Clinician education on climate change and health

Promptly identifying heat-related symptoms can be life-saving. Credit: NOAA

A new article was published in Science Direct detailing the Climate ECHO program, which  was formed in February 2021 to train health professionals on how to communicate the health-related effects of climate change. The program’s objectives include increasing knowledge and self-efficacy of climate change, improving communication among clinicians, community health workers, and patients regarding the health-related effects of climate change, and advancing knowledge on environmental justice and health equity to reduce health disparities. The Climate ECHO programme has grown to engage more than 4000 unique participants from all 50 US states and more than 45 countries.