Environmental Awareness and Global Health: The Importance of Environmental Education of Health Professional

Thursday, 10 July 2025: 00:00
Location: ASJE023 (Annex of the Faculty of Legal, Economic, and Social Sciences)
Oral Presentation
Beatriz XAVIER, University of Coimbra,Coimbra Nursing School, Coimbra, Portugal, Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing /Coimbra Nursing School, Portugal, Centre for Functional Ecology (CFE) | Societies and Environmental Sustainability. University of Coimbra, Portugal
This presentation explores the presence and importance of environmental education on nursing education curriculum through a sociological lens. By analyzing curriculum content, pedagogical strategies, and discourse patterns, we aim to uncover how language shapes environmental consciousness and promotes sustainable practices in higher educational settings questioning the risk of young people becoming tired of environmental discourses.

Our analysis is grounded in sociology of health and the sociology of education. We also employ a critical sociological perspective to examine how educational discourse reflects and reinforces broader societal values and is crucial for attend global health.

The contents of the nursing course curriculum will be considered in order to highlight the language associated with environmental issues. What teaching strategies are used inside and outside the classroom? How different pedagogical approaches use language to facilitate or hinder environmental understanding. The language of environmental issues in media and popular culture also impacts educational contexts. We examine how environmental narratives in films, social media, and news outlets shape students' environmental consciousness and expectations from their education.

Students' own language and discourse around environmental topics provide insights into their understanding and attitudes. By looking to student discussions, writings, and projects, we gain a deeper understanding of how they interpret and internalize environmental messages.

The focus of the research of all these fields will be the language used to educate nursing students about environmental issues as they relate to global health.