Guides and Frameworks
Embedding Planetary Health Across the Curriculum
University of Minnesota Nursing School Approach
The integration of concepts within the competencies and sub-competencies is essential for the application throughout the educational experience… These concepts truly are interrelated and interwoven within the domains and competencies, serving as a foundation to students’ learning. (AACN, 2021, p. 12).
Planetary health education includes five key threads:
(1) Interconnection within Nature
(2) The Anthropocene and Health (human caused disruption of Earth’s natural systems)
(3) Systems Thinking / Complexity-based Approaches in Planetary Health
(4) Equity and Social Justice
(5) Movement Building and Systems Change (Guzman & all, 2021).
Professional nurses consider the impact that health care delivery has on future generations and work to ensure that all nursing research, education, advocacy/policy, and practice support a sustainable planet.
More information about the University of Minnesota School of Nursing process is available in the article below.
Planetary health in nursing curricula: How one school transformed nursing curricula as they integrated planetary health concepts with the 2021AACN essentials
Planetary health in nursing curricula: How one school transformed nursing curricula as they integrated planetary health concepts with the 2021AACN essentials
Here is a pathway for introducing Planetary Health:
Other Guides and Frameworks
This is an innovative Planetary Health and Sustainable Healthcare curriculum. It is adaptable for all countries, all health professions and all educational stages. It is also fully endorsed and freely available.
The document outlines 12 cross-cutting principles established by the Planetary Health Alliance to guide planetary health education. They serve as a foundational framework for curricular development and educational efforts in the field, encouraging a comprehensive understanding of planetary health challenges, policy orientation, communication skills, and the necessity for transdisciplinary collaboration.
This publication introduces a set of national Planetary Health learning objectives designed to integrate planetary health education into Germany's medical curricula.
This easy resource helps nurses understand how they can decrease their carbon footprint through pratice changes.
This guide offers faculty members a comprehensive approach to integrating planetary health education into their curricula, considering both potential challenges and opportunities. While it is specifically tailored to the Dutch university system, the principles may be adaptable to other contexts. Please note, this document is not available in English.