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Herrmann A, Fischer H, Amelung D, Litvine D, Aall C, Andersson C, Baltruszewicz M, Barbier C, Bruyère S, Bénévise F, Dubois G, Louis VR, Nilsson M, Moberg KR, Sköld B, Sauerborn R. Erratum to: Household preferences for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in four European high-income countries: Does health information matter? A mixed-methods study protocol. BMC Public Health 2017; 17:679. [PMID: 28851347 PMCID: PMC5576274 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-017-4676-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2017] [Accepted: 08/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Herrmann A, Fischer H, Amelung D, Litvine D, Aall C, Andersson C, Baltruszewicz M, Barbier C, Bruyère S, Bénévise F, Dubois G, Louis VR, Nilsson M, Moberg KR, Sköld B, Sauerborn R. Correction to: household preferences for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in four European high-income countries: does health information matter? A mixed-methods study protocol. BMC Public Health 2017; 17:846. [PMID: 29070015 PMCID: PMC5657105 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-017-4861-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2017] [Accepted: 10/16/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Herrmann A, Fischer H, Amelung D, Litvine D, Aall C, Andersson C, Baltruszewicz M, Barbier C, Bruyère S, Bénévise F, Dubois G, Louis VR, Nilsson M, Richardsen Moberg K, Sköld B, Sauerborn R. Household preferences for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in four European high-income countries: Does health information matter? A mixed-methods study protocol. BMC Public Health 2017; 18:71. [PMID: 28764686 PMCID: PMC5540303 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-017-4604-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2017] [Accepted: 07/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND It is now universally acknowledged that climate change constitutes a major threat to human health. At the same time, some of the measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, so-called climate change mitigation measures, have significant health co-benefits (e.g., walking or cycling more; eating less meat). The goal of limiting global warming to 1,5° Celsius set by the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris in 2015 can only be reached if all stakeholders, including households, take actions to mitigate climate change. Results on whether framing mitigation measures in terms of their health co-benefits increases the likelihood of their implementation are inconsistent. The present study protocol describes the transdisciplinary project HOPE (HOuseholds' Preferences for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in four European high-income countries) that investigates the role of health co-benefits in households' decision making on climate change mitigation measures in urban households in France, Germany, Norway and Sweden. METHODS HOPE employs a mixed-methods approach combining status-quo carbon footprint assessments, simulations of the reduction of households' carbon footprints, and qualitative in-depth interviews with a subgroup of households. Furthermore, a policy analysis of current household oriented climate policies is conducted. In the simulation of the reduction of households' carbon footprints, half of the households are provided with information on health co-benefits of climate change mitigation measures, the other half is not. Households' willingness to implement the measures is assessed and compared in between-group analyses of variance. DISCUSSION This is one of the first comprehensive mixed-methods approaches to investigate which mitigation measures households are most willing to implement in order to reach the 1,5° target set by the Paris Agreement, and whether health co-benefits can serve as a motivator for households to implement these measures. The comparison of the empirical data with current climate policies will provide knowledge for tailoring effective climate change mitigation and health policies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Alina Herrmann
- Institute of Public Health, Heidelberg University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 130.3, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Institute of Public Health, Heidelberg University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 130.3, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
- Institute of Psychology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Public Health, Heidelberg University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 130.3, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
- Institute of Psychology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Centre International de Recherche sur l'Environnement et le Developpement (CIRED), Nogent, France
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- Institute of Public Health, Heidelberg University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 130.3, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Institute of Public Health, Heidelberg University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 130.3, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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Thompson MD, Aall C, Cohn FG, Davis I. Letters to the editor. Disasters 1980; 4:355-360. [PMID: 20958474 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.1980.tb00123.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- M D Thompson
- 11 Cambridge Street Michael Day Thompson Barry Glamorgan, U.K. Shovvej 39, 2950 Vedbaek, Denmark 35 Cool Oak Lane, West Hendon, London N.W. 9., U.K. Department of Architecture Oxford Polytechnic Headington Oxford 0X3 OBP, U.K
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