Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan.
Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan.
Nurse Educ Pract. 2024 Mar;76:103917. doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2024.103917. Epub 2024 Feb 14.
This study explored the perspectives of nursing, medical and public health students on environmental sustainability in healthcare.
The healthcare sector has increasingly recognized the importance of adopting environmental sustainability over the past few years. This growing awareness emphasizes the need to thoroughly assess the connection between health care and environmental responsibility.
Qualitative descriptive-exploratory design.
This study explored the views on environmental sustainability in health care of 29 nursing, medical and public health students at three universities in Kazakhstan through focus group discussions. Thematic analysis was used in the data analysis. Data collection was carried out from June to August 2023.
Using semantic thematic analysis, 209 initial codes were extracted, and then similar codes and meanings were grouped, leading to 21 categories until the development of the five significant themes. The five main themes are 'the impact of the environment on health', 'environmental sustainability practices in healthcare care', 'the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration in environmental sustainability in healthcare', 'intrinsic motivation to engage in environmental sustainability practices in healthcare' and 'challenges and barriers to practicing environmental sustainability in healthcare'.
The study findings suggest the critical aspect of addressing environmental sustainability through interprofessional collaboration and working on intrinsic motivation among health professionals. Furthermore, our study contributes in several ways to our understanding of environmental sustainability in healthcare. Provides a basis for clinicians, educators and policy makers to consider adding sustainability to their agenda to prepare future health professionals.
本研究探讨了护理、医学和公共卫生专业学生对医疗保健环境可持续性的看法。
过去几年，医疗保健部门越来越认识到采用环境可持续性的重要性。这种日益增强的意识强调了彻底评估医疗保健与环境责任之间联系的必要性。
定性描述性探索性设计。
通过焦点小组讨论，本研究探讨了哈萨克斯坦三所大学的 29 名护理、医学和公共卫生专业学生对医疗保健环境可持续性的看法。数据分析采用主题分析。数据收集于 2023 年 6 月至 8 月进行。
使用语义主题分析，提取了 209 个初始代码，然后将相似的代码和含义分组，直到发展出五个重要主题。五个主要主题是“环境对健康的影响”、“医疗保健中的环境可持续性实践”、“医疗保健中跨学科合作对环境可持续性的重要性”、“从事医疗保健环境可持续性实践的内在动机”和“医疗保健中实施环境可持续性的挑战和障碍”。
研究结果表明，通过跨专业合作解决环境可持续性问题并在卫生专业人员中开展内在动机工作至关重要。此外，我们的研究在几个方面增进了我们对医疗保健中环境可持续性的理解。为临床医生、教育工作者和政策制定者提供了一个基础，以便将可持续性纳入他们的议程，为未来的卫生专业人员做好准备。
