Peer-reviewedCC BY 4.0Yearbook of Medical Informatics
The Intersection of Digital Health, Climate Change, and Nursing Informatics
19 affiliations
- 1University of Turku, Department of Nursing Science Turku Finland
- 2Vancouver Coastal Health Vancouver Canada
- 3University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing Philadelphia Pennsylvania United States
- 4University of Regina, Faculty of Nursing Regina Saskatchewan Canada
- 5Nursing Faculty, Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla Puebla Mexico
- 6Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore Singapore
- 7Institute of Health Sciences, Deparment of Community Health Nursing, Marmara University Istanbul Turkiye
- 8Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciencies Istanbul Turkiye
- 9Medical Surgical Department, College of Nursing, University of Hail Saudi Arabia
- 10Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University USA
- 11College of Nursing, The University of Iowa Iowa City IA USA
- 12Department of Nursing, Gangneung-Wonju National University Wonju Gangwon State Republic of Korea
- 13School of Population Health, University of New South Wales Sydney NSW 2052 Australia
- 14School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Science, Brawijaya University Malang Indonesia
- 15Turku University Hospital Turku Finland
- 16University of Arizona, College of Nursing Tucson Arizona USA
- 17Department of Health and Social Management, University of Eastern Finland Finland
- 18Wellbeing Services County of North Savo Kuopio Finland
- 19School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University Clayton Victoria Australia
Abstract
Climate change is a threat to global health. While no one is immune to these effects, their burden falls heaviest on the most vulnerable populations. Nurses are positioned as front-line respondents to these health challenges. Nursing informaticians support the efforts to adapt and mitigate climate change-related health impacts through developing and implementing digital health technologies. This position paper by the International Medical Informatics Association – Student and Emerging Professionals (IMIA-SEP) working group focuses on the importance of nursing informatics and digital health in building more sustainable and resilient strategies to address these global health threats. We present examples of digital health as a tool for climate resilience and discuss the key challenges and considerations. Finally, we present policy recommendations and outline future research areas to support a more sustainable digital future.
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BibTeX
@article{gerich2026intersection,
title = {{The Intersection of Digital Health, Climate Change, and Nursing Informatics}},
author = {Hanna von Gerich and Lorraine J. Block and Sang Bin You and Shauna Davies and Erika Lozada-Perezmitre and Brigitte Fong Yeong Woo and Irem Ozbay and Nader Alnomasy and Sena Chae and Jisan Lee and Mifetika Lukitasari and Mikael Helenius and Pankaj Vyas and Laura-Maria Peltonen and Zerina Lokmic-Tomkins},
journal = {Yearbook of Medical Informatics},
year = {2026},
month = nov,
doi = {10.1055/s-0046-1816595},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0046-1816595},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - The Intersection of Digital Health, Climate Change, and Nursing Informatics
AU - Hanna von Gerich
AU - Lorraine J. Block
AU - Sang Bin You
AU - Shauna Davies
AU - Erika Lozada-Perezmitre
AU - Brigitte Fong Yeong Woo
AU - Irem Ozbay
AU - Nader Alnomasy
AU - Sena Chae
AU - Jisan Lee
AU - Mifetika Lukitasari
AU - Mikael Helenius
AU - Pankaj Vyas
AU - Laura-Maria Peltonen
AU - Zerina Lokmic-Tomkins
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/11/03
JO - Yearbook of Medical Informatics
DO - 10.1055/s-0046-1816595
UR - https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0046-1816595
AB - Climate change is a threat to global health. While no one is immune to these effects, their burden falls heaviest on the most vulnerable populations. Nurses are positioned as front-line respondents to these health challenges. Nursing informaticians support the efforts to adapt and mitigate climate change-related health impacts through developing and implementing digital health technologies. This position paper by the International Medical Informatics Association – Student and Emerging Professionals (IMIA-SEP) working group focuses on the importance of nursing informatics and digital health in building more sustainable and resilient strategies to address these global health threats. We present examples of digital health as a tool for climate resilience and discuss the key challenges and considerations. Finally, we present policy recommendations and outline future research areas to support a more sustainable digital future.
SN - 0943-4747
SN - 2364-0502
ER -