Environmental Management of Pediatric Asthma Guidelines for Health Care Providers (en Espanol) contains pediatric asthma environmental health competencies, an environmental history form (en Espanol), environmental intervention guidelines, sample patient flyers, and is a list of online resources.

Diagnosis and Management of Asthma Tool Card for Health Care Providers highlights the government’s priority recommendations and provides quick links and resources for asthma control.

Prescription for Outdoor Activity in English and Spanish can be used by pediatric health care providers to encourage children to spend more time being active in nature. The supplemental Patient Brochure: Get Into Nature for Better Health! (en espanol) helps educate families about the benefits of spending time in nature and connects them to nearby nature sites. These brochures can be localized with suggestions on where to go in your area.The Children's Health and Nature Fact Sheet highlights published literature supporting the health benefits of the natural environment. 

Pediatric Environmental History Form (en Espanol) is for pediatric health care providers to capture the common pediatric environmental exposures. Screening Environmental History (en Espanol) is a short initial questionnaire. Supplemental Environmental History (en Espanol) provides further follow up categories and questions. An educational primer (en Espanol) on environmental history taking is also available.

Fact Sheet: Climate Change is a reference for health care professionals about the effects of global environmental change on human health

National Pesticide Practice Skills Guidelines for Medical & Nursing Practice (en Espanol) outlines the knowledge and skills that health professionals need about pesticides. It is part of The National Strategies for Health Care Providers: Pesticides Initiative.

National Pesticide Competency Guidelines for Medical & Nursing Education outlines the knowledge and skills that health professional students need about pesticides. It is part of The National Strategies for Health Care Providers: Pesticides Initiative.

National Strategies for Health Care Providers: Pesticides Initiative Implementation Plan is a strategic plan to improve the medical and nursing professions' ability to recognize, manage and prevent pesticide-related health conditions.

The Proceedings of the National Forum for the National Strategies for Health Care Providers: Pesticides Initiative presents the strategies and recommendations by the National Forum participants for executing the Pesticides Initiative's Implementation Plan to achieve a national, interdisciplinary vision for environmental health outreach to health care providers.

Nurses and Environmental Health: Success Through Action, Illustrations From Across the Nation provides a snapshot of how nursing professionals can successfully carry out environmental health activities to improve health care in the United States.

Published Articles

Using Nature and Outdoor Activity to Improve Children's Health—McCurdy LE, Winterbottom K, Mehta SS, Roberts JR. Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care 2010; 40(5):101-118. [Link] 

Building on Partnerships: Reconnecting Kids With Nature for Health Benefits—Kruger, Nelson, Klein, McCurdy, Pride, Ady. Health Promotion Practice (May 2010). [Link]

Children's Environmental Health Faculty Champions Initiative: A Successful Model for Integrating Environmental Health into Pediatric Healthcare—Rogers B, McCurdy LE, Slavin K, Grubb K, Roberts JR. Environmental Health Perspectives 2009; 117(5):850-855. [Link]

Educational Needs Assessment for Pediatric Health Care Providers on Pesticide Toxicity—Balbus JM, Harvey CE, McCurdy LE. Journal of Agromedicine 2006; 11(1):27-38. [Link]

Incorporating Environmental Health into Pediatric Medical and Nursing Education—McCurdy L, Roberts J, Rogers B, Love R, Etzel R, Paulson J, Witherspoon N, Dearry A. Environmental Health Perspectives 2004 Dec; 112(17):1755-60. [Link]

Rogers B. 2004. Environmental health hazards and health care professional education. AAOHN J 52(4): 154-155. [Link]