Table 4. Local health department director's perceptions of expertise available to them on the public health aspects of climate change.
Statement | SD | D | A | SA | DK | NA |
My health department currently has ample expertise to assess the potential public health impacts associated with climate change that could occur in my jurisdiction. | 27.8 (37) | 49.6 (66) | 18.8 (25) | 3.8 (5) | 0.0 (0) | 0.0 (0) |
My health department currently has ample expertise to create an effective climate change adaptation plan. | 31.6 (42) | 51.1 (68) | 15.8 (21) | 0.8 (1) | 0.0 (0) | 0.8 (1) |
My state health department currently has ample expertise to help us create an effective climate change adaptation plan in this jurisdiction. | 18.8 (25) | 34.6 (46) | 22.6 (30) | 3.0 (4) | 21.1 (28) | 0.0 (0) |
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention currently has ample expertise to help us create an effective climate change adaptation plan in this jurisdiction. | 1.5 (2) | 16.5 (22) | 31.6 (42) | 2.3 (3) | 48.1 (64) | 0.0 (0) |
The health care delivery system in my jurisdiction–including hospital and medical groups–has ample expertise to help us create an effective climate change adaptation plan. | 22.6 (30) | 41.4 (55) | 15.8 (21) | 0.8 (1) | 18.8 (25) | 0.8 (1) |
My health department currently has ample expertise to create an effective climate change mitigation plan. | 38.3 (51) | 47.4 (63) | 11.3 (15) | 0.0 (0) | 1.5 (2) | 1.5 (2) |
My state's health department currently has ample expertise to help us create an effective climate change mitigation plan in this jurisdiction. | 21.8 (29) | 37.6 (50) | 15.8 (21) | 0.0 (0) | 24.8 (33) | 0.0 (0) |
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention currently has ample expertise to help us create an effective climate change mitigation plan in this jurisdiction. | 6.0 (8) | 18.0 (24) | 21.8 (29) | 3.0 (4) | 51.1 (68) | 0.0 (0) |
The first entry in each cell is the percent of respondents; second is the actual number of respondents.
SD = Strongly Disagree; D = Disagree; A = Agree; SA = Strongly Agree; DK = Don't Know;
NA = No answer was given.