Climate Change and Health: Nurses as Drivers of Climate Action

Cook, Cara

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“…Additionally, the human medical profession views climate change and sustainability as a public health issue (18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24). This is true across physicians (25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30), nurses (31)(32)(33)(34)(35)(36)(37)(38), and dentists (39,40). The need for these professionals to use their voices for change, be powerful advocates, and be agents of action in this space has been emphasized (41)(42)(43)(44).…”

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Empowering Veterinarians to Be Planetary Health Stewards Through Policy and Practice

2022

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Veterinarians are established public health professionals, committing to promote public health when they take their veterinary oath. The issue of climate change and its impact on planetary health is vital to public health, and therefore, it is critical that climate change is regarded as within the veterinary scope of practice. However, climate change is a multi-faceted issue which requires interdisciplinary collaboration and integrated stakeholder involvement in order to establish effective solutions and impactful policies. As a result, in this perspective, we discuss how policy is critical to support veterinarians in the climate change space and argue that more explicit support is needed for veterinarians to take an active role in climate change adaption, resilience, and mitigation. We address the discrepancies between the human health and veterinary professions with respect to providing policy support and capacity for practitioners to be stewards to promote planetary health and shed light on the lack of veterinary capacity in this area. We stress that veterinary professional societies are well equipped to bolster their policies, expand education for veterinary professionals and students in policy and advocacy, and establish calls to action to address climate change and planetary health issues. Ultimately, as public health professionals, veterinarians are uniquely poised to be contributors to climate change solutions and they should be actively involved in policy decision-making and empowered to take active roles in interdisciplinary conversations surrounding this important issue.

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Empowering Veterinarians to Be Planetary Health Stewards Through Policy and Practice

2022

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“…Health is the underlying component of life and survival, and well-being of all the living organisms (human-animal-plantation) in the world basically rely on it. Impact of extreme weather events and climate change for human health was thoroughly reviewed recently [17], [18]. Therefore, it is the priority sector in every country as it is known that most of the infectious diseases pass through water; pathogenic illnesses are quite typical and widespread during…”

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Planning Climate Change Adaptation Activities for Turkey

Tanık¹,

Tekten²

2018

IJESD

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Turkey, representing a developing country, is on the way to plan its adaptation activities within the context of climate change effects. This study initially proposes the main sectors under which associated adaptation practices and related action plans be listed according to the country's needs. Turkey bears 25 river basins out of which 17 are coastal watersheds. Another important characteristic of the country is that it stands variable and different climatic conditions as it is located at a transient region between Europe and Asia continents. As such, sectoral-based adaptation action plans against climate change will differ in the basins of the country according to sectoral vulnerability analyses. Upon detailed investigation of sectoral-based adaptation action plans of 7 countries (Germany, France, Spain, Italy and Denmark from Europe, USA from America and Kenya from the Africa continent), 12 main sectors are selected for Turkey and urgent climate change adaptation actions are stated under each sector. The selection criteria involved geographical location and features of Turkey, prevailing environmental problems, climatic conditions, land-use activities, urbanization level, technical and economic development level together with socioeconomic structure and financial development of the country.

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Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Content in Canadian Baccalaureate Nursing Programs

Stephens,

Leslie

2024

J Nurs Educ

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Background: This study analyzed publicly available resources related to environmental and climate change material available within the Canadian Bachelor of Nursing Program curricula. Method: This thematic review project contained two stages of data collection: (1) a comprehensive team-based review of Internet materials and (2) a digital survey of program faculties. Results: Most content reviewed included references to climate change. According to survey responses from program directors ( n = 12), barriers to integrating climate change content included lack of institutional support, the perception that content was not important in undergraduate curriculum, a conviction that the material would be more appropriate for public health, and an overall lack of understanding of the topic by course authors. Conclusion: With increasing emphasis on the importance of geopolitical health and climate change to many facets of nursing practice, nurse educators require support from colleagues and postsecondary institutions to incorporate this material into undergraduate nursing curricula. [ J Nurs Educ . 2024;63(4):212–217.]

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Climate Change and Health: Nurses as Drivers of Climate Action

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Empowering Veterinarians to Be Planetary Health Stewards Through Policy and Practice

Empowering Veterinarians to Be Planetary Health Stewards Through Policy and Practice

Planning Climate Change Adaptation Activities for Turkey

Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change Content in Canadian Baccalaureate Nursing Programs

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