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Chapter 10 Environmental Health

Chapter 10 Environmental Health. Healthy People 2010 Objectives for Environmental Health. Long- recognized importance of the relationship between health and environmental risks and the underlying factors contributing to disease. Historical Context. Institute of Medicine study

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Chapter 10 Environmental Health

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  1. Chapter 10Environmental Health

  2. Healthy People 2010Objectives for Environmental Health Long-recognized importance of the relationship between health and environmental risks and the underlying factors contributing to disease

  3. Historical Context Institute of Medicine study Florence Nightingale Lillian Wald

  4. Environmental Health Services Toxicology Epidemiology Environmental epidemiology Epidemiologic triangle Multidisciplinary approaches

  5. Assessment Environmental history taking Environmental health assessment Air Indoor air quality Water Food

  6. Assessment The right to know Consumer confidence report Freedom of Information Act Hazard Communication Standards Risk assessment Assessing risks in vulnerable populations: children’s environmental health

  7. Precautionary Principle Wingspread statement Rule of seven

  8. Reducing Environmental Health Risks Risk communication Ethics Governmental environmental protection Permitting Environmental standards Monitoring Compliance and enforcement Cleanup and remediation

  9. Advocacy Environmental justice Unique environmental health threats in the health care industry: new opportunities for advocacy Mercury Persistent bioaccumulative toxins (PBTs) and persistent organic pollutants (POPs) Dioxins Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)

  10. Referral Resources Varies No single source of information about environmental health No single resource to which an individual or community can be referred

  11. Roles for Nurses in Environmental Health Community involvement and public participation Individual and population risk assessment Risk communication Epidemiologic investigations Policy development

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