Nursing

Online Resource Portals

• ClimaHealth Resource Library

• ClimateWatch Climate Data for Action

• United Nations Sustainable Development

Undergraduate

• Guidelines for Undergraduate Nursing Education on Climate Driven VBDG

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

• The Planetary Health Education Framework
• University of Minnesota School of Nursing

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)

General

• Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments - Discover our range of short courses, workshops, and webinar series designed to improve your knowledge around a variety of environmental health topics. Our mission is to promote healthy people and healthy environments by educating and leading the nursing profession, advancing research, incorporating evidence-based practice, and influencing policy.
• Climate for Health, Ambassador Training - 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.
• Climate Change and Human Health Lesson Plans - NIEHS has developed Climate and Health learning modules for a variety of student audiences that explore the health impacts of climate change both in the United States and globally. Modules are suitable for use in high school and secondary school courses on earth, life, and environmental science, history, geography, health care or social studies classes. Modules are also available for medical school students and professional students in public health and health sciences.

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.

• 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.

• Quinn Griffin, M. T., Alfes, C. M., Chavez, F., Ea, E. E., Lynn, K. A., Rafferty, M. A., & Fitzpatrick, J. J. (2022). Incorporating climate change into Doctor of Nursing Practice curricula. Journal of Professional Nursing, 42, 156-161.

• 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.

• 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

• [Canada] Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions. Climate Change and Health: It’s time for nurses to act

Organizations

• California Nurses for Environmental Health and Justice