HebPlanet
Development, implementation and evaluation of a practice-orientated Planetary Health model curriculum for sustainable health care by midwives
Humanity is facing a planetary triple crisis: climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental pollution are having a negative impact on health, especially for vulnerable groups such as pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers and children. Midwives play a key role in this phase of life and can act as change agents and multipliers for planetary health to support young families in health and sustainability.
The academisation of midwifery training offers the opportunity to systematically integrate planetary health into teaching. To date, however, there has been a lack of corresponding teaching content and systematic surveys on students' knowledge gains.
The aim of the project is to develop and embed a planetary health curriculum to enable midwives to become planetary health literate. This includes the integration of topics such as climate-sensitive health counselling on sustainable nutrition, active mobility and resource-conserving professional practice into the midwifery degree programme.
The project is being carried out in collaboration with Prof Dr Barbara Fillenberg and her team from the Department of Midwifery Science at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and is supported by an interdisciplinary advisory board.
HebPlanet is funded by the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU) and runs from 1st January 2025 to 31st December 2027. Further information on the project can be found on the DBU website.
Our latest project update as a poster – can be downloaded here!
Proehmer, R., Reismann, L., Jochem, C., Fillenberg, B. (2026) Key principles of a planetary health curriculum in midwifery education. International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) Poster presentation at the 34th Triennial Congress, Lisbon, Portugal, June in 2026.
Publications:
Proehmer, R., Jochem, C., Reismann, L. & Fillenberg, B. (2026) Planetary health education and planetary health literacy in midwifery curricula in Germany – a document analysis of module handbooks, Zeitschrift für Hebammenwissenschaft. doi: 10.1007/s44476-026-00030-y
Fillenberg, B. D., Reismann, L., Jochem, C., Pröhmer, R. & de Ponte, U. (2025) ‘Planetare Gesundheit erfordert vernetztes Denken: Ein blinder Fleck in der Bloom’schen Lernzieltaxonomie? / Planetary health requires networked thinking: a blind spot in Bloom’s taxonomy of learning objectives’, Zeitschrift für Hebammenwissenschaft, Oktober. doi:10.1007/s44476-025-00015-3
Fillenberg, D., Jochem, C., Pröhmer, R. & Reismann, L. (2025) Verständnis, Konzepte und Potentiale klimasensibler und Planetarer Hebammenpraxis / Understanding, concepts and potential of climate-sensitive and planetary midwifery practice. In: Luegmair, K., Wangler, S., Oberle, C. (HRSG.): Klimasensible Hebammenpraxis. Beiträge aus der Planetary Health Perspektive / Climate-sensitive midwifery practice. Contributions from a planetary health perspective. Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter Oldenburg. doi: 10.1515/9783111547923-001
Publications under Peer Review/Revision:
Reismann, L., Proehmer, R., Fillenberg, B., Mohr-Wetzel, L., Stakeliunaite, E. & Jochem, C. Longitudinal Competence-based Planetary Health Education: Co-creative Curriculum Development in Midwifery via Real-World Laboratory Approach. BMC Medical Education.
Proehmer, R., Reismann, L., Koehler, C., Ehlert, L., Jochem, C. & Fillenberg, B. Advancing climate-resilient maternal and child health through midwifery education: A co-design method for planetary health curriculum development. iScience special issue “Climate-resilient Maternal and Child Health”. Preview available: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6719145
Conference Contributions:
Proehmer, R., Koehler, C., Reismann, L., Jochem, C. & Fillenberg, B. (2026) Co‑Kreation von Lernzielen für Planetary Health Education für Hebammenstudierende: ein ABC‑Workshop / Co-creation of learning objectives for planetary health education for midwifery students: an ABC workshop. German Society for Midwifery Science (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hebammenwissenschaft – DGHWi), 8. International Conference in Leipzig, Germany, May in 2026. – Workshop hosting
Proehmer, R., Reismann, L., Jochem, C., Fillenberg, B. (2026) Planetary Health Education in Midwifery. Oral presentation at the The International Association for Health Professions Education (AMEE) Conference with Ottawa Event, Symposium on Planetary health education & planetary health literacy in health professionals: From shared vision to implementation, Vienna, Austria, August 2026.
Jochem, C., Reismann, L., Proehmer, R. & Fillenberg B. (2025) HebPlanet: Co-Creative Development of a Planetary Health Curriculum in midwifery education to strengthen planetary health literacy. Poster presentation at the Planetary Health Alliance Annual Meeting (PHAM), Rotterdam, Netherlands, October 2025.
Reismann, L., Jochem, C., Fillenberg, B. & Pröhmer, R. (2025) Förderung von Planetary Health Education durch Co-Kreation: Curriculare Entwicklung im HebPlanet-Projekt / Promoting Planetary Health Education through co-creation: Curriculum development in the HebPlanet project. Oral presentation at the Congress of the German Society for Social Medicine and Prevention (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sozialmedizin und Prävention - DGSMP), Berlin, Germany, September 2025.
Reismann, L., Jochem, C., Fillenberg, B. & Pröhmer, R. (2025) HebPlanet: Co-Kreation als zentrales Element für die Entwicklung eines Planetary Health Curriculums im Studium der Hebammenwissenschaft / HebPlanet: Co-creation as a key element in the development of a planetary health curriculum within the midwifery programme. Oral presentation at the Annual Conference of the Society for Medical Education (Gesellschaft für Medizinische Ausbildung - GMA), Düsseldorf, Germany, September 2025.
Reismann, L., Jochem, C., Fillenberg, B. & Pröhmer, R. (2025) Planetare Gesundheitskompetenz als Leitprinzip für die Entwicklung eines Planetary Health Curriculums im Studium der Hebammenwissenschaft / Planetary health literacy as a guiding principle for the development of a planetary health curriculum in midwifery studies. Oral presentation at the 3rd Annual Conference of the German Network for Health Literacy (Deutschen Netzwerks Gesundheitskompetenz - DNGK), Symposium on Planetary Health Literacy: Gesundheitskompetenz für gesunde Menschen auf einer gesunden Erde / Health literacy for healthy people on a healthy planet, Berlin, Germany, June 2025.
Proehmer, R., Fillenberg, B., Jochem, C. & Reismann, L. (2025) HebPlanet: Development of a planetary health curriculum in midwifery education to strengthen planetary health literacy. Poster presentation at the Swiss Midwifery Congress (Schweizerischer Hebammenkongress), Fribourg, Switzerland, May 2025.
Reismann, L., Jochem, C., Fillenberg, B. & Pröhmer, R. (2025) Project Presentation of HebPlanet. Oral presentation at the Networking Meeting of the Action Field Transformative Education of the German Alliance on Climate Change and Health (Deutsche Allianz Klimawandel und Gesundheit e.V. - KLUG), online, May 2025.