Climate change and environmental health in undergraduate health degrees in Latin America

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Autor(a) principal: Palmeiro-Silva,Yasna K
Data de Publicação: 2021
Outros Autores: Ferrada,María Teresa, Flores,Jorge Ramírez, Cruz,Ignacio Silva Santa
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Revista de Saúde Pública
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Resumo: ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: Analyze the incorporation of climate change and environmental health courses in the curriculum grids of Medicine, Nursing, Nutrition and Clinical Psychology undergraduate courses in Latin American universities. METHODS: Descriptive and cross-sectional document review. Curriculum grids of the top ten Latin American universities were analyzed according to the rankings of QS Latin American University 2020, Times Higher Education World University 2020 and Academic Ranking of World Universities 2019. The presence of courses related to climate change and environmental health was sought in each curriculum grid. RESULTS: 104 of the 161 universities included in the study offered Medicine courses, 93 Nursing courses, 77 Nutrition courses and 118 Clinical Psychology courses. Most of the curriculum grids incorporated courses in public health and/or epidemiology (more than 70%); however, between 22% and 41% included courses on environmental health, and only one curriculum grid had a course on climate change in Medicine and Nursing (1%). CONCLUSIONS: Courses on climate change and environmental health have been scarcely introduced in the curriculum grids of the health field in Latin American universities. This could weaken the important role that health professionals play in providing health care to the population.
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spelling Climate change and environmental health in undergraduate health degrees in Latin AmericaClimate ChangeHigher Education InstitutionsSchools, Health OccupationsCurriculumLatin AmericaABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: Analyze the incorporation of climate change and environmental health courses in the curriculum grids of Medicine, Nursing, Nutrition and Clinical Psychology undergraduate courses in Latin American universities. METHODS: Descriptive and cross-sectional document review. Curriculum grids of the top ten Latin American universities were analyzed according to the rankings of QS Latin American University 2020, Times Higher Education World University 2020 and Academic Ranking of World Universities 2019. The presence of courses related to climate change and environmental health was sought in each curriculum grid. RESULTS: 104 of the 161 universities included in the study offered Medicine courses, 93 Nursing courses, 77 Nutrition courses and 118 Clinical Psychology courses. Most of the curriculum grids incorporated courses in public health and/or epidemiology (more than 70%); however, between 22% and 41% included courses on environmental health, and only one curriculum grid had a course on climate change in Medicine and Nursing (1%). CONCLUSIONS: Courses on climate change and environmental health have been scarcely introduced in the curriculum grids of the health field in Latin American universities. This could weaken the important role that health professionals play in providing health care to the population.Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo2021-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102021000100209Revista de Saúde Pública v.55 2021reponame:Revista de Saúde Públicainstname:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)instacron:USP10.11606/s1518-8787.2021055002891info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPalmeiro-Silva,Yasna KFerrada,María TeresaFlores,Jorge RamírezCruz,Ignacio Silva Santaeng2021-05-14T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0034-89102021000100209Revistahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=0034-8910&lng=pt&nrm=isoONGhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phprevsp@org.usp.br||revsp1@usp.br1518-87870034-8910opendoar:2021-05-14T00:00Revista de Saúde Pública - Universidade de São Paulo (USP)false
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title Climate change and environmental health in undergraduate health degrees in Latin America
spellingShingle Climate change and environmental health in undergraduate health degrees in Latin America
Palmeiro-Silva,Yasna K
Climate Change
Higher Education Institutions
Schools, Health Occupations
Curriculum
Latin America
title_short Climate change and environmental health in undergraduate health degrees in Latin America
title_full Climate change and environmental health in undergraduate health degrees in Latin America
title_fullStr Climate change and environmental health in undergraduate health degrees in Latin America
title_full_unstemmed Climate change and environmental health in undergraduate health degrees in Latin America
title_sort Climate change and environmental health in undergraduate health degrees in Latin America
author Palmeiro-Silva,Yasna K
author_facet Palmeiro-Silva,Yasna K
Ferrada,María Teresa
Flores,Jorge Ramírez
Cruz,Ignacio Silva Santa
author_role author
author2 Ferrada,María Teresa
Flores,Jorge Ramírez
Cruz,Ignacio Silva Santa
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Palmeiro-Silva,Yasna K
Ferrada,María Teresa
Flores,Jorge Ramírez
Cruz,Ignacio Silva Santa
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Climate Change
Higher Education Institutions
Schools, Health Occupations
Curriculum
Latin America
topic Climate Change
Higher Education Institutions
Schools, Health Occupations
Curriculum
Latin America
description ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: Analyze the incorporation of climate change and environmental health courses in the curriculum grids of Medicine, Nursing, Nutrition and Clinical Psychology undergraduate courses in Latin American universities. METHODS: Descriptive and cross-sectional document review. Curriculum grids of the top ten Latin American universities were analyzed according to the rankings of QS Latin American University 2020, Times Higher Education World University 2020 and Academic Ranking of World Universities 2019. The presence of courses related to climate change and environmental health was sought in each curriculum grid. RESULTS: 104 of the 161 universities included in the study offered Medicine courses, 93 Nursing courses, 77 Nutrition courses and 118 Clinical Psychology courses. Most of the curriculum grids incorporated courses in public health and/or epidemiology (more than 70%); however, between 22% and 41% included courses on environmental health, and only one curriculum grid had a course on climate change in Medicine and Nursing (1%). CONCLUSIONS: Courses on climate change and environmental health have been scarcely introduced in the curriculum grids of the health field in Latin American universities. This could weaken the important role that health professionals play in providing health care to the population.
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