Nurses can play a central role in mitigating and adapting to current and future health threats from climate change. This course provides nurses with tailored information about climate change related stressors and how they impact the health of populations and communities around the world. This course will also provide actionable steps, focused primarily on adaptation, that nurses can take to address and prepare for these health impacts at the individual level, the health-system level, and the community level. Within this course, climate-related health impacts will be discussed utilizing the conceptual framework of planetary health. Planetary health refers to "the health of human civilization and the state of the natural systems on which it depends" (Lancet). This course was co-developed by the Yale School of Nursing in collaboration with the Alliance for Nurses for Health Environments and Healthcare Without Harm. This course can be used by health professionals to earn contact hours for continuing education.
Wildfire Introduction
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Skills You'll Learn
Emergency Management, Nursing, Public Health, Climate Change
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From the lesson
Wildfire
In this module, we will discuss the impact of wildfire on individuals, communities, and health systems. We will also discuss the ways in which climate change impacts fire danger in areas prone to wildfire.
Taught By
Laron Nelson
Associate Dean for Global Affairs & Planetary Health Independence Foundation Associate Professor and Associate Professor of Nursing