Implementation Plan

This plan will improve the medical and nursing professions' ability to recognize, manage and prevent pesticide-related health conditions. Through a three-prong strategy, the Implementation Plan will reach health care professionals: through formal education (i.e. medical schools, nursing schools, residency and practicum programs); practice settings (i.e. clinics, hospitals); and through quality resources and tools. The Plan makes a strong case for changing educational and practice settings to include environmental health education as an important part of responsible, superior quality health care.

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Implementation Plan for the National Strategies for Health Care Providers: Pesticides Initiative

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Acknowledgments ................................ppi-vii

Table of Contents .................................ppix-x

Executive Summary .............................1-10

Vision, Expected Outcomes,
and Evaluation .....................................11-14

Making the Case ...................................15-32

Target Audience ...................................33-36

Framework of the Plan:
A Three-Pronged Strategy ..................37-38

Educational Settings .............................39-64

Practice Settings ...................................65-88

Resources and Tools .............................89-102

Conclusion .............................................103-104

References.............................................105-110

Glossary.................................................111-112

Appendix A:
Expert Panel Proceedings ....................113-116

Appendix B:
Proceedings from Workgroups .............117-134

Appendix C:
Response to Public Comments ..............135-138

Appendix D:
Interagency Planning Committee .........139-142