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Table 1 Surveys of U.S. public and environmental health professionals

From: Climate and health concerns of Montana’s public and environmental health professionals: a cross-sectional study

 

Authors / citation

Survey population

Study year

Current health impacts

Future health impacts

Public health

Maibach, Chadwick, McBride, Chuk, Ebi, & Balbus [34]

Dept directors (NACCHO)

2007–2008

12 impacts: 13% unsafe sewage/septic-56% heat-related illness

59% jurisdiction will experience more serious health impacts in next 20 years

Roser-Renouf, Maibach, & Li [35]; NACCHO (report) [47]

Dept directors (NACCHO)

2011–2012

12 impacts: 11% unsafe sewage/septic-54% heat-related illness

61% jurisdiction will experience more serious health impacts in next 20 years

Bedsworth [39]

Officers (California)

2007

94% very/somewhat serious threat; 9 impacts: 44% food-borne illness-91% extreme weather

Polivka, Chaudry, & Crawford [36]

Dept nursing directors

2010

11 impacts: < 40% malnutriton-58% vector-borne diseases

65% jurisdiction’s CC health impacts more serious within 20 years

Public and environmental health

Carr, Sheffield, & Kinney [40]

Officials (New York)

2009

12 impacts: 25% air quality-50% storms, hurricanes, floods

39% jurisdiction will experience more serious health impacts in next 20 years

Carter, Koman, Cameron, Ferguson, Jacuzzo, & Duvall [41]

Officials (Michigan)

2019

8 impacts: 12% mental health-53% vector-borne disease

8 impacts increasing in next 20 years: 21% mental health-66% vector-borne disease

Environmental health

Syal, Wilson, Crawford, & Lutz [37]

Dept directors

2010

12 impacts: 14% malnutrition-49% air quality

46% jurisdiction’s CC health impacts serious

McAdams, Rehr, Kobayashi, & DeArman [38]; EcoAmerica & Lake Research Partners [48, 49]

Member survey (NEHA)

2016, 2017

5 cited personal impacts: 35% (2016), 33% (2017) personally affected by breathing problems, such as asthma-47% (2016), 46% (2017) affected by summer heat waves

3 cited impacts of concern (2017): 19% health impacts from extreme weather; 24% vector-borne diseases; 39% health impacts from air pollution

  1. NACCHO National Association of County and City Health Officials; NEHA National Environmental Health Association.