Assignment: Global Climate Change and Health
The environment (both home and physical) has a significant
influence on health, as you saw in the readings and media presentations for
this week. You also read about the ramifications of global climate change on
health. For the purpose of this Assignment, consider the implications of global
climate change on health now and in the future.
For this Assignment, review the following:
Write a 4-page paper that addresses the following:
? Describe two
health care concerns related to global climate change.
o Topics could
include increased exposure to vectors that transmit Zika, West Nile virus, or
malaria; respiratory problems; food distribution problems due to drought or
lack of water; or heat-related illness.
? Compare
concerns in the United States related to these topics with one developed and
one developing country.
? Describe
health promotion/health protection strategies a nurse could implement.
? Support your
ideas with references from the professional nursing literature.
Required Readings/Resources
Holtz, C. (2017). Global health care: Issues and policies
(3rd ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett.
? Chapter 14,
“Global Perspectives on Nutrition” (pp. 381-414)
? Chapter 15,
“Global Perspectives on Environmental Health” (pp. 419-439)
Stanhope, M., & Lancaster, J. (2016). Public health
nursing: Population-centered health care in the community (9th ed.). St. Louis,
MO: Elsevier.
· Chapter 10,
“Environmental Health” (pp. 217–241)
Public Health Nursing: Population-Centered Health Care in
the Community, 9th Ed. by Stanhope, M., & Lancaster, J. Copyright 2015 by
Elsevier Health Science Books. Reprinted by permission of Elsevier Health
Science Books via the Copyright Clearance Center.
Veenema, T. G., Griffin, A., Gable, A. R., MacIntyre, L.,
Simons, N., Couig, M. P., … Larson, E. (2016). Nurses as leaders in disaster
preparedness and response—A call to action. Journal of Nursing Scholarship,
48(2), 187–200.
Required Media
Laureate Education. (Producer). (2010a). Public and global
health: Global emergencies and disasters [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.
TED. (2015a). Why climate change is a threat to human
rights. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/mary_robinson_why_climate_change_is_a_threat_to_human_rights
Former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson, talks about the
effects of climate change on human rights in poorer populations where some
islands or lowlands are beginning to submerge as sea waters rise.
TED. (2016b). The case for optimism on climate change.
Retrieved from
https://www.ted.com/talks/al_gore_the_case_for_optimism_on_climate_change
Former Vice President Al Gore speaks practically about
global warming and offers some reasons we should feel optimistic about recent
developments and changes in outcomes. His message is that people are changing
their attitudes about global warming into action to stop the warming trend.
