Living conditions and mental wellness in a changing climate and environment : Focus on community voices and perceived environmental and adaptation factors in Greenland
Background Climate change is a major global challenge, especially for Indigenous communities. It can have extensive impacts on peoples’ lives that may occur through the living environment, health and mental well-being, and which are requiring constant adaptation. Objectives The overall purpose of th...
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ftopinvisindi:oai:opinvisindi.is:20.500.11815/2865 2023-05-15T15:17:11+02:00 Living conditions and mental wellness in a changing climate and environment : Focus on community voices and perceived environmental and adaptation factors in Greenland Timlin, Ulla Ingimundarson, Jón Haukur Jungsberg, Leneisja Kauppila, Sofia Larsen, Joan Nymand Nordstrom, Tanja Scheer, Johanna Schweitzer, Peter Rautio, Arja School of Humanities University of Akureyri 2021-04 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/2865 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06862 en eng Heliyon; 7(4) Timlin , U , Ingimundarson , J H , Jungsberg , L , Kauppila , S , Larsen , J N , Nordstrom , T , Scheer , J , Schweitzer , P & Rautio , A 2021 , ' Living conditions and mental wellness in a changing climate and environment : Focus on community voices and perceived environmental and adaptation factors in Greenland ' , Heliyon , vol. 7 , no. 4 , e06862 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06862 2405-8440 PURE: 45175674 PURE UUID: 665cdbf0-b89a-4891-87c9-4f1ea97246e3 WOS: 000646310700026 Scopus: 85104915701 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/2865 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06862 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Loftslagsbreytingar Sífreri Frumbyggjar Vellíðan Ánægja Arctic Climate change Indigenous people Mental wellness Permafrost thaw Well-being Quality of life Satisfaction with life /dk/atira/pure/researchoutput/researchoutputtypes/contributiontojournal/article 2021 ftopinvisindi https://doi.org/20.500.11815/2865 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06862 2022-11-18T06:52:16Z Background Climate change is a major global challenge, especially for Indigenous communities. It can have extensive impacts on peoples’ lives that may occur through the living environment, health and mental well-being, and which are requiring constant adaptation. Objectives The overall purpose of this research was to evaluate the impacts of climate change and permafrost thaw on mental wellness in Disko Bay, Greenland. It contained two parts: multidisciplinary fieldwork and a questionnaire survey. The aim of the fieldwork was to learn about life and living conditions and to understand what it is like to live in a community that faces impacts of climate change and permafrost thaw. For the questionnaire the aim was to find out which perceived environmental and adaptation factors relate to very good self-rated well-being, quality of life and satisfaction with life. Analysis Fieldwork data was analyzed by following a thematic analysis, and questionnaire data statistically by cross-tabulation. First, the associations between perceived environmental and adaptation factors were studied either by the Pearson χ2 test or by Fisher's exact test. Second, binary logistic regression analysis was applied to examine more in depth the associations between perceived environmental/adaptation variables and self-rated very good well-being, satisfaction with life and quality of life. The binary logistic regression analysis was conducted in two phases: as univariate and multivariate analyses. Results Nature and different activities in nature were found to be important to local people, and results suggest that they increase mental wellness, specifically well-being and satisfaction with life. Challenges associated with permafrost thaw, such as changes in the physical environment, infrastructure and impacts on culture were recognized in everyday life. Conclusions The results offer relevant information for further plans and actions in this field of research and at the policy level. Our study shows the importance of multidisciplinary ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change Disko Bay Greenland permafrost Opin vísindi (Iceland) Arctic Greenland Heliyon 7 4 e06862 |
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Loftslagsbreytingar Sífreri Frumbyggjar Vellíðan Ánægja Arctic Climate change Indigenous people Mental wellness Permafrost thaw Well-being Quality of life Satisfaction with life Timlin, Ulla Ingimundarson, Jón Haukur Jungsberg, Leneisja Kauppila, Sofia Larsen, Joan Nymand Nordstrom, Tanja Scheer, Johanna Schweitzer, Peter Rautio, Arja Living conditions and mental wellness in a changing climate and environment : Focus on community voices and perceived environmental and adaptation factors in Greenland |
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Background Climate change is a major global challenge, especially for Indigenous communities. It can have extensive impacts on peoples’ lives that may occur through the living environment, health and mental well-being, and which are requiring constant adaptation. Objectives The overall purpose of this research was to evaluate the impacts of climate change and permafrost thaw on mental wellness in Disko Bay, Greenland. It contained two parts: multidisciplinary fieldwork and a questionnaire survey. The aim of the fieldwork was to learn about life and living conditions and to understand what it is like to live in a community that faces impacts of climate change and permafrost thaw. For the questionnaire the aim was to find out which perceived environmental and adaptation factors relate to very good self-rated well-being, quality of life and satisfaction with life. Analysis Fieldwork data was analyzed by following a thematic analysis, and questionnaire data statistically by cross-tabulation. First, the associations between perceived environmental and adaptation factors were studied either by the Pearson χ2 test or by Fisher's exact test. Second, binary logistic regression analysis was applied to examine more in depth the associations between perceived environmental/adaptation variables and self-rated very good well-being, satisfaction with life and quality of life. The binary logistic regression analysis was conducted in two phases: as univariate and multivariate analyses. Results Nature and different activities in nature were found to be important to local people, and results suggest that they increase mental wellness, specifically well-being and satisfaction with life. Challenges associated with permafrost thaw, such as changes in the physical environment, infrastructure and impacts on culture were recognized in everyday life. Conclusions The results offer relevant information for further plans and actions in this field of research and at the policy level. Our study shows the importance of multidisciplinary ... |
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Living conditions and mental wellness in a changing climate and environment : Focus on community voices and perceived environmental and adaptation factors in Greenland |
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