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  • 标题:Environmentally sustainable health care: using an educational intervention to engage the public health medical workforce in Australia
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  • 作者:Kate E. Charlesworth ; D. Lynne Madden ; Anthony G. Capon
  • 期刊名称:NSW Public Health Bulletin
  • 印刷版ISSN:1034-7674
  • 电子版ISSN:1834-8610
  • 出版年度:2013
  • 卷号:24
  • 期号:2
  • 页码:76-80
  • 出版社:Public Health Division of NSW
  • 摘要:Awareness of the benefits of environ-mentally sustainable health care is growing. In theUnited Kingdom in 2010, an educational inter-vention on sustainable health care was success-fully delivered to public health registrars. Weconducted a feasibility study to test the interven-tion in Australia. Methods: The interventionconsisted of a 1-day workshop delivered face-to-face covering climate change, sustainabilityand health. The workshop was modified, pilotedand then delivered to 33 health professio-nals. Modifications included using Australianresources, introducing active learning exercisesand including guest speakers. Delivery by video-conference was trialled. Outcomes were assessedin three areas – awareness, advocacy and action –using questionnaires and follow-up telephoneinterviews. Results: There were improvementsin participants' mean awareness and advocacyscores. All participants rated sustainability as'important' for health professionals andmany looked to their professional organisationto take a lead advocacy role on this issue.Discussion: This study demonstrated that theworkshop is feasible for use in Australia; themodifications and delivery by videoconferencewere well received
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