The importance of teaching climate-health literacy in psychotherapeutic training and continuing education [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Climate-health literacy is the ability to find, access, understand, interpret, evaluate, and communicate information about the impact of climate change on human health and to make decisions and act accordingly to that information. Climate change affects people’s health in numerous ways, both directl...
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| description | Climate-health literacy is the ability to find, access, understand, interpret, evaluate, and communicate information about the impact of climate change on human health and to make decisions and act accordingly to that information. Climate change affects people’s health in numerous ways, both directly and indirectly, e.g., by increasing the risks of cardiovascular disease, infections, depression, anxiety disorders, and trauma. It is important for health professionals to understand the complex interaction between climate change and health. A teaching concept is presented that incorporates the core elements of climate-health literacy. On a first level, physical and climatological basics are taught, direct and indirect impacts of climate change on human health, climate protective measures, the psychological background of climate-protective behavior, and professional ethics. Furthermore, via self-awareness and self-reflection, the impact of climate change on the student’s mental health should be evaluated. In an advanced level, the direct and indirect impacts of climate change on mental health are taught, coping strategies, resilience, and vulnerability, as well as the role of health-care professionals in the climate crisis. In expert-level lectures, the knowledge can be deepened, and special content like activist burnout can be addressed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-650fead832c7499ea75f8ca6d4f089242024-04-16T00:00:01ZengF1000 Research LtdF1000Research2046-14022024-03-0112163365The importance of teaching climate-health literacy in psychotherapeutic training and continuing education [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]Paolo Raile0Faculty of Psychotherapy Science, Sigmund Freud University, Vienna, 1020, AustriaClimate-health literacy is the ability to find, access, understand, interpret, evaluate, and communicate information about the impact of climate change on human health and to make decisions and act accordingly to that information. Climate change affects people’s health in numerous ways, both directly and indirectly, e.g., by increasing the risks of cardiovascular disease, infections, depression, anxiety disorders, and trauma. It is important for health professionals to understand the complex interaction between climate change and health. A teaching concept is presented that incorporates the core elements of climate-health literacy. On a first level, physical and climatological basics are taught, direct and indirect impacts of climate change on human health, climate protective measures, the psychological background of climate-protective behavior, and professional ethics. Furthermore, via self-awareness and self-reflection, the impact of climate change on the student’s mental health should be evaluated. In an advanced level, the direct and indirect impacts of climate change on mental health are taught, coping strategies, resilience, and vulnerability, as well as the role of health-care professionals in the climate crisis. In expert-level lectures, the knowledge can be deepened, and special content like activist burnout can be addressed.https://f1000research.com/articles/12-982/v2Climate-Health Literacy Eco-Emotions Eco-Anxiety Climate Change Mental Healtheng |
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| title | The importance of teaching climate-health literacy in psychotherapeutic training and continuing education [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] |
| title_full | The importance of teaching climate-health literacy in psychotherapeutic training and continuing education [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] |
| title_fullStr | The importance of teaching climate-health literacy in psychotherapeutic training and continuing education [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] |
| title_full_unstemmed | The importance of teaching climate-health literacy in psychotherapeutic training and continuing education [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] |
| title_short | The importance of teaching climate-health literacy in psychotherapeutic training and continuing education [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] |
| title_sort | importance of teaching climate health literacy in psychotherapeutic training and continuing education version 2 peer review 2 approved |
| topic | Climate-Health Literacy Eco-Emotions Eco-Anxiety Climate Change Mental Health eng |
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