Nursing
Building Curriculum
Online Resource Portals
Undergraduate
Masters/Doctoral
- Keating, S.A., Vetter, M. J., Klar, R. T. & Wright, F. (2021). Integrating climate change in the curriculum: Using instructional design methods to create an educational innovation for nurse practitioners in a doctor of nursing practice program.
- Quinn Griffin, M.T., Alfes, C.M., Chavez, F, Ea, E.E., Lynn, K.A, Fafferty, M.A., & Fitzpatrick, J.J. (2022). Incorporating climate change into doctor of nursing practice curricula. Journal of Professional Nursing, 156-161.
- Free teaching and learning materials in English, Spanish, Dutch, German, French, and Polish to enhance nursing and health professional education on sustainability and climate change: NurSusTOOLKIT
Planetary Health
Course Materials
Textbooks
- Leffers J, Smith CM, Huffling K, McDermott-Levy R, Sattler B (eds). Environmental Health in Nursing. Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments; 2016. https://envirn.org/e-textbook/
Slides
General
- University of Minnesota, Center for Global Health and Social Responsibility, “Climate Change and Health: An Interprofessional Response”, 2018 https://globalhealthcenter.umn.edu/climate-change-and-health-curriculum
Videos
Air Pollution
- CA Nurses for Environmental Health and Justice https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeYDjbcS348ivb7m1rfA9w (April 2022)
Online Courses
General
- Climate for Health, Ambassador Training Program 2022 - This free, three-hour training equips health professionals with the knowledge, hands-on experience, and resources to speak and act confidently on climate change solutions. Three units of Continuing Medical Education or Nursing CE are available upon completion. https://climateforhealth.org/ambassadors-training/
- National Institute of Environmental Health Science. A Clinical Health Care Student Exploration of the Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States. https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/scied/teachers/cchh/index.cfm
Articles
General
- Agache, I., et al., (2022). Climate change and global health: A call to more research and more action. Allergy, 77, 1389-1407. https://doi.org/10.1111/all.15229
- Cook, C. (2019). Nurses and climate action. American Journal of Nursing, 119 (4), 54-60. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NAJ.0000554551.46769.49
- Howard, C., et al., (2023). Learning to treat the climate emergency together: social tipping interventions by the health community. The Lancet, 7, e251-e264. https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S2542-5196%2823%2900022-0
- Kurth, A. & Potter, T. (2022). The public health crisis is planetary - and Nursing is crucial to addressing it. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.306877
- LeClar, J. Evans-Agnew, R. & Cook, C. (2022). Defining climate justice in nursing for public and planetary health. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.306867
- Romanello, M., et al., (2022). The 2022 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: health at the mercy of fossil fuels. The Lancet, 400, 1619-1654. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01540-9
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Tremblay B, Hawkins J. Climate and health: impact of climate education on nursing student knowledge, confidence, and intent to act. Nurse Educ. 2023;00(0):1-6. doi:10.1097/NNE.0000000000001524 https://journals.lww.com/nurseeducatoronline/abstract/9900/climate_and_health__impact_of_climate_education_on.328.aspx
Air Pollution
- Gonzales, T. & Whalen. E. (2022). Easy breathing: A review of the impact of air quality on pediatric health outcomes. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedhc.2021.08.002
Environmental Justice
- Chesney, M.L. & Duderstadt, K. (2022). Children’s rights, environmental justice, and environmental health policy in the United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedhc.2021.08.006
Environmental Risk Factors
- Buser, J.M., Lake, K. & Ginier, E. (2022). Environmental risk factors for childhood cancer in an era of global climate change: A scoping review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedhc.2021.05.005
Pediatrics
- Fuller, M.G., et al. (2022). Climate change and state of the science for children’s health and environmental health equity. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedhc.2021.08.003
- Gutschow, B., et al. (2021). The intersection of pediatrics, climate change, and structural racism: Ensuring health equity through climate justice. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cppeds.2021.101028
- Huffling, K. & McLaughlin, J. (2022). Pediatric chemical exposure: Opportunities for Prevention. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ped.hc.2021.09.009
- Leffers, J.M. (2022). Climate change and health of children: Our borrowed future. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ped.hc.2021.09.002
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