Environmental Health
Session Goals
Essential public health
services
Public Health
Infrastructure
Environmental health
Scenario #1
Food For Thought About
Mercury
More Food For Thought About
Mercury
Yet More Food For Thought…
One More Thought…
Principles and Concepts
Principles and Concepts
Principles and Concepts
To Find Out More About….
Scenario #2
Food For Thought About
Pesticides
Principles and Concepts
Principles and Concepts
To Find Out More About…
Scenario #3
Food For Thought About
Chlorinated Water
More Food For Thought About
Chlorinated Water
Yet More Food For Thought
About Chlorinated Water
Principles and Concepts
Principles and Concepts
Principles and Concepts
To Find Out More About…
Federal agencies
Additional agencies
Typical local public health
concerns
Local Environmental
Assessment: where do you fit in?
Others involved
Types of threats
Radon: a problem or not?
Routes of exposure
And repair
But the problem isn’t
everywhere
Responsible actions
Food and threats
Nurses encounter
environmental issues
Child environmental history
Detailed History (when
environmental etiology is suspected):
West Nile Virus
Nurses and West Nile virus
From the DOHMH
City Health Alert to
Professionals
Additional information
Slide 48
Nurses should know
Some key terms
Precautionary principal
Pharmacology and toxicology
Dose-Response Curve
Dose-Response Curve
Interactions
Interactions, continued
Potency
The Regulatory Process
Access to information
% persons living in areas
that do not meet air quality standards
Zip Code: 10034 Inwood
7 Cardinal Rules for Risk
Communication:
Perception of risk
Airline water, September
20, 2004
What will you say?
Vulnerable populations:
children
Bicycle helmet use in
Oregon
Active protection
If instructed to boil
water, you should boil it for:
How many Americans will
develop skin cancer in a lifetime?
The Great Lakes contain
what % of the nation's and world's freshwater supply?
If your skin burns in ten
minutes, what SPF sunblock should you use if you plan to be outside for 5
hours?
How did old New York City
subway cars land in the Atlantic Ocean?
If you drive 20,000
miles/year + gas is $2.25/gal., how much will you save if you drive a hybrid
instead of a large SUV?
Which creates more
pollution, the average car or the average home?