Comment 1:
The sustainable development goals (SDGs), announced by the United Nations in 2016, now help guide public policy in many nations around the world. The United Nations has appealed to all governments and citizens worldwide to align together, taking action in each of the SDG dimensions of people, planet, prosperity, peace, and partnership in order to eradicate extreme poverty, inequality, and injustice; to slow / stop climate change; and to ensure sustainable development for humanity and the earth. Nursing is critical to achieving SDG3 (Health and Welfare). (Peng, M.T., 2019)
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a 15-year plan of action to achieve the goals, was unanimously adopted by all UN member states in September 2015 and took effect on January 1, 2016. The Agenda consists of 17 SDGs addressing social, economic, and environmental determinants of health and 169 associated targets focused on five themes: people, planet, peace, prosperity, and partnership. The SDGs build on the work of the UN Millennium Development Goals, which were in effect from 2000 to 2015. (Oerther, S.E., 2020)
Nurses plays varied and increasingly essential roles in addressing health care inequities through such practices as care coordination and preventive care and education-work which will indirectly play a role in supporting other SDGs related to social and financial equity. (Oerther, S.E., 2020)
References:
Oerther, S. E., & Rosa, W. E. (2020). Advocating for Equality: The Backbone of the Sustainable Development Goals. The American journal of nursing, 120(12), 60–62. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NAJ.0000724256.31342.4b (Links to an external site.)
Peng M. T. (2019). Hu li za zhi The journal of nursing, 66(2), 93–100. https://doi.org/10.6224/JN.201904_66(2).12
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