The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
5160.0: Wednesday, November 13, 2002: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
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This session will look at new approaches to environmental health practice and note the benefits and challenges. Examples of linking environment and health data; implementing systems-based approaches to identify and quantify environmental antecedents that affect food, water, and indoor air quality; integrating clinical management and environmental prevention of asthma; and utilizing social marketing techniques to develop and implement a pesticide educational intervention will be explored. | |||
Learning Objectives: (1)To introduce new approaches to environmental health practice; (2) To discuss the benefits and challenges of these new approaches; and (3) Explore how to evaluate the new approaches. | |||
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
Beth Resnick, MPH Tunde Akinmoladun, PHD Patrick O. Bohan, MS, MSEH | |||
Beth Resnick, MPH | |||
Linking health and environmental data: Challenges and opportunities in environmental health practice Ruth H. Allen, PhD MPH, Gauthami Gondy, MPH MD, Margaret G. Conomos, MPH | |||
Environmental Management of Asthma at Top-Ranked U.S. Managed Care Organizations Doug Brugge, PhD, MS, Janelle L Bagley, James N. Hyde, MA, SM | |||
Implementing and Evaluating a Pesticide Safety Program for Farmworkers Leslie Clarke, PhD, Joan Flocks, JD, Carol A. Bryant, PhD, Paul Monaghan, PhD | |||
Genetically Modified Organisms: Human Health Issues and Regulatory Decisions Eileen Gay Jones, PhD, Jeffrey Masson, MS | |||
Withdrawn -- Lessons Learned:Putting the public into a Health Risk Assessment | |||
Organized by: | Environment | ||
Endorsed by: | Epidemiology; Public Health Nursing; School Health Education and Services | ||
CE Credits: | CME, Environmental Health, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work |