Estimating climate change and mental health impacts in Canada: A cross-sectional survey protocol.
Climate change has severe and sweeping impacts on mental health. Although research is burgeoning on mental health impacts following climate and weather extremes, less is known about how common these impacts are outside of extreme events. Existing research exploring the prevalence of psychosocial res...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:8f1af848e61446429419020476201e26 2023-12-03T10:25:08+01:00 Estimating climate change and mental health impacts in Canada: A cross-sectional survey protocol. Sherilee L Harper Ashlee Cunsolo Breanne Aylward Susan Clayton Kelton Minor Madison Cooper Rachael Vriezen 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291303 https://doaj.org/article/8f1af848e61446429419020476201e26 EN eng Public Library of Science (PLoS) https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0291303&type=printable https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203 1932-6203 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0291303 https://doaj.org/article/8f1af848e61446429419020476201e26 PLoS ONE, Vol 18, Iss 10, p e0291303 (2023) Medicine R Science Q article 2023 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291303 2023-11-05T01:35:36Z Climate change has severe and sweeping impacts on mental health. Although research is burgeoning on mental health impacts following climate and weather extremes, less is known about how common these impacts are outside of extreme events. Existing research exploring the prevalence of psychosocial responses to climate change primarily examines university students and uses non-random sampling methods. Herein, our protocol outlines an approach to data collection, processing, and analysis to estimate the population prevalence, magnitude, and distribution of mental health responses to climate change in Canada. A cross-sectional survey of youth and adults aged 13 years and older in Canada will be administered over the course of one year. The questionnaire will take approximately 10 minutes to complete orally and will be administered in English, French, and Inuktitut. The survey will consist of six sections: (1) self-reported past experiences of climate change; (2) self-reported climate-related emotions; (3) self-reported past and current impacts, anticipatory impacts, and vicarious experiences; (4) self-reported subclinical outcomes; (5) self-reported behavioural responses; and (6) demographics. A multi-stage, multi-stratified random probability sampling method will be used to obtain a sample representative of the Canadian population. We will use two different modes of recruitment: an addressed letter sent by postal mail or a telephone call (landlines and cellular). Population-weighted descriptive statistics, principal component analysis, and weighted multivariable regression will be used to analyse the data. The results of this survey will provide the first national prevalence estimates of subclinical mental health responses to climate change outcomes of people living in Canada. Article in Journal/Newspaper inuktitut Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Canada PLOS ONE 18 10 e0291303 |
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Climate change has severe and sweeping impacts on mental health. Although research is burgeoning on mental health impacts following climate and weather extremes, less is known about how common these impacts are outside of extreme events. Existing research exploring the prevalence of psychosocial responses to climate change primarily examines university students and uses non-random sampling methods. Herein, our protocol outlines an approach to data collection, processing, and analysis to estimate the population prevalence, magnitude, and distribution of mental health responses to climate change in Canada. A cross-sectional survey of youth and adults aged 13 years and older in Canada will be administered over the course of one year. The questionnaire will take approximately 10 minutes to complete orally and will be administered in English, French, and Inuktitut. The survey will consist of six sections: (1) self-reported past experiences of climate change; (2) self-reported climate-related emotions; (3) self-reported past and current impacts, anticipatory impacts, and vicarious experiences; (4) self-reported subclinical outcomes; (5) self-reported behavioural responses; and (6) demographics. A multi-stage, multi-stratified random probability sampling method will be used to obtain a sample representative of the Canadian population. We will use two different modes of recruitment: an addressed letter sent by postal mail or a telephone call (landlines and cellular). Population-weighted descriptive statistics, principal component analysis, and weighted multivariable regression will be used to analyse the data. The results of this survey will provide the first national prevalence estimates of subclinical mental health responses to climate change outcomes of people living in Canada. |
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Estimating climate change and mental health impacts in Canada: A cross-sectional survey protocol. |
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