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

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...

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Autores principales: Palmeiro-Silva, Yasna K, Ferrada, María Teresa, Flores, Jorge Ramírez, Cruz, Ignacio Silva Santa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8032326/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33909871
http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/s1518-8787.2021055002891
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author Palmeiro-Silva, Yasna K
Ferrada, María Teresa
Flores, Jorge Ramírez
Cruz, Ignacio Silva Santa
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description 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 pubmed-80323262021-04-08 Climate change and environmental health in undergraduate health degrees in Latin America Palmeiro-Silva, Yasna K Ferrada, María Teresa Flores, Jorge Ramírez Cruz, Ignacio Silva Santa Rev Saude Publica Original Article 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 Paulo 2021-04-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8032326/ /pubmed/33909871 http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/s1518-8787.2021055002891 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Climate change and environmental health in undergraduate health degrees in Latin America
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8032326/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33909871
http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/s1518-8787.2021055002891
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