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KMID : 0858820230400040059
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Journal of Korean Society for Health Education and Promotion
2023 Volume.40 No. 4 p.59 ~ p.69
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Policy challenges for climate health literacy assessment
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Kim Hye-Yun
Choi Seul-Ki
Chae Su-Mi
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study aimed to identify the policy implications of assessing climate health literacy by reviewing its concepts.
Methods: PubMed, Research Information Sharing Service, and Google Scholar were searched to identify the concepts and measures related to climate health literacy. The websites of government agencies and publications were reviewed to identify activities that contribute to improving climate health literacy.
Results: Climate health literacy can be defined as the ability to recognize the impacts and risks of climate change on human health and to identify and utilize health information in order to adapt to climate change and prevent and manage health problems caused by climate change. Developing a validated tool to accurately identify the climate health literacy level is necessary. This should be accompanied by strategies on how to prioritize policy implementation and evaluation in practical areas such as population groups and climate-related diseases.
Conclusion: Responding to health problems caused by climate change requires efforts to improve climate health literacy among different populations and stakeholders. In addition to providing health information, education and intervention programs should be used to empower individuals to actually adapt to climate change and adopt healthy behaviors.
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KEYWORD
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climate change adaptation, climate health literacy, health literacy, environmental health literacy
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