Weather hazards in Quebec and everywhere else in the world are disrupting our ecosystems and causing major health issues. To learn more about, consult this section. Information, reports, articles and newsletters are available under these topic headings.
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Monitoring individual and organizational climate change adaptation behaviours.
Studying the determinants of the adoption of climate change adaptation behaviours at the individual and organizational levels.
Knowledge dissemination and transfer in health and climate change
The general objective of the first axis is to draw an exhaustive portrait of adaptation to climate hazards, such as heat waves, floods, Lyme disease and pollen allergies. At the individual level, higher-risk population subgroups will be targeted. For the organizational component, the studies will concern two categories of public authorities, health institutions that receive patients and municipalities, because of their central role in protecting people against flooding risks and in reducing the phenomenon of urban heat islands.
The scope of the second research axis is explanatory and predictive. Its objective is to explain the precursors of adaptation, the main purpose being to answer this question: Why do some people and organizations adapt, whereas others adapt little or not at all? These studies will rest on the main psychosocial theories (e.g., theory of planned behaviour, health belief model, protection motivation theory) used to understand and predict health-related behaviours. With a view to building awareness and intervening, it is essential to develop targeted interventions by identifying the precursors that provide a lever to change behaviours. This type of study is beginning to appear in the literature on climate change adaptation, but is still non-existent in Quebec.
Research from the first and second axes will generate considerable knowledge about climate change adaptation in Quebec. The third axis aims at implementing means of disseminating and transferring knowledge to ensure permeability between research and practice. In addition to the publication of reports and scientific communications, recruitment of postgraduate scholarship students is planned, to contribute to the training of the next generation.
The general objective of the first axis is to draw an exhaustive portrait of adaptation to climate hazards, such as heat waves, floods, Lyme disease and pollen allergies. At the individual level, higher-risk population subgroups will be targeted. For the organizational component, the studies will concern two categories of public authorities, health institutions that receive patients and municipalities, because of their central role in protecting people against flooding risks and in reducing the phenomenon of urban heat islands.
The scope of the second research axis is explanatory and predictive. Its objective is to explain the precursors of adaptation, the main purpose being to answer this question: Why do some people and organizations adapt, whereas others adapt little or not at all? These studies will rest on the main psychosocial theories (e.g., theory of planned behaviour, health belief model, protection motivation theory) used to understand and predict health-related behaviours. With a view to building awareness and intervening, it is essential to develop targeted interventions by identifying the precursors that provide a lever to change behaviours. This type of study is beginning to appear in the literature on climate change adaptation, but is still non-existent in Quebec.
Research from the first and second axes will generate considerable knowledge about climate change adaptation in Quebec. The third axis aims at implementing means of disseminating and transferring knowledge to ensure permeability between research and practice. In addition to the publication of reports and scientific communications, recruitment of postgraduate scholarship students is planned, to contribute to the training of the next generation.
