ID-5184 Wonca Abstracts supplement A-K 13-10-23 - Flipbook - Page 13
WONCA 2023 Supplement 1: WONCA 2023 abstracts (A–K)
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How is climate change affecting you and your patients:
What can you do in your clinical practice and your
community?
A/Prof Alan Abelsohn1, Prof Enrique Falceto de Barros2, Dr Katriona Wylie3,4, Dr Catherine
Pendrey3,5, Dr Sankha Randenikumara6
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Department of Family and Community Medicine University of Toronto, 2Universidade Federal do
Rio Grande do Sul Porto Alegre, 3Doctors for the Environment Australia, 4RACGP Climate and
Environmental Medicine Specific Interest Group, 5Australian National University National Centre of
Epidemiology and Population Health and WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on
Influenza, 6Young Doctor Representative WONCA Executive
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This presentation will offer a brief introduction and overview of climate change and health. The main
activity will be an exploration, in small groups of six to 10 people, of the following questions:
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Do you think climate change is affecting the health of your patients, and how? What health
impacts have you seen in your patients and communities?
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What effects do you expect to see over the next two decades?
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How do you deal with the idea of catastrophic climate change?
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Some common coping mechanisms include denial, anxiety, depression and hopelessness, or
taking action.
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How have you changed in your clinical practice in order to clinically address what you see?
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Are you engaged in any climate change and health issues, projects or interventions, either in the
healthcare community or the larger community where you live?
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