Resources for Health Care

Nurses are trusted, credible spokespeople on a range of public health issues, including environmental health, and see first-hand the effects that toxic chemicals can have on the health of their patients. You can have a tremendous impact when educating your patients, other caregivers, and policy makers. To help promote environmental health education, we've created a series of fact sheets specifically for nurses and other healthcare professionals.

 

Download Disease Prevention Initiatives (pdf, 284k)

 

Download Opportunity for Change (pdf, 327k)

 

Download Women's Health and the Environment (pdf, 421k)

 

 

 

Additional Resources

 

Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments

A community of nurses committed to healthy people and healthy environments .www.envirn.org

 

American Nurses Association

Information center for national nursing organization. www.nursingworld.org

 

Campaign for Safe Cosmetics

A nonprofit coalition effort dedicated to getting toxic chemicals out of our personal care products. www.safecosmetics.org

 

Health Care Without Harm

Leading the global movement for environmentally responsible health care. www.noharm.org

 

The Luminary Project

An effort to capture the illuminating stories of nurses' activities to improve human and environmental health www.theluminaryproject.org

 

Practice GreenHealth

Membership and networking organization for institutions in the healthcare communitythat have made a commitment to sustainable, eco-friendly practices. www.practicegreenhealth.org

 

Sustainable Hospitals

Provides technical support for selecting products and work practices that reduceoccupational and environmental hazards, maintain quality patient care, and control costs. www.sustainablehospitals.org