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University of Trnava, Faculty of Health Care and Social Work
CLIMATE CHANGE
AND HUMAN HEALTH
AT LOCAL LEVEL
Mgr. Zuzana Klocháňová
Department of Public Health
Internal Phd student
CLIMATE CHANGE
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Statistically significant variation in either the
mean state of the climate or in its variability
(>30 years)
changes in average temperature,
precipitation, extreme weather events and sea level
IPCC. 2001. Glossary of Terms. [online] Available at: http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/glossary/tar-ipcc-terms-en.pdf [quoted 12.11.2008]
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Negative health effects
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Reversible human activities
traffic, industry, agriculture, energy production
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Greenhouse gas emissions – CO2 (>30%)
MAIN OBJECTIVE
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To evaluate how Trnava can mitigate
the climate change and its impact on
human health by the decisions of the
city’s politicians, contributing to better
health of its residents
METHODS
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City Trnava (February – March 2008)
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Respondents selected according to their
membership in city council commissions:
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Commission for Environment and Natural Values
(9 members)
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Social and Health Commission
(9 members)
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100% response rate
METHODS
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OBSERVATION
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QUESTIONNAIRE
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Demography, Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
INTERVIEW
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Behavior of respondents during the research
Knowledge, Practice
Standardized, Recorded (Signed agreement)
Qualitative data analysis
(MS Office Excel 2003, ATLAS.ti 5.2)
METHODS
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Model KAP
Knowledge – Attitude - Practice
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Model DPSEEA
Driving Forces – Pressures – State –
Exposure – Effects – Actions
RESULTS - DEMOGRAPHY
AGE: mean = 56 years
Education and Profession, Trnava 2008
number of respondents
18
17
16
14
12
10
8
6
6
4
2
0
U
1
T
7
5
M O
L
U = University degree
L = Lower education
T = Technical Profession
M = Medical Profession
O = Other
RESULTS - OBSERVATION
From 9 calm respondents
8 kindly co-operated
 From 6 respondents in time pressure
2 kindly co-operated
 From 3 nervous respondents
3 kindly co-operated
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RESULTS – KNOWLEDGE
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CC is change of average weather (12 R)
CC are caused by GHG (12 R)
Main sources of GHG in Trnava are traffic and industry (15
R)
Vulnerable populations (human, fauna, flora) will be
affected by CC (18 R)
Heat-related diseases are mostly caused by CC (11 R)
Health of Trnava citizens will be affected by CC, but
respondents do not know to explain it (10 R)
Globally and locally, CC can be mitigated by good city
infrastructure (8 and 7 R)
CC
= Climate Change
GHG
= Greenhouse gases
R
= Respondent
RESULTS – ATTITUDES
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Globally and locally, we can change our lifestyle
(16 and 11 R)
Globally we can reduce GHG, but not locally (11
and 7 R)
Globally and locally, we can adapt to CC (15 and
14R) and it is important to help countries
strongly affected by CC (18 R)
Citizens of Trnava will not be strongly affected
by CC (11 R)
Research, monitoring, legislative and education
can mitigate CC (18 R) and it is responsibility of
Trnava (14 R)
CC
= Climate Change
GHG
= Greenhouse gases
R
= Respondent
RESULTS – PRACTICE
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Trnava does not monitor GHG emissions (2 R)
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Trnava mitigates CC by building road junctions
(11 R), by using atomic energy (6 R), by
monitoring in local industry (4 R) and by
legislation, education and fees for households (6
R), but does not focus on agriculture (2 R)
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Trnava mitigates GHG emissions by investments
into city „green lines“
CC
= Climate Change
GHG
= Greenhouse gases
R
= Respondent
RESULTS SK - DK
CC mitigation by good
city infrastructure
CC mitigation by using
renewable energy
Research, monitoring,
legislative and education
IS responsibility of Trnava
Research, monitoring,
legislative and education
IS NOT responsibility of
Esbjerg
road junctions to mitigate
CC
free energy saving light
bulbs to mitigate CC
CC = Climate Change
CONCLUSION
Good knowledge about CC definition and
its health impact
 Low knowledge about mitigation of CC
and its health impact
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Strong attitude to mitigate CC and to
protect human health GLOBALLY
 Weak attitude to mitigate CC and to
protect human health LOCALLY
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THANK YOU
FOR
YOUR ATTENTION!