Climate & Health
Allan says climate change becomes more motivating when it is framed through:
A) Economics
B) Politics
C) Health
D) Technology
C) Health
Environmental health problems are usually distributed:
A) Unequally
B) Equally
C) Randomly
D) Naturally
A) Unequally
The first step in advocacy is collecting:
A) Votes
B) Evidence/information
C) Funding
D) Media attention
B) Evidence/information
In Raphael’s paper, “environment” mainly refers to:
A) The natural environment
B) The hospital environment
C) The social and policy environment
D) Climate systems
C) The social and policy environment
Nafus argues that data structure affects what kind of:
A) Hospital care is provided
B) Weather patterns form
C) Air pollution exists
D) Story the data can tell
D) Story the data can tell
According to Allan, evidence alone is not enough. What else is needed?
A) More statistics
B) Advocacy and strategy
C) More climate models
D) Individual lifestyle change
B) Advocacy and strategy
Masuda argues we need to move from downstream approaches to:
A) Individual education
B) Awareness campaigns only
C) Medical treatment
D) Upstream policy change
D) Upstream policy change
Step 3 in the PHO framework focuses on identifying:
A) Decision-makers and influencers
B) Patients
C) Journalists
D) Volunteers
A) Decision-makers and influencers
A structural explanation of poverty focuses on:
A) Individual motivation
B) Wage structures and policies
C) Personality traits
D) Family habits
B) Wage structures and policies
Cancer Alley is known for having:
A) A large number of hospitals
B) High concentrations of petrochemical plants
C) A major university research center
D) Low population density
B) High concentrations of petrochemical plants
Why can health professionals be powerful climate advocates?
They can link climate change to immediate health impacts and push for policy change.
Environmental health justice focuses on hazards and what other key factor?
Who is exposed and why (power and inequality)
Advocacy that focuses on changing systems rather than individuals is called:
Upstream advocacy
According to Raphael, improving health requires changing what?
Social and policy systems that create poverty
Which communities are most affected by Cancer Alley?
Black and low-income communities