Building a Global Movement for Health: Nurse Leadership on Climate Change Katie Huffling, MS '06, RN, CNM, FAAN Cara Cook, MS '15, RN, AHN-BC Justin Graves, MS '14, MBA, RN, CRMP Charlotte Wallace, MS '15, BSN '99, RN
The Executive Summary of the 2019 Lancet Countdown report warns: “The life of every child born today will be profoundly affected by climate change, with populations around the world increasingly facing extremes of weather, food and water insecurity, changing patterns of infectious disease, and a less certain future. Without accelerated intervention, this new era will come to define the health of people at every stage of their lives.”
Planetary Vital Signs Human caused ecosystem transformations • Water scarcity • Changing food systems • Urbanization Health impacts of ecosystem • Biodiversity transformation • Natural disasters • Non-communicable diseases • Climate change • Infectious diseases and pandemics • Changing land use and land cover • Mental health • Global pollution • Nutrition • Changing biogeochemical flows • Civil strife and displacement
A SYMPTOM OF MULTI- SYSTEM FAILURE
The time is now!!
HOW DO WE GET OUT OF THIS MESS?
nursesdrawdown.org
Food Nurses are Mobility invited to take action in five Gender Equity key areas: Energy Nature
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Thank Katie Huffling, MS, RN, CNM, FAAN Executive Director you! Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments katie@envirn.org https://enviRN.org
Nursing Leadership: Climate & Health Education Cara Cook, MS, RN, AHN-BC Climate & Health Program Manager Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments
Over 15,000 educated! Campaign to engage 50,000 health professionals around climate and health Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments & Health Care Without Harm
CHANT : Climate, Health, and Nursing Tool Longitudinal survey To take the CHANT Health Professionals’ awareness, motivations and Go to: behaviors related to climate change and health https://envirn.org/nurses-climate-survey/ 2017: items developed - interviews with content experts 2018: items tested and psychometrically analyzed 2019: Open for data gathering 2020: Expanded to all health professionals, Spanish version added Authors: Beth Schenk 1,2 , Cara Cook 3 , Shanda Demorest 4 , Ekaterina Burduli 2 1- Providence St. Joseph Health. 2 - Washington State University. 3 - Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments. 4 – Practice Greenhealth.
Thank you! Contact: cara@envirn.org
Lessons of COVID-19 and nurse leadership in climate adaptation and resiliency September 2020 Charlotte Wallace, MS, RN UM SON Class of ‘98, ‘15
Pandemic or “Syndemic”? 17 17 Source: Millett, G. 2020, July 7. AIDS 2020 panerary, amfAR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYSCM5DWwMs
Health Literacy 18
Improve Injustices Classism • Internet • Testing • Phone line • Public messaging • Laundry facilities • Housing • Employment Cultural Competency • Language barriers • Mistrust in healthcare • Public messaging 19
Meet People Where They Are At 20
Collaboration Grandmother leaving pop up food pantry with 2 of her grandsons. Providing outreach to Latino day laborers. 21
Learn. Plan. Prepare. Repeat. • Proactive vs reactive • Meet People Where at (physically and figuratively!) • Track the data • Follow science • Advocate • Policy development • Collaborate • Educate • Vote 22 Source: Graeme MacKay, original March 18,2020, revised May 23, 2020
Impacting Climate Change from the bedside Justin Graves MS, MBA, RN, CRMP UM SON Class of 14’
University of Maryland Medical Center Baltimore, MD • 2 Campuses • 1,000+ beds • 10,000 employees • 2.2 million square feet • $14.9 million on energy bills a year • 500,000 gallons of water a day • 11.5 million pounds of waste a year 24
University of Maryland Medical Center Baltimore, MD • 2009- Sustainability program started • First Sustainability Manager in Mid-Atlantic • Comprehensive waste program (recycling, composting, haz waste) • Energy program (20% reduction by 2022) • LEED Gold Critical Care Tower • Policies enacted (Sustainability, Green Cleaning, IPM, Fragrance Free) 25
Nurse actions with Climate Implications • Commuting choices • Supply utilization • Device utilization • Waste separation • Anesthetic gas choices (CRNA) • Single Use Device collection for reprocessing • Food choices • Patient education 26
Healthcare Anchor Network • National organization dedicated to improved social determinants of health by fostering inclusive and sustainable local economies. • Impact Purchasing Commitment (2025) • Supplier Diversity • Community Wealth Building • Sustainability • Climate Mitigation • Environmentally Preferable Purchasing 27
Thank You Justin Graves jgraves2@umm.edu 28
Take Action: • Join the Nurses Draw Down • Take the Nurses Climate Challenge • Participate in CHANT • Educate the Community • Educate your organizations • REGISTER & VOTE
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