Planetary health: a pragmatic theoretical framework to guide nursing education, research, and practice

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dc.contributor.authorVandenberg, Shannon
dc.contributor.authorOosterbroek, Tracy
dc.contributor.authorChircop, Andrea
dc.contributor.authorKellett, Peter
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-16T21:02:50Z
dc.date.available2025-10-16T21:02:50Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.descriptionOpen access article. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) applies
dc.description.abstractThe term Planetary Health has been used in mainstream narrative in the past decades, but the term has only recently gained traction in nursing literature. Nurses are highly trusted and well-positioned to play an integral role in planetary health, by addressing the various challenges and health effects associated with planetary health decline. Issue: While the traditional scope of nursing practice includes health promotion, and illness, injury, and disease prevention, planetary health incorporates broader issues such as climate change, pollution, biodiversity loss, resource scarcity, and marine degradation. Nurses may lack knowledge and confidence regarding planetary health issues, which may correlate to inadequate confidence and feelings of unpreparedness in practice. Therefore, planetary health presents as a pragmatic theoretical framework for nursing education, practice, and research. Purpose: The purpose of this manuscript is to advocate for the applicability of planetary health for nursing practice, education, and research, incorporating an example of a research study that examined nurses’ percep- tions toward climate sensitive vector-borne diseases. Planetary health challenges are threatening human health globally, and nurses must be prepared to preserve human and planetary health.
dc.identifier.citationVandenberg, S., Oosterbroek, T., Chircop, A., & Kellett, P. (2025). Planetary health: A pragmatic theoretical framework to guide nursing education, research, and practice. Nurse Education Today, 153, Article 106808. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2025.106808
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/7177
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.publisher.facultyHealth Sciences
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Lethbridge
dc.publisher.institutionDalhousie University
dc.publisher.urlhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2025.106808
dc.subjectPlanetary health
dc.subjectTheory
dc.subjectFramework
dc.subjectNurses
dc.subjectClimate change
dc.subjectVector borne diseases
dc.subjectNursing practice
dc.subjectNursing education
dc.subjectNursing research
dc.subject.lcshNursing--Study and teaching
dc.titlePlanetary health: a pragmatic theoretical framework to guide nursing education, research, and practice
dc.typeArticle
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