Climate Change and Health Risk Perception in the Community: A Study in the Jakarta Metropolitan Area
<b>(1) Introduction:</b> Indonesia is vulnerable to climate change’s impact. To adapt better, a study about community knowledge, attitudes, and behavior toward climate change is needed. This research aims to determine the perception of the health impacts caused and how urban communities...
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| description | <b>(1) Introduction:</b> Indonesia is vulnerable to climate change’s impact. To adapt better, a study about community knowledge, attitudes, and behavior toward climate change is needed. This research aims to determine the perception of the health impacts caused and how urban communities (in the Jakarta area) respond to climate change, using a cross-sectional study to see the relationship between knowledge and attitudes towards behavior related to climate change. <b>(2) Methods:</b> This study used descriptive, analytical, observational, and quantitative methods with a cross-sectional design. In addition, the procedures were conducted in the Jakarta metropolitan area using a Google Form platform distributed through social media. Univariate, bivariate, and multivariate analyses were performed using IBM SPSS Statistics 22 software. <b>(3) Results:</b> The results showed that attitudes had a significant association with behavior toward climate change. Respondents had good knowledge of climate change but had negative attitudes and bad behavior. In addition, the impacts felt by the community were increasing heat waves, air pollution, and worsening health conditions. Most respondents were confident and believed that Indonesia could withstand these impacts. <b>(4) Conclusions:</b> Respondents in this study showed good knowledge of climate change and had a positive attitude towards adaptation and mitigation of climate change impacts. However, this is not reflected in their behavior because they predominantly show poor results. The government should be able to encourage changes in people’s behavior so that they are better prepared to deal with the impacts of climate change. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4c7fa59be4ee4b2c9d2c2d0165e110f12025-08-20T01:49:04ZengMDPI AGUrban Science2413-88512025-02-01936110.3390/urbansci9030061Climate Change and Health Risk Perception in the Community: A Study in the Jakarta Metropolitan AreaDewi Susanna0Hasmah Abdullah1Herdianti2Rafi Aflah Fadlirahman3Department of Environmental Health, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Indonesia, Depok 16424, IndonesiaSchool of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian 16150, MalaysiaFaculty of Health Sciences, Universitas Ibnu Sina, Batam 29444, IndonesiaDepartment of Environmental Health, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Indonesia, Depok 16424, Indonesia<b>(1) Introduction:</b> Indonesia is vulnerable to climate change’s impact. To adapt better, a study about community knowledge, attitudes, and behavior toward climate change is needed. This research aims to determine the perception of the health impacts caused and how urban communities (in the Jakarta area) respond to climate change, using a cross-sectional study to see the relationship between knowledge and attitudes towards behavior related to climate change. <b>(2) Methods:</b> This study used descriptive, analytical, observational, and quantitative methods with a cross-sectional design. In addition, the procedures were conducted in the Jakarta metropolitan area using a Google Form platform distributed through social media. Univariate, bivariate, and multivariate analyses were performed using IBM SPSS Statistics 22 software. <b>(3) Results:</b> The results showed that attitudes had a significant association with behavior toward climate change. Respondents had good knowledge of climate change but had negative attitudes and bad behavior. In addition, the impacts felt by the community were increasing heat waves, air pollution, and worsening health conditions. Most respondents were confident and believed that Indonesia could withstand these impacts. <b>(4) Conclusions:</b> Respondents in this study showed good knowledge of climate change and had a positive attitude towards adaptation and mitigation of climate change impacts. However, this is not reflected in their behavior because they predominantly show poor results. The government should be able to encourage changes in people’s behavior so that they are better prepared to deal with the impacts of climate change.https://www.mdpi.com/2413-8851/9/3/61climate changemitigationadaptionhealth risk perceptionknowledgepractice |
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| title | Climate Change and Health Risk Perception in the Community: A Study in the Jakarta Metropolitan Area |
| title_full | Climate Change and Health Risk Perception in the Community: A Study in the Jakarta Metropolitan Area |
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| title_short | Climate Change and Health Risk Perception in the Community: A Study in the Jakarta Metropolitan Area |
| title_sort | climate change and health risk perception in the community a study in the jakarta metropolitan area |
| topic | climate change mitigation adaption health risk perception knowledge practice |
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