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examine perceived knowledge attitudes beliefs regarding climate change health academic faculty students programmes health professionals identify barriersfacilitators resources required curriculum integration crosssectional survey eliciting quantitative openended responses 22question survey assess climatehealth knowledgeattitudesbeliefs distributed students faculty n 224 one academic institution united states openended questions addressed barriers facilitators required resources descriptive statistics reported thematic analysis used identify themes openended responses response rate 15 respondents 76 20 34 years old majority nursing 39 occupational therapy 13 communication speech disorders 125 respondents perceived climate change relevant direct patient care 78 believed impacting health individuals 86 integrated curricula 89 yet 60 reported modest knowledge health impacts faculty reported little comfort teaching climate change health concepts 76 openended responses identified studentfaculty receptivity professionalclinical relevance important facilitators successful integration barriers included intensity programmes time competing curricular priorities lack faculty expertise resources institutional professional commitment health professions students faculty indicated educating future health professionals climate change health important existing barriers must addressed study addressed student faculty perceptions integrating climate change health health professions curricula disciplinespecific interprofessional educational approaches necessary optimize future health professionals efforts prevent mitigate climate change impacts atrisk patients communities populations