Health Sciences
- Health Sciences
- Research
- Public Health and Society
- Current Projects
- Informing public health messaging on health and climate change
Informing public health messaging on health and climate change
Why we are doing this study
Climate change is an increasing risk to people’s health in the UK, and one likely to widen health inequalities. Highlighting these health impacts is seen as a way of engaging the public in climate change and building public support for climate action. However, there is very little UK evidence on whether linking climate change to people’s health and health inequalities would increase public engagement and support.
An earlier PH-PRU project pointed to public concerns about fairness in climate impacts and policy benefits, including for future generations; impacts on wildlife were also a major concern.
What we will do
This project is investigating the potential of a focus on people's health to increase public engagement in climate change and support for action. We are also exploring whether the public have a particular concern about the impacts of climate change on children and therefore greater support for climate policies that protect their health.
We are conducting UK-wider surveys of adults aged 18 and over to explore the effect of different framings of climate change on (i) how important the public considers it to be and (ii) public support for climate policies.
Our project is informed by literature reviews and social media analyses.
The project will help to identify how best to communicate messages about climate change to the general public, including with respect to varying message content for different population sub-groups.
Project details are available here
Funding
|
Funder: |
NIHR Public Health Policy Research Unit |
|
Start Date: |
June 2023 |
|
End Date |
June 2024 |
Outputs
The outputs listed here are from research funded by the NIHR Public Health-Policy Research Programme, grant number PR_PRU_1217_20901. The study is independent research carried out by the Public Health Policy Research Unit (PH-PRU), commissioned and funded by the National Institute for Health Research Policy Research Programme. The views expressed in the outputs are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NHS, the National Institute for Health Research, the Department of Health and Social Care or its arm's length bodies, and other Government Departments
