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The Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments

ANHE is the only national nursing organization focused solely on the intersection of health and the environment. It is responsible for the Nurses Climate Challenge.

Mission:

Promoting healthy people and healthy environments by educating and leading the nursing profession, advancing research, incorporating evidence-based practice, and influencing policy.

Nurses Climate Challenge Eruope

Nurses Climate Challenge Europe is a European extension of the United States-originated Nurses Climate Challenge. The organization’s foundational goals are the same. It is also cooperatively supported by Health Care Without Harm’s European organization. Nurses Climate Challenge Europe provides European case studies, climate-committed schools, and individual climate champions.

Nurses Drawdown

At the heart of nursing is the understanding that optimal health requires good nutrition, adequate mobility, a healthy environment, and social support. Through commitment to the evidence-based Nurses Drawdown actions, nurses will improve the health of individuals and communities, while also taking steps to heal the planet. Nurses and midwives from around the world are invited to join the Nurses Drawdown movement by taking personal and professional action in five key areas: Energy, Gender equity, Food, Mobility, and Nature.

Climate & Health Survey (CHANT)

The CHANT was developed first to study nurses, as key providers of healthcare and public health.  However, when exploring information about what nurses knew and did about climate change and health, little was found. While instruments existed that measured the general public’s understanding of and engagement with climate change, none were found to measure these elements among nurses, the nation’s largest group of healthcare professionals. The investigators addressed this gap by developing and testing the Climate, Health, and Nursing Tool. Since 2020, all Health Professionals are included in CHANT, and the name was changed to the Climate and Health tool.  Responses will contribute to the growing body of knowledge of health professionals’ awareness, motivations and behaviors related to climate change and health. CHANT is available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Finnish. Faculty, Professional Organizations and other groups may use CHANT to study their students or groups. To learn more about participating in CHANT, click here.