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Health & Environment Resources

View a compilation of NEEF's Resources for Health Care Providers

 

Pediatric Asthma

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.

 

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: Children's Health and Nature contains highlights of published literature supporting the health benefits of the natural environment. 

 

 

 

Climate Change and Health

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

 

 

Pesticide Practice Skills Cover 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 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.

 

 

Implementation Plan Cover

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.

 

National Forum for Health Care Providers

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

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]