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
Additional URL: https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/10.1027/1016-9040...
URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-583421
Document Type: Article
Year of publication: 2021
The title of a journal, publication series: European Psychologist
Volume: 26
Issue number: 3
Page range: 219-229
Place of publication: Göttingen [u.a.]
Publishing house: Hogrefe & Huber
ISSN: 1016-9040 , 1878-531X
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Publication language: English
Institution: School of Social Sciences > Gesundheitspsychologie (Mata 2015-)
Außerfakultäre Einrichtungen > Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences- CDSS (Social Sciences)
Pre-existing license: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Subject: 300 Social sciences, sociology, anthropology
610 Medicine and health
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.


Social SustainabilitySDG 3: Good Health and Well-BeingSDG 6: Clean Water and SanitationSDG 13: Climate Action


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