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.
- Álvarez-Nieto, C., Richardson, J., Parra-Anguita, G., Linares-Abad, M., Huss, N., Grande-Gascón, M.L., Grose, J., Huynen, M., López-Medina, I.M., (2018). Developing digital educational materials for nursing and sustainability: The results of an observational study. Nurse Education Today 60, 139–146.
- Castner J, Schenk E, Cipriano PF. Climate change interventions. American Nurse Journal. 2024;19(1):10-17
- Cook, C. (2019). Nurses and climate action. American Journal of Nursing.119 (4), 54-60.
- Howard, C., et al., (2023). Learning to treat the climate emergency together: social tipping interventions by the health community. The Lancet, 7, e251-e264.
- Kurth, A. & Potter, T. (2022). The Public Health Crisis Is Planetary - and Nursing Is Crucial to Addressing It. American Journal of Public Health,112, no. S3 (June 1, 2022): pp. S259-S261.
- LeClar, J. Evans-Agnew, R. & Cook, C. (2022). Defining Climate Justice in Nursing for Public and Planetary Health. American Journal of Public Health 112, no. S3 (June 1, 2022): S256-S258.
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Lilienfeld, E., Nicholas, P.K., Breakey, S., Corless, I.B., (2018). Addressing climate change through a nursing lens within the framework of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Nursing Outlook 66, 482–494.
- 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.
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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.
Air Pollution
- Gonzales, T. & Whalen. E. (2022). Easy breathing: A Review of the Impact of Air Quality on Pediatric Health Outcomes. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 36.1: 57-63.
Environmental Justice
- Chesney, M.L. & Duderstadt, K. (2022). Children’s Rights, Environmental Justice, and Environmental Health Policy in the United States. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 36.1: 3-11.
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. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 36.1: 46-56.
Pediatrics
- Fuller, M.G., et al. (2022). Climate Change and State of the Science for Children’s Health and Environmental Health Equity. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 36.1: 20-26.
- Gutschow, B., et al. (2021). The intersection of pediatrics, climate change, and structural racism: Ensuring health equity through climate justice. ScienceDirect, Vol 51, Issue 6, 101028
- Huffling, K. & McLaughlin, J. (2022). Pediatric chemical exposure: Opportunities for Prevention. Journal of Pediatric Health Care 36.1: 27-33
- Leffers, J.M. (2022). Climate Change and Health of Children: Our Borrowed Future. Journal of Pediatric Health Care 36.1: 12-19
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