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Monday, 08 June 2009 16:58 |
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More than 150 nurses from across Canada with an interest in environmental health are connecting through Canadian Nursing Association (CNA) to network with their peers, share resources and benefit from discussing colleagues' experiences with nursing and environmental health. A new CNA Emerging Group has formed - the Canadian Nursing Environmental Health Group. These nurses are actively involved in addressing exposures to environmental hazards in the home, school, community and workplace. Check out what they are doing to engage patients, students, colleagues and Canadians on environmental health issues. Get inspired by nurses in action! Please note that items are posted in the language they were submitted to CNA.
This group put together a toolkit for nurses across the country to encourage them to weave environmental health issues into their practice, and provide them with tools to do so. The results are up on the CNA website with focus in three main areas: Greening the Health Sector, Nurses and Environmental Health, and Climate Change. The background papers, podcasts and PowerPoint presentations present sound information and ideas for action to reduce environmental exposures and make nursing practice less environmentally harmful.
See the web site http://www.cna-nurses.ca/CNA/issues/environment/default_e.aspx for more info.
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Monday, 24 November 2008 14:03 |
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 Many of the environmental risks that lead to illness and poor health can be lessened or prevented with proper health education and preparation. Health professionals are in an excellent position to deliver the care and health education needed to protect children from environmental threats and to share information with colleagues. While the subject of Children's Environmental Health is not yet standard in most medical and nursing schools, health professional are seeing an increasing number of patients with environmental health problems.
Health professionals can:
- Increase their literacy on the topic of environmental health to better diagnose and treat symptoms or illness.
- Provide parents and patients with a better understanding of hazardous exposures to their children.
- Ensure that their own health centres, hospitals or clinics are not contributing to the environmental burden by implementing green health care practices.
- Influence environmental and health policy through your professional associations.
- Become involved with the Children's Health & Environment Partnership in Manitoba by joining our Health Professionals Constellation.
This section of the website is designed for you. We have collected some great resources that we hope will be of use to you in your noble work. As we continue to evolve this website, we will add more. If you have suggestions of additional materials, please let us know.
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