Environmental issues are health issues: Making a case and setting an agenda for environmental health psychology


Inauen, Jennifer ; Contzen, Nadja ; Frick, Vivian ; Kadel, Philipp ; Keller, Jan ; Kollmann, Josianne ; Mata, Jutta ; Valkengoed, Anne M. van


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URL: https://madoc.bib.uni-mannheim.de/58342
Weitere URL: https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/10.1027/1016-9040...
URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-583421
Dokumenttyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Titel einer Zeitschrift oder einer Reihe: European Psychologist
Band/Volume: 26
Heft/Issue: 3
Seitenbereich: 219-229
Ort der Veröffentlichung: Göttingen [u.a.]
Verlag: Hogrefe & Huber
ISSN: 1016-9040 , 1878-531X
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Sprache der Veröffentlichung: Englisch
Einrichtung: Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaften > Gesundheitspsychologie (Mata 2015-)
Außerfakultäre Einrichtungen > GESS - CDSS (SOWI)
Bereits vorhandene Lizenz: Creative Commons Namensnennung 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Fachgebiet: 300 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie
610 Medizin, Gesundheit
Abstract: Increasing demands on ecosystems, decreasing biodiversity, and climate change are among the most pressing environmental issues of our time. As changing weather conditions are leading to increased vector-borne diseases and heat- and flood-related deaths, it is entering collective consciousness: environmental issues are human health issues. In public health, the field addressing these issues is known as environmental health. This field addresses both the effects people have on their environment as well as the effects of the environment on people. Psychology, as a discipline concerned with explaining, predicting, and changing behavior has much to contribute to this topic, because human behavior is key in promoting environmental health. To date, however, an integrative view of environmental health in psychology is lacking, hampering urgently needed progress. In this paper, we review how the environment and human health are intertwined, and that much can be gained through a systemic view of environmental health in psychology. Based on a review of the literature, we suggest that psychologists unite efforts to promote an integrative science and practice of environmental health psychology, and jointly address environmental-health related behavior. The research agenda for this field will include integrating behavior change theory and intervention approaches. Thereby, psychology can potentially make an important contribution to sustained environmental health for generations to come.


Soziale NachhaltigkeitSDG 3: Gesundheit und WohlergehenSDG 6: Sauberes Wasser und SanitäreinrichtungenSDG 13: Maßnahmen zum Klimaschutz


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