The Environment and Public Health Nursing Task force, a collaboration between the Environment Section and the Public Health Nursing Section, is moving forward to disseminate and implement the Environmental Health Principles for Public Health Nurses developed last year. The task force is currently working on a mini-grant from Health Care Without Harm to implement the Greenprint for Action. Activities included are posting the Principles on key public health and nursing Web sites, comparing the Principles with the American Nursing Association Standards of Practice for Public Health Nursing, and raising awareness of the Principles and encouraging adoption.
Discussions are also in progress for follow-up activities at the 2006 APHA Annual Meeting in Boston.
(Please visit the Public Health Nursing
Section's Web site for more information on the Principles
http://www.apha.org/extranet/phn/default.htm).
In addition to working on the Principles, the task force will be
deciding what other environment and health priorities and activities to pursue. These may include creating position and policy statements, providing testimony, and submitting grants to sustain the task force.
Any member of the Environment Section or Public Health Nursing Section is invited to participate on the task force. The next call is Sept. 26, 2006, 3-4 p.m. EST.
For more information on the task force, to receive our Principles and Recommendations and/or Greenprint for Action or to join the efforts, please contact the co-chairs listed below:
Rita Lourie (PHN), and Robyn Gilden (ENV).