Episode 190: The Environment, Cancer, and Nurses’ Role in Advocating for Climate Change

As a social determinant of health, a patient’s environmental climate affects cancer risk, access to care, treatment adherence, cancer outcomes, and more. Join ONS member Milagros Elia, MA, APRN, ANP-BC, founder of M. Elia Nature-Based Healthcare Solutions, in Shrub Oak, NY, and Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, as they discuss the crucial need for a clinical focus on planetary health and an ONS grassroots approach to address and combat climate change and its impact on cancer care.  

Music Credit: "Fireflies and Stardust" by Kevin MacLeod 

Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0 

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Episode Notes 

Check out these resources from today’s episode: 

• Complete this evaluation for free NCPD. 

• ONS Voice article: Not All Barriers to Care Are Created Equal 

• ONS Voice article: Why All Oncology Nurses Should Be Environmentalists 

• Oncology Nursing Podcast Episode 107: Social Determinants Lead to Unequal Access to Health Care 

• ONS Center for Advocacy and Health Policy 

• Oncology Nursing Forum article: Climate Change Should Be on Every Nursing Research Agenda 

• Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments 

• American Nurses Association resources on environmental health 

• Climate for Health ambassador training 

• Contact Milagros Elia at milagroselia@gmail.com.  

• Free e-book: Environmental Health in Nursing 

• JAMA study: Association Between Declared Hurricane Disasters and Survival of Patients With Lung Cancer Undergoing Radiation Treatment 

• Planetary Health Alliance Seedbox 

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