Table 1 Questionnaire items
Socio-demographics | |
1 | Name of province, district and local authority |
2 | Age |
3 | Gender |
Knowledge | |
1 | Highest level of education |
2 | Current employment |
3 | Training on climate change and health |
4 | Understanding of the meaning of climate change |
Perception | |
1 | Whether or not climate change is a threat to public health |
2 | Ways in which climate change will impact on communities at the local level |
3 | Perception of climate change impacts within own local community |
4 | The three largest health burdens faced by communities as a result of climate change |
5 | The societal group in EHPs jurisdiction most vulnerable to health effects of climate change |
6 | The degree to which EHPs should be involved in helping communities adapt to climate change |
7 | The degree to which EHPs should be involved in helping communities adapt to climate change |
8 | The level at which adaptation to climate change should be addressed (i.e. global, national, provincial or local) |
9 | A set of 15 possible climate change health-related mitigation and adaptation interventions with a Likert scale response set from 1 for highest priority to 5 for lowest priority |
Preparedness | |
1 | Presence of a climate change and health working group in the department in which the EHP worked. |
2 | Presence of a climate change and health policy or strategy in place, |
3 | Budget for climate change and health activities, |
4 | An official responsible for climate change and health. |
5 | Have participated in climate change and health adaptation projects as an EHP, |