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How do Canadian media report climate change impacts on health? A newspaper review

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dc.contributor.author King, N.
dc.contributor.author Bishop-Williams, K.E.
dc.contributor.author Beauchamp, S.
dc.contributor.author Ford, J.D.
dc.contributor.author Berrang-Ford, L.
dc.contributor.author Cunsolo, A.
dc.contributor.author Team, I.R.
dc.contributor.author Harper, S.L.
dc.date.accessioned 2019-12-06T21:04:44Z
dc.date.available 2019-12-06T21:04:44Z
dc.date.issued 2019
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/7596
dc.description.abstract Research on climate change media coverage is growing. Few studies, however, have investigated how the media portrays climate change impacts on human health. This review, therefore, presents a quantitative spatiotemporal analysis of Canadian newspaper coverage of climate change impacts on health between 2005 and 2015. Using the ProQuest® and Eureka® databases, a multiphase systematic review strategy was employed to identify relevant English and French articles from two national and six regional high-circulation newspapers. Quantitative and qualitative data were extracted from 145 articles and analyzed to characterize the range, extent, and nature of climate-health newspaper coverage in Canada and to compare these characteristics by region and over time. Coverage varied by region, with the highest proportion of climate-health coverage in Northern Territories (Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut). Over time, there was a decreasing publication frequency trend. Almost all articles described negative climate change impacts on health, with a predominant focus on infectious and chronic noninfectious diseases; however, less than half of the articles discussed climate change solutions. These trends suggest that current media coverage might not drive widespread public support for policies and actions needed to protect against projected climate-health risks. Consequently, as climate change continues to challenge human health, increasing media emphasis on climate change impacts on human health, as well as a shift toward enabling and empowering climate change communication, in which viable mitigation and adaptation options are emphasized, could help to spur action to reduce climate change health risks. © 2019, Springer Nature B.V. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Springer
dc.relation.ispartofseries Climatic Change
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Canada en_US
dc.subject public health en_US
dc.subject Health en_US
dc.subject climate change en_US
dc.subject Climate change en_US
dc.subject adaptive management en_US
dc.subject Climate change impact en_US
dc.subject Digital storage en_US
dc.subject health impact en_US
dc.subject Health risks en_US
dc.subject literature review en_US
dc.subject Media coverage en_US
dc.subject media role en_US
dc.subject Newspaper review en_US
dc.subject Newsprint en_US
dc.subject Northern territories en_US
dc.subject Nunavut en_US
dc.subject Public risks en_US
dc.subject Public support en_US
dc.subject Qualitative data en_US
dc.subject Spatiotemporal analysis en_US
dc.subject Systematic Review en_US
dc.subject trend analysis en_US
dc.subject Yukon Territory en_US
dc.title How do Canadian media report climate change impacts on health? A newspaper review en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-018-2311-2
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#1.05.000
dc.relation.issn 1573-1480


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