ANC Special Series Feature - Climate Change, Environmental Hazards, and Infant Health: What Neonatal Nurses Need to Know

About this episode

This episode discusses the impact of climate change and environmental hazards on neonatal health and the role of neonatal nurses in addressing these issues.

Infants today are being born into a polycrisis of climate change, environmental exposures, and widening health inequities. In this special NANNcast episode, we dive into the Advances in Neonatal Care (ANC) environmental health special series with Section Editor Desi Newberry and nurse scientists Jennifer Russell and Stephanie Lapsley. Together, they explore how environmental disasters affect neonatal health. From disrupted infant feeding during times of disaster to contaminated drinking water, environmental polycrises exacerbate health inequities - affecting maternal and infant health outcomes. This episode also highlights how neonatal nurses can lead solutions through clinical practice, research, community engagement, and policy advocacy. To learn more about this topic, access the January/February issue of ANC here: https://journals.lww.com/advancesinneonatalcare/pages/currenttoc.aspx.

People in this episode

Guests: Desi Newberry, Jennifer Russell, Stephanie Lapsley

Topics covered

• climate change
• environmental hazards
• infant health
• neonatal nursing

Keywords

• health inequities
• environmental disasters
• maternal health
• clinical practice
• policy advocacy

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Products: Advances in Neonatal Care

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