Individual adaptation, resilience, and health
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We aim to describe the decision making processes and resulting behavioral adaptation and health outcome trajectories situated within the rich context of people’s lives.
The knowledge produced from these studies will expand our understanding of protective health actions in response to increasing environmental risk, and may provide insight into ways that risk communications, policies and programs can be designed to enhance pro-health outcomes.

Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in the Pacific
Related People:
Bianca Santos
Gabrielle Wong-Parodi

Wildfire Smoke Exposure in the American West
Related People:
Nina Berlin
Natalie Herbert
Stephanie Fischer
David Gonzalez
Kika Santana
Ryan Treves
Gabrielle Wong-Parodi

Housing Quality and Climate Vulnerability
Related People:
Emma Velterop
Gabrielle Wong-Parodi
Funders
- The National Science Foundation
- Precourt Institute for Energy at Stanford University
- Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University
Related Publications
- Wong-Parodi, G., & Berlin Rubin, N. (2022). Exploring how climate change subjective attribution, personal experience with extremes, concern, and subjective knowledge relate to pro-environmental attitudes and behavioral intentions in the United States. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 79, 101728. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101728
- Wong-Parodi, G. (2022). Compounding Impacts of Wildfires amid Power Losses. AAAS. https://aaas.confex.com/aaas/2022/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/29409
- Wong-Parodi, G. (2022). Support for public safety power shutoffs in California: Wildfire-related perceived exposure and negative outcomes, prior and current health, risk appraisal and worry. Energy Research & Social Science, 88, 102495. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2022.102495
- Berlin Rubin, N., & Wong-Parodi, G. (2021). Risk Appraisal and Personal Experience as Motivators of Wildfire-Associated Migration Intentions in California. AGU Fall Meeting 2021. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm21/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/866095
- Selent, D., Holmes, R., Hammond Wagner, C., Wong-Parodi, G., & Fendorf, S. (2021). Contextualizing Farmer Perspectives on Water Quality in California. AGU Fall Meeting 2021. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm21/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/997488
- Santana, F., Gonzalez, D., & Wong-Parodi, G. (2021). Psychological factors and social processes influencing wildfire smoke protective behavior: Insights from a case study in Northern California. Climate Risk Management, 34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2021.100351
- Qin, C., Xu, J., Wong-Parodi, G., & Xue, L. (2020). Change in Public Concern and Responsive Behaviors Toward Air Pollution Under the Dome. RISK ANALYSIS, WILEY: 1983–2001., 40(10). https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.13177
- Qin, C., Wong-Parodi, G., & Fan, B. (2020). Different preferences for recovery options of residential fire disasters: The effect of decision role and stressed emotion. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION. ELSEVIER., 43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2019.101383
- Wong-Parodi, G., Fischhoff, B., & Strauss, B. (2018). Effect of Risk and Protective Decision Aids on Flood Preparation in Vulnerable Communities. WEATHER CLIMATE AND SOCIETY. AMER METEOROLOGICAL SOC., 10(3), 401-17. https://doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-17-0069.1
- Wong-Parodi, G., Dias, M. B., & Taylor, M. (2018). Effect of Using an Indoor Air Quality Sensor on Perceptions of and Behaviors Toward Air Pollution (Pittsburgh Empowerment Library Study): Online Survey and Interviews.. JMIR MHealth and UHealth., 6(3), e48.
- Wong-Parodi, G., & Feygina, I. (2018). Factors Influencing (Mal)adaptive Responses to Natural Disasters: The Case of Hurricane Matthew. WEATHER CLIMATE AND SOCIETY. AMER METEOROLOGICAL SOC., 10(4), 747-68. https://doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-17-0138.1
- Hanus, N., Wong-Parodi, G., Hoyos, L., & Rauch, A. (2018). Framing clean energy campaigns to promote civic engagement among parents. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS. IOP PUBLISHING LTD., 13(3). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaa557
- Fischhoff, B., Wong-Parodi, G., Garfin, D., Holman, E. A., & Silver, R. (2018). Public Understanding of Ebola Risks: Mastering an Unfamiliar Threat. RISK ANALYSIS. WILEY., 38(1), 71-83.
- Qin, C., Xu, J., Wong-Parodi, G., & Xue, L. (2018). The role of psychology and social influences in energy efficiency adoption. Risk Analysis : an Official Publication of the Society for Risk Analysis.
- Krishnamurti, T., Davis, A., Wong-Parodi, G., Fischhoff, B., & Sadovsky, Y. (2017). Development and Testing of the MyHealthyPregnancy App: A Behavioral Decision Research-Based Tool for Assessing and Communicating Pregnancy Risk. JMIR MHEALTH AND UHEALTH. JMIR PUBLICATIONS, INC., 5(4), e42.
- Wong-Parodi, G., Fischhoff, B., & Strauss, B. (2017). Plans and Prospects for Coastal Flooding in Four Communities Affected by Sandy. WEATHER CLIMATE AND SOCIETY. AMER METEOROLOGICAL SOC., 9(2), 183-200. https://doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-16-0042.1
- Preparing for local adaptation: a study of community understanding and support. (2017). CLIMATIC CHANGE. SPRINGER., 145(3), 413-29. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-017-2088-8
- Babcock, M., Wong-Parodi, G., Small, M., & Grossmann, I. (2016). Stakeholder perceptions of water systems and hydro-climate information in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Earth Perspectives, 3(3). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40322-016-0035-x
- Wong-Parodi, G., Fischhoff, B., & Strauss, B. (2015). Resilience vs. Adaptation: Framing and action. CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT. ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV., 10, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2015.07.002
- Wong-Parodi, G., & Fischhoff, B. (2015). The impacts of political cues and practical information on climate change decisions. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS. IOP PUBLISHING LTD., 10(3). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/3/034004