
Figure 1
Climate Change and Mental Health and Wellness Conceptual Framework [3].
Table 1
Ovid MEDLINE Search Terms.
| POPULATION | CONCEPT | CONTEXT |
|---|---|---|
| Vulnerable populations/ | Mental health | *Climate Change/ |
| vulnerable populations | Mental Health/ | *Global Warming/ |
| Indigenous | Solastalgia | Climate change |
| exp american native continental ancestry group/ | Psychoterratic | Global warming |
| oceanic ancestry group/ | Climate anxiety | Sea Level Rise |
| Health Services, Indigenous/ | Eco-anxiety | Environmental change |
| Communities of color | Environmental distress | Greenhouse effect |
| minorities | Climate trauma | |
| Minority Groups/ | exp Stress Disorders, Traumatic/ | |
| Minority Health/ | PTSD | |
| Homeless | Post-traumatic stress disorder | |
| exp Homeless Persons/ | Anxiety | |
| Elderly | Anxiety/ | |
| Aged/ | Depression | |
| Health Services for the Aged/ | Depression/ | |
| Income inequality | exp Depressive Disorder/ | |
| Poverty | Grief | |
| exp Poverty/ | exp Grief/ | |
| Children | Grieving | |
| exp Child/ | Environmentally induced distress | |
| exp Infant/ | Mental well-being | |
| Adolescent/ | Stress | |
| Pregnant women | Stress, Psychological/ | |
| Pregnant Women/ | Resilience | |
| People with chronic illnesses | Resiliency | |
| Non-native speakers | Resilience, Psychological/ | |
| Migrants | ||
| Migrant workers | ||
| “Transients and Migrants”[Mesh] | ||
| Refugees | ||
| Refugees/ | ||
| Immigrants | ||
| exp Emigrants and Immigrants/ | ||
| Farmworkers | ||
| LGBTQ | ||
| exp Sexual and Gender Minorities/ | ||
| Construction workers | ||
| Miners | ||
| Miners/ | ||
| Women | ||
| Women/ | ||
| People with disabilities | ||
| exp Disabled Persons/ | ||
| Health Services for Persons with Disabilities/ | ||
| People with mental illness | ||
| Global South | ||
| Developing countries | ||
| Developing Countries/ | ||
| Low income | ||
| (“people with” adj3 (“chronic illness” or “chronic illnesses” or “mental illness” or “mental illnesses” or disabilities or “chronic disease” or “chronic diseases”)) |

Figure 2
Study Flow Diagram.
Table 2
The Vulnerable Populations Conceptual Model (VPCM) With Application to Climate Change and Mental Health (Flaskerud & Winslow, 1998).
| RESOURCES AVAILABLE | RELATIVE RISK | HEALTH STATUS |
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