New journal article on climate literacy training for health professionals

Published paper snippet on Climate Change ECHO. Credit: AJPM FOCUS

Though climate change is a global public health crisis, most doctors and public health professionals do not receive the education necessary to effectively communicate climate change-related health impacts to their patients. The Climate Change and Human Health Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (CCHH ECHO) program aims to change that, through online courses designed to improve climate knowledge for those in the medical field. Between July 2021 and February 2022, the CCHH ECHO program executed twenty-two weekly telementoring sessions for healthcare professionals. The sessions were attended by 804 unique participants from 44 U.S. states and 25 countries, including nurses (24.7%), physicians (16.8%), and public health professionals (8.5%).

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