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Vol.1 , No. 4, Publication Date: Sep. 26, 2014, Page: 88-92
. Data analysis was done by using both descriptive and inferential statistics using SPSS version 20 and MS Excel 2007. More than halves of the public health students said that they were most concerned about the risk to themselves and their families. Most of the public health students believed that climate change has most effect on vulnerable and deprived population. Similarly, almost cent percent believed that climate change harm human health in terms of causing skin cancer followed by heat stroke (92%), malaria (87.3%), infections causing diarrhea (66.6%), and cardiovascular diseases (50.5%). While 95.6% of the respondents believed sunburn is an effect of climate change which shows the misleading concept of climate change. The study suggests further research to be carried out to explore the perception of health professional on viewing climate change in terms of health risks and involving health professionals in solving the climate change issues to prevent the future disease epidemics.&picture=http://www.aascit.org/aascit/decorators/img/journal/908.jpg)
| [1] | Sharika Mahato, Program Department, International Development Enterprise Nepal, Janakpur, Nepal. |
| [2] | Rakesh Singh, Community Department, National Medical College, Birgunj, Nepal. |
| [3] | Kishor Maharjan, Department of Environmental Science, Tri-Chandra College, Kathmandu, Nepal. |
The objective of the study was to determine in what specific ways the public health students believe climate change will harm human health. The study was descriptive cross-sectional in design followed by both qualitative as well as quantitative methods of information collection and analysis. The study sample was 386 public health students chosen from four different colleges of Kathmandu Valley of Nepal. Quantitative data was collected via self administered semi-structured questionnaire and qualitative data was gathered via Focus Group Discussions (FGD). Data analysis was done by using both descriptive and inferential statistics using SPSS version 20 and MS Excel 2007. More than halves of the public health students said that they were most concerned about the risk to themselves and their families. Most of the public health students believed that climate change has most effect on vulnerable and deprived population. Similarly, almost cent percent believed that climate change harm human health in terms of causing skin cancer followed by heat stroke (92%), malaria (87.3%), infections causing diarrhea (66.6%), and cardiovascular diseases (50.5%). While 95.6% of the respondents believed sunburn is an effect of climate change which shows the misleading concept of climate change. The study suggests further research to be carried out to explore the perception of health professional on viewing climate change in terms of health risks and involving health professionals in solving the climate change issues to prevent the future disease epidemics.
Keywords
Perception, Public Health Students, Climate Change
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