CHANT Timeline | CHANT | Washington State University

^CHANT _{Climate and Health Tool}

2017 Development of CHANT

Drafted items based on review of the literature and researchers’ experience
Interviewed 10 content experts from across the US and Canada, asking about their reflections on the drafted items and additional input
Revised items based on feedback

We tested the revised items in 2018 by gathering responses from 600 nurses across the nation through on-line and snowball recruiting.
Respondents were asked to add comments, which we considered in the revision
We performed exploratory factor analysis on the 5 scales
We did not further change the scales, but we edited some of the demographic and frequency questions for clarity

2019 – Open for data collection across United States
2020 – Available in Spanish in addition to English versions
2020 – Open to all health professionals
2021 – Available in Portuguese
2021 – Data collection available by state or province in the US, Brazil, and Canada
2022 – Available in Italian, data collection available by Italian province
2022 – Confirmatory Factor Analysis completed
2023 – Available in Finnish
2023 – CHANT has been used by investigators in 17 nations. CHANT responses have come from 45 nations.