Text size
Line height
Text spacing
Course summary
This session explores the intersection of climate change, environmental exposures, and global cancer care, highlighting the nurse’s role in promoting health equity and environmental justice. Learners will examine key environmental and climate-related factors that contribute to cancer risk and influence outcomes across diverse global settings. The session will address disparities in cancer detection, treatment, and survivorship within varied health systems and resource contexts, while analyzing how climate-related events—such as wildfires, extreme heat, and infrastructure disruptions—impact oncology care delivery. Emphasis will be placed on nursing-led advocacy and strategies to reduce environmental carcinogens, advance sustainable practices, and shape climate-health policies that protect oncology patients and vulnerable populations.
What you'll learn
- Learning Objectives:
- 1. Identify key environmental exposures and climate-related factors that increase cancer risk and affect cancer outcomes globally.
- 2. Describe disparities in cancer detection, treatment, and survivorship across different global health systems and resource levels.
- 3. Analyze how climate-related events (e.g., wildfires, extreme heat, infrastructure collapse) disrupt oncology care delivery.
- 4. Advocate for nursing-led strategies to reduce environmental carcinogens and influence climate-health policies that protect oncology patients and vulnerable populations.