen Eija Meriläinen Ilan Kelman Ilan Kelman Unni Gopinathan Climate Change, Community Action, and Health in the Anglophone Caribbean: A Scoping Review Public Health Reviews wellbeing climate change health community action Caribbean |
| title | Climate Change, Community Action, and Health in the Anglophone Caribbean: A Scoping Review |
| title_full | Climate Change, Community Action, and Health in the Anglophone Caribbean: A Scoping Review |
| title_fullStr | Climate Change, Community Action, and Health in the Anglophone Caribbean: A Scoping Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Climate Change, Community Action, and Health in the Anglophone Caribbean: A Scoping Review |
| title_short | Climate Change, Community Action, and Health in the Anglophone Caribbean: A Scoping Review |
| title_sort | climate change community action and health in the anglophone caribbean a scoping review |
| topic | wellbeing climate change health community action Caribbean |
| url | https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/phrs.2023.1605843/full |
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