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DOI	10.1016/j.crm.2024.100597
	How do childcare centers cope with heat? - Findings of a mixed-method approach from three German cities
	Otto, Antje; Thieken, Annegret H.
发表日期	2024
ISSN	2212-0963
起始页码	44
卷号	44
英文摘要	Heat poses a crucial threat to human health, and infants and young children are considered as especially vulnerable. Therefore, staff in childcare facilities are responsible for taking actions to minimize health effects caused by heat. So far, however, little is known about the impacts of heat and how heat is dealt with in childcare facilities. To gain insights on this, we used a mixedmethod approach including five semi -structured interviews, a survey (n = 51) and three workshops (n = 21) with staff from childcare centers and their overarching facilitating organizations in three mid -sized German cities. This study shows that the extent of heat exposure differs due to heterogeneous physical and structural pre -conditions, but heat -health impacts are still quite common among children as well as staff members. The staff report on various prevention and immediate adaptation measures that have already been or will be implemented indoors and outdoors in case of heat waves. Nevertheless, the study reveals that the warning and information situation needs improvement, and that heat issues need to be better institutionalized in the childcare sector in Germany in order to enhance heat adaptation.
英文关键词	Children; Preschool; Climate adaptation; Heat management; Heat -health impacts; Heat action plan
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:001222437100001
来源期刊	CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/294636
作者单位	University of Potsdam
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Otto, Antje,Thieken, Annegret H.. How do childcare centers cope with heat? - Findings of a mixed-method approach from three German cities[J],2024,44.
APA	Otto, Antje,&Thieken, Annegret H..(2024).How do childcare centers cope with heat? - Findings of a mixed-method approach from three German cities.CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT,44.
MLA	Otto, Antje,et al."How do childcare centers cope with heat? - Findings of a mixed-method approach from three German cities".CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT 44(2024).