Climate Change & Health 2022: A Roadmap for Grassroots Advocacy
2022-04-09 08:30 - 12:30 (America/New_York)
The Center for Climate Change, Climate Justice, and Health at the MGH Institute of Health Professions is co-hosting our annual symposium this year with the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for the Environment and Health on April 9, 2022. The event is virtual and contact hours are available. This year’s symposium, entitled Climate Change and Health 2022: A Roadmap for Grassroots Advocacy, will feature Bill McKibben, founder and senior advisor Emeritus of 350.org as well as Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley (MA) and Lauren Underwood (IL). Additionally, a call for abstracts is currently open and will close on 3/11.
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ANHE Global Climate Change Committee Monthly Call - April 2022
2022-04-21 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York)
The Climate Change Committee views climate change impacts from a global lens and works to incorporate elements of practice, education, research, and policy/advocacy as it relates to solutions to address this health crisis. Our current work includes developing educational resources that can be utilized by all specialties of nursing, identifying avenues for advocacy at local, state, and federal levels, and working within nursing organizations to prioritize this issue.
This committee encourages participation on an international level, as global unification is vital to advancing action to reduce health threats posed by climate change.
Our committee calls are held on the third Thursday of every month at 5 -6 pm US Eastern time.
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WEBINAR: Climate Crisis Threats to Pregnancy and Newborn Health
2022-04-28 13:00 - 14:30 UTC
Overview
Environmental crises have a significant impact on reproductive and maternal health. Scientific research and the experiences of pregnant people, families and the health workers that serve them provide increasing evidence of the effects of wildfires, extreme heat, and other climate impacts, on pregnancy health. Epidemiologic studies link exposure to both extreme heat and wildfire smoke to increased risk of poor maternal health and adverse birth outcomes including preterm birth, low birth weight and stillbirth. Little is in place to try and manage these emerging threats.
Interventions are needed to prevent the climate crisis from deepening the unjust racial and other inequities that center the US’ maternal health crisis. Maternal and infant outcomes are worse in the United States than in other industrialized nations, with black and brown people being disproportionately affected. Including climate change in how we understand maternal and newborn health unearths multiple intersecting vulnerabilities driven by systemic racism and other marginalization. Attention to climate change and the effects of environmental crises on maternal and newborn health is essential to standing up equitable and just sexual and reproductive health policies and programs.
This webinar is designed to provide expert insights into how extreme heat and wildfire exposure affect maternal health and pregnancy outcomes. Presentations will provide key insights into the latest research on these emerging reproductive justice problems.
Nursing CE and CME credits will be available for this webinar.
Objectives:

Apply a reproductive justice framework to climate change
Review selected studies that increase our knowledge related to the impact of climate change on maternal-child health
Identify specific actions that can be implemented in practice to assess risk related to climate change.
Discuss policy strategies that can be used to mitigate the effect of climate change on maternal-child health.

REGISTER HERE: https://marchofdimes.org/EnvironmentalHealth
LaTricea Adams is the founder CEO and president of Black Millennials for Flint a national grassroots, environmental justice and civil rights organization with the purpose of bringing like-minded organizations together to collectively take action and advocate against the crisis of lead exposure specifically in African American & Latinx communities throughout the nation..
Tara Marko is a PhD candidate at Washington State University (WSU) College of Nursing and has been awarded an NIH F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award for her current dissertation research titled: Effects to Neonatal Outcomes After In Utero Wildfire Smoke Exposure.
Nate DeNicola is a board-certified Ob/Gyn at Johns Hopkins Health System in Washington, DC and Chair of Telehealth for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and leads their current work on innovation.

ANHE Global Climate Change Committee Monthly Call - May 2022
2022-05-19 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)

ANHE Arizona Town Hall
2022-05-25 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
“Nurses & The Earth”: A Climate Action Town Hall
Virtual Town Hall on Climate Change & Health
May 25th 9am local (12pm EST)
Join The Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments for a virtual town hall discussing the health impacts of climate change with Representative Tom O’Halleran. Sign up below to submit questions and engage directly with state officials on the intersection of climate and health!
Town Hall Registration

Join the Party! Nurses at The Conference of Parties (COP27)
2022-10-04 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
Register at: tinyurl.com/ANHECOP27Party

ANHE Global Nurses Climate Change Committee Call - November
2022-11-17 17:00 - 18:00 UTC
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ANHE Policy Advocacy Forum Monthly Call - December 2022
2022-12-01 15:00 - 16:00 UTC
Join the Policy-Advocacy Forum on Thursday, December 1st at 3pm to discuss the experience of ANHE Nurses at COP27 and what is next for nurses and combatting climate change!
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ANHE Global Nurses Climate Change Committee Monthly Call - December 2022
2022-12-15 17:00 - 18:00 UTC
The December call will take place on Thursday, December 15th at 5pm ET.
ANHE Executive Director, Katie Huffling, is joining us to discuss her time at COP27 in Egypt and we’ll do a year in review. Also, stay tuned for a special announcement!
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Hosted by the Texas Physicians for Social Responsibility - How Climate Affects Cancer
2023-11-27 20:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Join the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE) and Texas Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) for Part 2 of a Webinar Series!
Title: How Climate Change Affects Cancer
Date: November 27, 2023
Time: 7-8pm CT / 8-9pm ET
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Speaker: Lakshmi Balasubramania, MD, Physician

Dr. Balasubramanian is a Medical Oncologist who, having witnessed the detrimental and at times, deadly impacts of severe weather events on her patients and family, has transitioned from almost 2 decades in private practice to work on climate change and health. She has a Yale Climate Change and Health certification, ESG certification from Duke Fuqua School of Business, Health Care Management certification from Naveen Jindal School of Management, and is currently pursuing a Diploma in Climate Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
Description: In this session, we will be able to analyze the Interplay between climate change and cancer by understanding how climate change affects our patients with cancer. What a generalist needs to know about cancer prevention and recurrence: Behavioral modification co-benefits. Recall adverse cancer outcomes resulting from health inequity and disparate exposures.
Learning Objectives: At the end of this session, the attendees can determine the complex relationship between climate change and cancer. Recall how climate change affects our patients with cancer. Identify the behavioral healthful living modification that also will serve as climate co-benefits.
Attendees who complete an evaluation and receive at least an 80% on the post-test are eligible for 1 credit of Nursing Continuing Education (CE).
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Climate Change Committee Monthly Call - FEMA - Office of Resilience Strategy
2024-05-16 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
As a nurse, are you prepared for how climate hazards and extreme weather can impact your patients and communities? We invite you to join ANHE’s Climate Change Committee on Thursday May 16th from 3-4 PM EST to learn about FEMA’s Climate Resilience Integration Branch and Office of Resilience Strategy.
Representatives from FEMA will discuss resources and tools that are available to communities in order to better prepare and anticipate community needs during extreme weather events.
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