Dutch Climate and Health Tool for Nurses: A Validated Assessment Instrument

The Dutch-translated Climate and Health Tool is a validated instrument to assess nurses’ awareness, concern, motivation, and behavior regarding climate-related health challenges. R.A. Hendriks authored this dataset, which was last updated on May 19, 2026, and is hosted by the DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities Collection. The tool aims to support the development of climate-ready health systems.

Use Cases

• Assessing nurse awareness of climate-related health challenges based on the validated survey instrument.
• Measuring nurse motivation and behavior regarding climate action based on the tool's assessment scales.
• Evaluating the cross-cultural adaptation of climate-health assessment tools for different healthcare systems.
• Analyzing correlations between nurse concern levels and reported behaviors based on the survey data.

Strengths

• The instrument is described as a validated tool, suggesting methodological rigor.
• Dataset provenance is clear, with a named author (R.A. Hendriks) and a hosting organization (DANS).
• Last updated on 2026-05-19, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• The description is brief, lacking details on sample size, collection methodology, or specific item scales.

Provenance

Source

DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities Collection

Collection Method

Likely involves survey-based data collection and cross-cultural adaptation/validation processes.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-19 08:12:01; freshness should be verified.

Geography

The Netherlands (implied by the Dutch translation and adaptation)