Nurses Promoting Inclusive, Safe, Resilient, and Sustainable Cities and Communities: Taking Action on COVID-19,

Elizabeth C Schenk1, Teddie M Potter, Cara Cook

  • 1Elizabeth C. Schenk is executive director of environmental stewardship at Providence St. Joseph Health in Missoula, MT; Teddie M. Potter is clinical professor, coordinator, and director of planetary health at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis; Cara Cook is climate and health program manager, and Katie Huffling is executive director, both at the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments in Mt. Rainier, MD; and William E. Rosa is chief research fellow in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. Contact author: William E. Rosa, rosaw@mskcc.org . William E. Rosa is funded by the NIH/NCI Cancer Center Support Grant P30 CA008748 and the NCI award number T32 CA009461. A podcast with the authors is available at www.ajnonline.com .

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