Advancing Climate Health Literacy for Public Health Promotion and Resilience
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 943
Special Issue Editors
Interests: climate health; environmental health; planetary health; medical education
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As climate change intensifies environmental and health-related threats, ranging from extreme heat and air pollution to food insecurity and natural disasters, there is an urgent need to strengthen health promotion strategies that are responsive to climate realities. A key component of these strategies is climate health literacy: the ability of individuals, communities, and professionals to access, understand, evaluate, and act on information about climate-related health risks and interventions.
This Special Issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health focuses on how enhancing climate health literacy can drive effective health promotion and disease prevention across populations. We welcome research and commentary that explores innovative methods to communicate climate-related health risks, promote protective behaviors, build adaptive capacity, and engage diverse populations in sustainable and health-promoting practices.
Submissions may include original research, implementation studies, curriculum innovations, policy analyses, and community-based participatory approaches. Contributions that demonstrate how climate health literacy efforts can advance public health preparedness, equity, and resilience are especially encouraged.
Through this Special Issue, we aim to illuminate pathways for integrating climate awareness into health promotion practices that empower individuals and communities to protect their health in a changing climate.
Dr. Elizabeth A. Cerceo
Dr. Shirley Kalwaney
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- climate health literacy
- health promotion
- public health preparedness
- climate communication
- health education
- environmental health
- health equity
- sustainability
- community resilience
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