Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2021
DOI
10.1097/01.NAJ.0000742544.07615.db
Publication Title
ANJ: American Journal of Nursing
Volume
121
Issue
4
Pages
65-68
Abstract
This article is one in a series in which contributing authors discuss how the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are linked to everyday clinical issues; national public health emergencies; and other nursing issues, such as leadership, shared governance, and advocacy. 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. The current article highlights SDGs 5 (gender equality), 8 (decent work and economic growth), and 17 (partnerships for the goals), along with the advocacy of these goals by Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing in the UN system.
Rights
This is the author(s)' manuscript (post-print) and has gone under peer review. Published version of record: Sensor, C. S., Branden, P. S., Clary-Muronda, V., Hawkins, J. E., Fitzgerald, D., Shimek, A. M., ... & Rosa, W. E. (2021). Nurses achieving the sustainable development goals: The United Nations and Sigma. AJN The American Journal of Nursing, 121(4), 65-68. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.naj.0000742544.07615.db
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Original Publication Citation
Sensor, C. S., Branden, P. S., Clary-Muronda, V., Hawkins, J. E., Fitzgerald, D., Shimek, A. M., ... & Rosa, W. E. (2021). Nurses achieving the sustainable development goals: The United Nations and Sigma. AJN The American Journal of Nursing, 121(4), 65-68. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.naj.0000742544.07615.db
ORCID
0000-0002-7204-0533 (Hawkins)
Repository Citation
Sensor, Connie Sobon; Branden, Pennie Sessler; Clary-Muronda, Valerie; Hawkins, Janice E.; Fitzgerald, Dawn; Shimek, Aric M.; Al-Itani, Dania; Madigan, Elizabeth A.; and Rosa, William E., "Nurses Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: The United Nations and Sigma: Concrete Plans that Translate the Goals into Action Are Critical" (2021). Ellmer School of Nursing Faculty Publications. 91.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/nursing_fac_pubs/91