Public Health Nursing roles in Environmental health – Climate changes and health effects on children
Scholarly Researched Position Paper—Environmental Health (submit via SafeAssign)
The Code of Ethics for Nurses (American Nurses Association, 2015) Principle 9.4 calls for nurses to “advocate for policies, programs, and practices within the healthcare environment that maintain, sustain, and repair the natural world” (p. 37). During a recent testimony for the Minnesota Climate Caucus, it was reported that nurses are ethically bound to recognize that “Social justice extends beyond human health and well-being to the health and well-being of the natural world” (p.37). Further, 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.
Review lectures, read Stanhope & Lancaster Chapters 6 and 14, and review the following resources:
• http://www.lancetcountdown.org/2019-report/
• Center for Global Health and Social Responsibility
• Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education
• Planetary Health Alliance
• Medical Consortium on Climate and Health
Like a debate, a position paper presents one side of an arguable opinion about a topic or issue. The goal of a position paper is to convince the audience that your opinion is valid and defensible. Ideas that you are considering need to be carefully examined in choosing a topic, developing your argument, and organizing your paper. Select a topic related to how the environment affects the health of a population. Review and present the relevant literature. Your job is to take one side of the argument and persuade your audience that you have well-founded knowledge of the topic being presented. It is important to support your argument with evidence to ensure the validity of your claims, as well as to refute the counterclaims to show that you are well informed about both sides. Be certain to consider all sides and present the issue clearly.
I strongly recommended that you structure your paper with sections listed below:
• Introduction to the topic 5 pts
• Summary of the relevant literature 5 pts
• Development and presentation of the argument 5 pts
• Refutation of counterclaims 5 pts
• Nursing role in the promotion of the health of the affected population 5 pts
• Summary of issue’s relevance to nursing and health 5 pts
• Writing style, APA 7 citation 5 pts