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. 2008 Jul 30;3(7):e2838. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002838

Table 6. Climate change mitigation activities of local health departments.

Do you currently have or are you planning to have a program focused on this activity?
A program: Currently Planning No DK
A program focused on mitigating climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the health department? 12.0 (16) 14.3 (19) 68.4 (91) 5.3 (7)
A program to help residents of your jurisdiction reduce their greenhouse gas emissions? 5.3 (7) 7.5 (10) 83.5 (111) 3.8 (5)
A program to reduce fossil fuel use or conserve energy in the operation of the health department? 21.1 (28) 18.8 (25) 54.9 (73) 5.3 (7)
A program to help residents of your jurisdiction reduce their fossil fuel use or conserve energy? 6.0 (8) 8.3 (11) 80.5 (107) 5.3 (7)
A program to encourage or help people to use active transportation such as walking, cycling? 50.4 (67) 11.3 (15) 36.1 (48) 2.3 (3)
A program to encourage or help people to use mass transportation? 15.0 (20) 6.0 (8) 76.7 (102) 2.3 (3)
A program to encourage or help people to change the way they purchase foods such as buying locally-grown foods, organic foods, or plant-based foods? 33.8 (45) 9.0 (12) 54.1 (72) 3.0 (4)
A program to educate the public about climate change and its potential impact on health? 8.3 (11) 18.0 (24) 69.9 (93) 3.8 (5)

The first entry in each cell is the percent of respondents; second is the actual number of respondents. DK = Don't Know.