Pub Hub: Environmental Health Nursing Research Archive

Introduction:

In line with the goals of the Health Care Without Harm Nurses Workgroup, this website was created to disseminate an electronic archive of publications addressing environmental health and nursing topics. Nurses and others will be able to use this information to access and understand the state of the science and state of policy making in environmental health.

How to use this website:

This website allows you to browse categorically for article references. The categories grasp the scope of current environmental health issues. Many references are located in multiple categories. If available, links to PubMed are provided for access to the abstracts. For help using PubMed, please refer to this National Library of Medicine (NLM) tutorial.

Articles may be ordered for a fee at:
https://healthlinks.washington.edu/cgi-bin/docservices/pubmedreq.cgi

Project Purpose:

Increasing numbers of nurses, as well as the greater community of health care providers and consumers, are calling our attention to the multifaceted links between health and the environment. In addition and as health care has evolved, the demands are such that nurses must assure the delivery of an evidence based practice.

Locating appropriate publications is a vital step in promoting the development and delivery of evidence based practice and policies related to environmental health. And yet, the field of topical literature is diffuse and categorized in such a manner that poses barriers for both the experienced and novice nurse and researcher. In seeking a solution to this conundrum, this archive was developed as a means of providing a practical means of finding information related to environmental health nursing topics.

This archive is intended to lay a foundation highlighting core topics related to environmental health and influential articles in the Environmental Health Nursing field. Building from this framework, the potential exists for archive growth and refinement as the intersection of environment and health care continues to evolve.

Acknowledgements:

The creation of this database was funded by a grant from Health Care Without Harm provided to the University of Washington School of Nursing, Department of Psychosocial and Community Health.

Leadership of this project was coordinated by UW Masters in Nursing student Suzy Bramwell. The vision for the project and advisement was provided by Dr. Patricia Butterfield. Additional academic advisement was given by Annie Bruck. Technical guidance was supplied Pagna Prom, OEHN Program Coordinator.

Special thanks to the collaborative efforts of the UW Health Sciences Libraries in hosting the archive.

For further information contact Annie Bruck. abruck@u.washington.edu

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