As climate change intensifies extreme weather and environmental conditions across the country, about 65% of U.S. adults are concerned that climate change will negatively affect their personal health, according to a new study published in Health Affairs Scholar.
As climate change intensifies extreme weather and environmental conditions across the country, about 65% of U.S. adults are concerned that climate change will negatively affect their personal health, according to a new study published in Health Affairs Scholar.
The study, a collaboration between the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, analyzed responses from 6,888 adults who participated in the Health Information National Trends Survey.
The study’s co-authors include Alex Ortega, dean of the Thompson school, and Jim Stimpson, a professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
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