Unit VI: Ethical and Legal Issues related to Social Justice and Advocacy CO 8: Engage in ethical reasoning and actions to provide leadership in promoting advocacy and social justice. Readings: PLEASE DO THE ASIGNMENT ONLY ON THE ARTICLES PROVIDED AND BY WATCHING THE VIDEO ON THE WEBSITE. 1--Tobin-Tyler, E. and Teitelbaum, J. (2019). Essentials of Health Justice, A primer. Chapter 5, pp. 106-111 only. 2 Dr. Cheryl Holder. Ted med talk: The link between climate change, health and poverty. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQTykJbN8yl (copy and paste link into your browser) 3- Dressel, A., Bell-Calvin, J., Lee, E., Hermanns, L., Anderko, L., Swaney, V., Steinberg, J, and Hawkins, M. (2021). Sustaining a Nurse-led community partnership to promote environmental justice. Public Health Nursing,38: 136-140. https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.12820 4- ANHE (envirn.org) (This is the website for the Alliance of Nurses for a Healthy Environment) Discussion Board Questions: 1. Choose one of the legal protections that relate to the social determinants of health, as presented in Chapter 5 (pp. 106-113) and explain its provisions and eligibility. How does this protection foster social justice for everyone? Discuss how you as a nurse can apply knowledge of this protection to improve care. 2. What is the new epidemic identified in the Ted Med talk by Dr. Cheryl Holder? Describe how this epidemic affects patients. What are the eight effects of climate change? How can nurses work to address this inequity? Discuss the ethical issues raised by her stories about her patients. 3. What is environmental justice, as defined in the article by Dressel et al., (2020)? What is environmental racism? Discuss the formation of the Westlawn Partnership for a Healthier Environment, and what activities the coalition was able to accomplish in the community. Is this a model that could work in other communities? Would you be comfortable advocating for a partnership similar to this in your community? Why or why not? 4. Go to the website for the Alliance of Nurses for a Healthy Environment. What are some areas of action identified on the website? Identify an area of interest for future advocacy actions, and discuss why this area is of interest to you.

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