Warming world, informed care: Piloting a script to guide climate conversations in healthcare.
4 affiliations
- 1Emory University, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Grady Health System, 80 Jesse Hill Jr Drive SE, Atlanta, GA, 30303, USA.
- 2HEALing Community Health, 3915 Cascade Rd, Atlanta, GA, 30331, USA.
- 3Milwaukee Health Services, Inc., Women's Health Department, 8200 W. Silver Spring Drive, Milwaukee, WI, 53218, USA.
- 4Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1000 River Rd., Teaneck, NJ, 07666, USA.
Abstract
While including climate change in patient health counseling offers several potential benefits, research on provider-patient communication about the climate-health connection is limited. To better understand how physicians can introduce climate-health education into patient encounters, researchers (two medical doctors in a climate-and-health equity fellowship and a climate communication scientist) developed and piloted a brief provider-patient counseling script. Patient reactions were largely positive. Challenges faced by clinicians included lack of time to implement additional patient education during routine visits and concerns about lack of economic reimbursement. Although a nascent step, this study may help other physicians begin these crucial conversations with their patients.
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BibTeX
@article{moore2026warming,
title = {{Warming world, informed care: Piloting a script to guide climate conversations in healthcare.}},
author = {Charles E Moore and La Kesha Y Lawrence and Kathryn Thier},
journal = {The journal of climate change and health},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.1016/j.joclim.2026.100767},
url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42997729},
note = {CC BY-NC-ND},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Warming world, informed care: Piloting a script to guide climate conversations in healthcare.
AU - Charles E Moore
AU - La Kesha Y Lawrence
AU - Kathryn Thier
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/27
JO - The journal of climate change and health
DO - 10.1016/j.joclim.2026.100767
UR - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42997729
AB - While including climate change in patient health counseling offers several potential benefits, research on provider-patient communication about the climate-health connection is limited. To better understand how physicians can introduce climate-health education into patient encounters, researchers (two medical doctors in a climate-and-health equity fellowship and a climate communication scientist) developed and piloted a brief provider-patient counseling script. Patient reactions were largely positive. Challenges faced by clinicians included lack of time to implement additional patient education during routine visits and concerns about lack of economic reimbursement. Although a nascent step, this study may help other physicians begin these crucial conversations with their patients.
SN - 2667-2782
ER -