Abstract
Introduction: Among the fastest growing initiatives relating the health sector with the environment are green hospitals, sustainable hospitals, which seek to mitigate the social, environmental, economic and health impacts caused by the permanent operation of these institutions in the world. Objective: Synthesize the evidence of environmental educational interventions in hospitals for health personnel worldwide. Methodology: An integrative review was carried out on the advances related to environmental educational activities in health institutions aimed at health personnel. For the search, 7 databases were used: Pubmed, Virtual Health Library, Scopus, EMBASE, Plos One, EBSCO and Cochrane, from January 2011 to May 2021. The search terms were selected based on the question of research and the PICO strategy. Results: Of 3,246 documents, 11 were retained for the study, finding the main results of the review in 4 categories: 1) educational interventions in waste management of health services in hospitals; 2) interventions in pharmaceutical waste management; 3) interaction activities with the local community and; 4) educational strategies for the clinical and environmental approach. Conclusions: Environmental educational activities for health personnel in hospitals should be connected with an expansion of professional training in sustainability issues, linking environmental variables with the strategies of health institutions in search of an environmental culture.
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