Abstract

Introduction: There are evidences about climate changes (CC) and trends impact over health. Perceptions about climate change risk are strongly influenced by both psychological and sociocultural issues. Objective : to identify the perception and comprehension of medical students about CC. Methods: A questionnaire of 35 questions was made available to 380 medical students using the Blackboard platform. The data were stored in Microsoft Excel spreadsheets and as descriptive statistical analyzes by frequencies, totals and percentages, performed in the R-Studio program. Results: 40 students aged 19 to 36 years, mean 24, answered the questions. About 15% of the students reported much interest in climate change, 47,5% answered that CC are very important and 15% were very concerned about CC. More than 72,5% of the respondents believe that CC are happening at the present moment in bio an human communities in Brazil and other countries around the world. 5% answered that they believe that people can change behavior to mitigate CC and 95% answered that human activities are significant cause of CC. About CC knowledge, 50% recogonized that they need much more information about CC, 57,5% considered to have moderated technical knowledge and 80% considered the ozone hole as a main cause of CC. About importance, 32,5% considered CC as important or much important to their future professional practices. Conclusion: The medical students have a moderate risk perceptions about CC. They considered to have poor knowledge about CC. So, it would be important to have disciplines about CC integrated into medical academic training. Keywords: climate changes, education, health. CEPE: 55878116.8.0000.5495 Financial support: CNPq.

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