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Austin, J., Fields, L., Ridla, A. Z., Alexandrou, E., & Ferguson, C. (2024). Twelve actions in healthcare to reduce carbon emissions. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 23(1), e6-e8. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjcn/zvad075

Bhandari, D., Bi, P., Sherchand, J. B., von Ehrenstein, O. S., Lokmic-Tomkins, Z., Dhimal, M., & Hanson-Easey, S. (2023). Climate change and infectious disease surveillance in Nepal: qualitative study exploring social, cultural, political and institutional factors influencing disease surveillance. Journal of Public Health, fdad211. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdad211 

Best, O., Tutticci, N., Heart, D., Ward., A. (2023). Rising to the climate challenge: Integrating climate action in the undergraduate curriculum. AJAN. Editorial. https://doi.org/10.37464/2023.403.1266

Block, L. J., Lozada-Perezmitre, E., Cho, H., Davies, S., Lee, J., Lokmic-Tomkins, Z., Peltonen, L. M., Pruinelli, L., Reid, L., Song, J., Topaz, M., von Gerich, H., & Vyas, P. (2023). Representation of environmental concepts associated with health impacts in computer standardized clinical terminologies. Yearbook of Medical Informatics, 32(1), 36–47. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1768746

Bonnamy, J., Levett-Jones, T., Carr, B., Lokmic-Tomkins, Z., Maguire, J., Catling, C., Pich, J., & Brand, G. (2024). Australian and New Zealand nursing and midwifery educators’ planetary health knowledge, views, confidence and teaching practices: A descriptive survey study. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 00:1–12. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jan.16317

Brand, G., Wise, S., Bedi, G, & Kickett, R. (2023) Embedding Indigenous knowledges and voices in planetary health education. The Lancet Planetary Health, 7(1), e97-e102 doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(22)00308-4

Fatema, S., East, L., Islam, S. & Usher, K. (2023). Gender-based vulnerabilities for women during natural disasters in Bangladesh. Frontiers in Communication, 8,
https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2023.1180406

Fields, L., Dean, B., Perkiss, S. & Moroney, T.  (2024). Nursing action towards the Sustainable Development Goals: Barriers and opportunities. Nurse Education Today, 134, 106102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2024.106102

Fields, L., Moroney, T., Perkiss, S., & Dean, B. A. (2023). Enlightening and empowering students to take action: Embedding sustainability into nursing curriculum. Journal of Professional Nursing, 49, 57-63. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2023.09.001

Hastie, C., Ward, A. & Levett-Jones, T. (2025). A midwife’s experience in frontline care during a flood emergency. Australian Nursing & Midwifery Journal. A midwife’s experience in frontline care during a flood emergency – ANMJ

Ho, KHM., Cheng, HY., McKenna, L. & Cheung, DSK. (2024). Nursing and midwifery in a changing world: Addressing planetary health and digital literacy through a global curriculum. Nursing Open, 11(1), 1-3.

Ihsan F.R., Bloomfield, J., Monrouxe, L. (2024) Triple planetary crisis: why healthcare professional should care. Frontiers in Medicine. 11doi:10.3389/fmed.2024.1465662

Legg, R., Prior, J., Adams, J. & McIntyre, E. (2023). The relations between mental health and psychological wellbeing and living with environmental contamination: A systematic review and conceptual framework. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 87, 101994. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.101994

Levett-Jones, T., Bonnamy, J., Cornish, J., Correia Moll, E., Fields, L. Moroney, Y., Richards, C., Tutticci, N., Ward, A. (2024). Celebrating Australian nurses who are pioneering the response to climate change: A compilation of case studies. Contemporary Nurse. 2:1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/10376178.2024.2336230

Levett-Jones, T., Bonnamy, J., Fields, L., Maguire, J., Moroney, T., Pich, J., Sheridan, L. & Lokmic-Tomkins, Z. (2024).  Promoting sustainability in nursing and midwifery clinical laboratories: strategies for resource reduction, reuse, and recycling. Nurse Education Today. 134, 106105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2024.106105

Levett-Jones, T. Catling, C., Cheer, S., Fields, L., Foster, A., Maguire, J., McIntyre, E., Moroney, T., Pich, J., Whiteing, N., Lokmic-Tomkins. (2024). Achieving consensus on the essential knowledge and skills needed by nursing students to promote planetary health and sustainable healthcare: a Delphi study. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 00:1-19. http://doi.org/10.1111/jan.16229

Levett-Jones, T. Mastorovich, M., Ward, A. & Fontenot, J. (2025). Climate Change in Nursing Education: A bibliometric analysis of scholarly outputs 2002 – 2024. Teaching & Learning in Nursing. 000, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.teln.2025.02.014

Levett-Jones, T., Moroney, T., Bonnamy, J., Cornish, J., Correia Moll, E., Foster, A., Lapkin, S., Pich, J., Richards, C., Tutticci, N., Tulleners, T. & Young, M. (2025). Investigating the impact of the ‘Healthy Planet, Healthy People’ educational boardgame: A multicentre pre-test – post-test study. Nurse Education Today. 152, 106753. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2025.106753

Levett-Jones, T. (2024). Responding to climate change: The need for nursing leadership. Contemporary Nurse. 1-2. 10.1080/10376178.2024.2367665

Levett-Jones, T., Tunks Leach, K., Honneger Rogers, H., Richards, C., Best, O. & Ward, A. (2024). Interconnected health: A concept analysis of planetary empathy for healthcare professionals. Nursing Outlook. 102337. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2024.102337

Levett-Jones, T., Zehntner, C. & Ward, A. (2025). Enhancing nursing students’ capacity to respond to extreme weather events using an innovative tabletop simulation activity. Teaching & Learning in Nursing.000, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.teln.2025.03.007

Lokmic-Tomkins, Z., Nayna Schwerdtle, P., & Armstrong, F. (2023). Engaging with our responsibility to protect health from climate change. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 79(6), e41–e44. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15508

Lokmic-Tomkins, Z., Strus, J. A., Kaminski, J., & Davies, S. (2023). “You cannot be what you cannot see”: we need visible nursing role models shaping a healthier planetary future for all. Contemporary Nurse, 59(3), 185–188. https://doi.org/10.1080/10376178.2023.2220422

Lokmic-Tomkins, Z., Bhandari, D., Bain, C., Borda, A., Kariotis, T. C., & Reser, D. (2023). Lessons learned from natural disasters around digital health technologies and delivering quality healthcare. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(5), 4542. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20054542

Lokmic-Tomkins, Z., Bhandari, D., Watterson, J., Pollock, W. E., Cochrane, L., Robinson, E., & Su, T. T. (2023). Multilevel interventions as climate change adaptation response to protect maternal and child health: A scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 13(7), e073960. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073960

Lokmic-Tomkins, Z., Block, L. J., Davies, S., Reid, L., Ronquillo, C. E., von Gerich, H., & Peltonen, L. M. (2023). Evaluating the representation of disaster hazards in SNOMED CT: gaps and opportunities. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA, 30(11), 1762–1772. https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocad153

Lokmic-Tomkins, Z., Borda, A., Skouteris, H. (2024) Climate conscious health equity is essential to achieve climate-resilient digital healthcare. The Journal of Climate Change and Health, 16: 100301, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joclim.2024.100301

Lokmic-Tomkins, Z., Borda, A., & Humphrey, K. (2023). Designing digital health applications for climate change mitigation and adaptation. The Medical Journal of Australia, 218(3), 106–110. https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51826

Lokmic-Tomkins, Z., Friel, G., Esperanza, D., Rodríguez, C. &  Huffling, K. (2024) Why COP28  outcomes matter: Insights on addressing climate change, fossil fuels, and global health          resilience. Contemporary Nurse. (Editorial)  https://doi.org/10.1080/10376178.2024.2322987

Martin, S., Richards, C., Keogh, S. & Ward, A. (2024). Embedding planetary health in nursing education: exploring the barriers and enablers to implementing changes in undergraduate Bachelor of Nursing curriculum. Teaching & Learning in Nursing. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.teln.2023.11.008

McIntyre, E., Prior, J., Catling, C., Legg, R., Vilcins, D., Frawley, J., Perry, C., Henry, A., Rojas, C., & Eapen, V. (2023). Urban environmental exposures during the first 2000 days of life as a foundation for health across the life-course: a scoping review. Public Health Research & Practice, 33(4). https://doi.org/10.17061/phrp3342334

Paxton, T. K., Donnellan-Fernandez, R., & Hastie, C. (2023). An exploratory study of women and midwives’ perceptions of environmental waste management – homebirth as climate action. Midwifery, 127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2023.103844

Prior, J., Legg, R., & McIntyre, E. (2023). A participatory system map of the adverse influence of urban environments on population health: integrating urban development and preventive health expertise. Public Health Research & Practice, 33(4). https://doi.org/10.17061/phrp3342335

Rice, K. & Usher, K. (2024). The weather as a determinant of farmers’ mental health: A dependent, Interacting, Cumulative and Escalating model (DICE) of the effects of extreme weather events. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, http://doi.org/10.1111/inm.13328

Richards, C. (2025). A win for the profession and the planet – ICN’s Nursing for Planetary Health and Wellbeing brief. Australian Nursing & Midwifery Journal https://anmj.org.au/a-win-for-the-profession-and-the-planet-icns-nursing-for-planetary-health-and-wellbeing-brief/

Richards, C. (2025). From margins to the centre: Positioning nurses and midwives to create climate-resilient health systems. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing. 42(2):1-3. https://doi.org/10.37464/2025.422.2282

Richards, C. (2025). Nuclear energy in Australia: A nurse’s perspective. Australian Nursing & Midwifery Journal. https://anmj.org.au/nuclear-energy-in-australia-a-nurses-perspective/

Richards, C. (2025). The MJA-Lancet Countdown: The report every nurse, midwife and carer should read, Infusion. https://indd.adobe.com/view/4bf12f1e-781c-432a-9ffc-8ea361c2a393

Richards, C. (2025). The power of starting a green group. Australian Nursing & Midwifery Journal. https://issuu.com/australiannursingfederation/docs/anmj_july_september_2025

Richards, C. (2025). Radio silence: Australia needs urgent answers on nuclear. Australian Nursing & Midwifery Journal. https://anmj.org.au/australia-needsanswers-on-nuclear/Australian Nursing and Midwifery Journal

Richards, C. & Ward, A. (2025). Why health workforce reform may also be good for the planet. Australian Nursing & Midwifery Journal. https://anmj.org.au/how-workforce-reform-may-also-be-good-for-the-planet/

Richards, C., Nash, R., Ward, A. (2023). “Nursing in the Anthropocene – Translating disaster nursing experience into climate crisis nurse education”.  Teaching and Learning in Nursing. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1557308723000641?via%3Dihub

Salehi, G., Ward, A., Dillon-Murray, A., Canseco-Lopez, F., & Soar, J. (2024). Exploring veganism in Australia, France, Spain, and Portugal: A netnographic study using the transtheoretical model. Food, Culture & Society28(1), 102–130. https://doi.org/10.1080/15528014.2024.2351661

Saravanos, G. L., Islam, M. S., Huang, Y., Basseal, J. M., Seale, H., Mitchell, B. G., & Sheel, M. (2024). Infection prevention and control programme priorities for
sustainable health and environmental systems. BMC Global and Public Health, 2(1), 6. https://doi.org/10.1186/s44263-023-00031-4

Tutticci, N., Del Fabbro, L., Richards, C., Tulleners, T., Varsani, D., Best, O. & Ward, A. (2024). Reconceptualizing nursing curricula for planetary health: A web-based desktop audit. Teaching and Learning in Nursing. 000, 1-7 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.teln.2024.06.016

Tyagi, V., Saravanos, G. L., Dunsmore, M., Power, T., & McCormack, B. (2024). Planetary health and person-centred healthcare practice. J Adv Nurs.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.16153

Upward, K.L., Usher, K. & Saunders, V. (2023). The impact of Climate Change on Country and Community and the role of mental health professionals working with Aboriginal communities in recovery and promoting resilience. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.13184

Upward, K., Usher, K., Saunders, V. & Maple, M. (2024). Understanding Solastalgia from a Decolonised, Indigenist lens: A scoping review. Frontiers in Public Health, Volume 11, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1261247

Usher, K., Rice, K., Fatema, S.R., Upward, K.L. & Jones, R. (2023). Commentary: Nurses on the frontline of healthcare in the escalating context of climate change: Climate-related weather events, injustice, and eco-anxiety. Journal of Advanced Nursing, https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15838

Usher, K., Rice, K. & Williams, J. (2024). Editorial: An application of the ‘One Health’ approach for extreme weather events and mental health: Can the adoption of a ‘One Health’ approach better prepare us for the predicted drought in parts of rural Australia? International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. DOI: 10.1111/inm.13310

Usher, K., Williams J. & Jackson, D.  (2024). The potential of virtual healthcare technologies to reduce healthcare services’ carbon footprint. Frontiers in Public Health,
12, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1394095

Wang, B., Sheehy, L., Frotjold, A., Power, T. & Saravanos, G. (2025). Sustainability in undergraduate nursing clinical simulation: A mixed methods study exploring attitudes, knowledge and practices. Nurse Education Today. 153, 106805. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2025.106805

Ward, A., Best, O., Richards, C. , Tunks Leach, K., Levett-Jones, T. (2024). Dear Earth – Cultivating Planetary Empathy for the health of all. Teaching and Learning in Nursing. 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.teln.2024.04.020

Ward, A., Carson, G., & Tomkins, Z. (2023). Educators must step up to prepare nursing and midwifery students for work in a climate emergency. ANMJ Editorial. https://anmj.org.au/educators-must-step-up-to-prepare-nursing-and-midwifery-students-for-work-in-a-climate-emergency/ Wu, W……Tutticci, N., (2023). Scoping review of the characteristics and outcomes of adults presenting to the emergency department during heatwaves?” Emergency Medicine Australasia EMA-2022-272.R2

Ward, A., Charalambous, J., Antoniou, C., East, L., Moroney, T.& Levett-Jones, T. (2025). Planetary Health and Nursing: Embedding Values into Standards, Behaviours, and Education. Nurse Education Today. 153, 106806. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2025.106806

Ward, A., Holmes, M., Ward, I., Cornish, J., Charalambous, J. & Levett-Jones, T (2025). Empowering nurses and midwives to speak to the evidence: A contemporary approach to communication, advocacy and activism. Nurse Education Today. 152, 106752. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2025.106752

Ward, A., Holmes, M., Ward, I., Lokmic-Tomkins, Z., East, L. & Levett-Jones, T. (2025). Environmental, social, and governance principles in Australian publicly funded healthcare: An extension of value-based care. Australian Health Review. 49, AH24296. https://doi.org/10.1071/AH24296

Ward, A., Holmes, M., Romer, J., Richards, C., Levett-Jones, T. (2025). Still Rowing Upstream in Climate Health Advocacy and Nursing Reform. Nursing Inquiry. 32: e70037, 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1111/nin.70037

Ward, A. & Levett-Jones, T. (2025). Nursing students entering a warming world: why planetary health must be a core part of their university education. Croakey Health Media. For nursing students facing a warming world, planetary health must be central to their university education – Croakey Health Media

Ward, A. & Levett-Jones, T. (2025). Transformative education for nurses in the Anthropocene Teaching and Learning in Nursing. 20(2), 101-102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.teln.2025.02.024

Ward, A. Holmes, M. & Levett-Jones, T. (2024). Our healthcare system is at a climate crossroads. What will it look like in 2050? Croakey Health Media. https://www.croakey.org/our-healthcare-system-is-at-a-climate-crossroads-what-will-it-look-like-in-2050/

Ward, A. Holmes, M., Tulleners, T. & Levett-Jones, T. (2024). The hidden costs of climate inaction for Queensland voters. Croakey Health Media. https://www.croakey.org/the-hidden-costs-of-climate-inaction-for-queensland-voters/

Ward, A., Honneger Rogers, H., Tulleners, T. & Levett-Jones, T. (2024). Nursing in 2050: Navigating dual realities of climate change in healthcare. Nursing Inquiry.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nin.12666

Ward, A., Martin, S., Richards, C., Ward, I., Tulleners, T., Wapau, H., Hills, D., Levett-Jones, T. & Best, O. (2024). Enhancing primary healthcare nurses’ preparedness for climate-induced extreme weather events. Nursing Outlook. 72, 102235, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2024.102235

Wu, W. J., Hutton, J., Zordan, R., Ranse, J., Crilly, J., Tutticci, N., (2023). Scoping review of the characteristics and outcomes of adults presenting to the emergency department during heatwaves?” Emergency Medicine Australasia 35(6):903-920.  doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.14317