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Climate Conscious Inhaler Practices in Inpatient Care
The Playbook provides background information and resources to guide more environmentally sustainable inhaler practices in inpatient settings. The content of this playbook, including its associated resources, has been developed by the Critical Air Project (CAP) at the Royal Jubilee Hospital, part of Island Health in Victoria, British Columbia. The Critical Air Project, which has been led by Dr. Valeria Stoynova and Dr. Celia Culley, is a climate-conscious inhaler initiative aimed at decreasing Island Health’s inhaler-related carbon footprint through changes in health policy, operational changes and a widespread educational campaign. The project, which is ongoing, was initiated in April 2022 with support from CASCADES.
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Climate Conscious Inhaler Prescribing in Outpatient Care
The Playbook provides background information and resources to guide more environmentally sustainable inhaler prescribing in primary care settings. This playbook was initially developed through an initiative of the Sustainable Health System Community of Practice (CoP), with support from CASCADES.
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Social and Nature Prescribing: Considerations for Health and Environment
This playbook offers practical guidance and considerations for integrating social and nature prescribing into healthcare practices, fostering community partnerships, promoting high-impact programs, and better understanding the potential for environmental co-benefits of these programs. It is intended for health care providers, program administrators, link workers, researchers, educators, and anyone else interested in better understanding the environmental co-benefits of social and nature prescribing. Developed in collaboration with the Canadian Institute for Social Prescribing (CISP), a national hub anchored by the Canadian Red Cross, this playbook builds on a literature review and expert guidance to connect healthcare, social services, and community supports for improved health and well-being. The playbook aims to: Provide background information, resources, and considerations for guiding social and nature prescribing practices. Highlight how nature prescribing, as a variation of social prescribing, can generate significant environmental co-benefits.
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Sustainable Occupational Therapy
This Playbook is intended to do the following: a) Provide background information, resources, and considerations to guide more sustainable and climate-resilient occupational therapy. b) Highlight the contributions that occupational therapy can make in transitioning current healthcare systems towards high-quality, low-carbon, sustainable and climate-resilient care.
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