Public Health Nurses’ Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Climate Change
Author(s) -
Barbara J. Polivka,
Rosemary V. Chaudry,
John Crawford
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1104025
Subject(s) - public health , climate change , workforce , health policy , public health nursing , health promotion , environmental health , psychology , nursing , medicine , public relations , political science , ecology , law , biology
Climate change affects human health, and health departments are urged to act to reduce the severity of these impacts. Yet little is known about the perspective of public health nurses--the largest component of the public health workforce--regarding their roles in addressing health impacts of climate change.
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