Health Care Provider Beliefs Concerning the Adverse Health Effects of Environmental and Ecosystem Degradation Robert T. Truckner, MD, MPH Wilderness.

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Health Care Provider Beliefs Concerning the Adverse Health Effects of Environmental and Ecosystem Degradation Robert T. Truckner, MD, MPH Wilderness & Environmental Medicine Volume 20, Issue 3, Pages 199-211 (September 2009) DOI: 10.1580/08-WEME-OR-222R1.1 Copyright © 2009 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Health care provider belief regarding causal connection between human-induced environmental degradation (HIED) and adverse health affects; N=683. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2009 20, 199-211DOI: (10.1580/08-WEME-OR-222R1.1) Copyright © 2009 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Respondent belief regarding the worldwide impact on human health in the next 25 to 50 years of a set of provided topics; N=644. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2009 20, 199-211DOI: (10.1580/08-WEME-OR-222R1.1) Copyright © 2009 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Figure 3 Respondent belief regarding the current influence of a provided set of organizations addressing issues of human health and human-induced environmental degradation (HIED); N=659. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2009 20, 199-211DOI: (10.1580/08-WEME-OR-222R1.1) Copyright © 2009 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Figure 4 Respondent preference regarding the best method for raising health professional awareness of the health effects of human-induced environmental degradation (HIED); N=606. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2009 20, 199-211DOI: (10.1580/08-WEME-OR-222R1.1) Copyright © 2009 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Figure 5 Respondent belief regarding the unfulfilled need for information and education for health professionals related to human-induced environmental degradation (HIED); N=673. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2009 20, 199-211DOI: (10.1580/08-WEME-OR-222R1.1) Copyright © 2009 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Figure 6 Respondent belief regarding the importance of teaching medical students, residents, and other health care profession students the health effects of human-induced environmental degradation (HIED); N=673. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2009 20, 199-211DOI: (10.1580/08-WEME-OR-222R1.1) Copyright © 2009 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions