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Children’s Environmental Health: Online Resources for Health Care Providers


The Children’s Environmental Health (CEH) resources listed below are available free-of-charge online. The list was developed as an informal starting point for health care providers (HCP) to learn more about pediatric environmental health. We have confined our list to materials that are:

  • Produced in the United States or in the North American Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (PEHSU) Network
  • Accessible in electronic format on the Web
  • Derived from U.S. Government sources, PEHSU’s, and other non-governmental organizations partnering with the U.S. Government on CEH issues
We invite other countries or international organizations to add to this list to create a global directory of educational materials for health care providers. Choose from the topics below for resources related to that topic.

General Information
Air Quality
Asthma
Lead
Mercury
Mold
Pesticides
Water
Climate Change






General Information

U.S. Government Resources:

  • Online Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit Training
    From the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry's (ATSDR) Division of Toxicology and Environmental Medicine, the University of California San Francisco Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit, and Physicians for Social Responsibility, Greater Boston
    Description: A free online continuing education course on pediatric environmental health. Physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, and other health professionals can use this interactive course to increase their knowledge base of common pediatric environmental health issues. Features include anticipatory guidance and environmental health, taking an environmental health history, environmental health case studies, animated well child visit cases, and how to use the Pediatric Toolkit in clinical practice.


  • Case Studies in Environmental Medicine
    From the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
    Description: Self-instructional publications designed to increase the primary care provider's knowledge of hazardous substances in the environment and to aid in the evaluation of potentially exposed patients. Examples include Taking an Exposure History and Pediatric Environmental Health


  • Especially for Health Professionals
    From the National Library of Medicine: Environmental Health and Toxicology Specialized Information Services


  • Toxicity and Exposure Assessment for Children’s Health (TEACH)
    From the U.S. EPA
    Description: Scientific information for 18 chemicals or chemical groups of concern to children.

Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units (PEHSUs) Resources:
Web sites for most of the North American PEHSUs are listed below. Following the PEHSU list are specific Web-based materials from the PEHSUs.

Canada: Pediatric Environmental Health Clinic AOEC Clinic Directory: Misericordia Child Health Centre Exit Disclaimer

United States of America: Other Non-Governmental Organization Resources (NOTE: Some of these products have been funded or partially funded by the U.S. Government):

  • Video on Pediatric Environmental Health Exit Disclaimer
    From the International Pediatric Environmental Health Leadership Institute

    • Description: An introductory video about children's health and the environment that draws attention to the effects of environmental contaminants on children's health and encourages health care providers to "take the next step" to identify and help protect children from these contaminants.

  • Training Package for Health Care Providers Exit Disclaimer
    From the World Health Organization

    • Description: A collection of over 30 modules with internationally harmonized information and peer-reviewed materials to enable health care workers to be trained, and also to become trainers of their peers and colleagues. The modules include extensive notes and references, case studies and self-evaluation tools, backed up by manuals and guidelines. A selected team of experienced professionals from over 15 countries, the International Paediatric Association (IPA) and selected NGOs are participating in its preparation.

  • Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit Exit Disclaimer
    From the Physicians for Social Responsibility

    • Description: A clinical tool that includes reference and anticipatory guidance materials for providers and patients including desk and pocket references for providers, and "Rx for Prevention" slips, magnets, and posters for patients.

  • Training Manual on Pediatric Environmental Health: Putting it Into Practice Exit Disclaimer
    From the Children’s Environmental Health Network
    Description: Download entire manual or individual modules.


  • ENVIRODX Exit Disclaimer
    From Eddy A. Bresnitz
    Description: Multimedia, case-focused, computer-based learning program on environmental-related diseases.


  • Pediatric Environmental History Initiative Exit Disclaimer
    From the National Environmental Education and Training Foundation
    Description: Includes history form and history primer.


  • I n Harm's Way Exit Disclaimer
    From the Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility (GBPSR)
    Description: Training materials


Resources for Nurses: All resources provided on this page are good sources of information for medical and nursing professionals. The following resources are targeted specifically to nursing education and practice.
  • Children’s Health and the Environment: Nursing Continuing Education Modules Exit Disclaimer
    From the American Nurses Foundation/American Nurses Association
    Description: Three training modules: Environmentally Healthy Homes and Communities; Safe Work Places and Healthy Learning Places (Environmentally Healthy Schools), and Environmental Health in Health Care Settings.


  • EnviRN Exit Disclaimer
    From the University of Maryland
    Description: Resources list and links for environmental nursing.


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Air Quality

U.S. Government Resources:

Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units (PEHSUs) Resources:

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Asthma

U.S. Government Resources:

PEHSU and Other Non-Governmental Organization Resources (NOTE: Some of these products have been U.S. Government funded):

  • An Overview of Asthma and the Environment Exit Disclaimer
    From the University of California at San Francisco Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit


  • Pediatric Asthma Initiative Exit Disclaimer
    From The National Environmental Education and Training Foundation
    Description: Includes an environmental history form, guidelines for environmental management of pediatric asthma, etc.


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Lead

U.S. Government Resources:

PEHSU and Other Non-Governmental Organization Resources (NOTE: Some of these products have been U.S. Government funded):

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Mercury

U.S. Government Resources:

PEHSU and Other Non-Governmental Organization Resources (NOTE: Some of these products have been U.S. Government funded):

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Mold

U.S. Government Resources:

  • Online Course: Introduction to Mold and Mold Remediation for Environmental and Public Health Professionals
    From the U.S. EPA
    Description: This course contains information on mold prevention and remediation and is designed primarily for environmental and public health professionals. If you would like to take a short quiz on your current mold knowledge, you can begin with the Pre-Test.

    The Mold Course has nine chapters; these chapters are further divided into smaller lessons. At the end of each chapter there is a voluntary quiz to test your understanding of the material covered. Each chapter may be accessed at any point in the course using the menu on the left side of the page.


  • Indoor Mold and Children’s Health Paper Abstracts
    From the National Institutes of Health
    Description: Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 107, Supplement 3. 1999. Peer-reviewed papers presented at work- shop on Indoor Mold and Children’ s Health. Scroll down to Table of Contents; then scroll down to Indoor Mold and Children’s Health


Non-Governmental Organization Resources (NOTE: Some of these products have been U.S. Government funded):

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Pesticides

U.S. Government Resources:

PEHSU and Other Non-Governmental Organization Resources (NOTE: Some of these products have been U.S. Government funded):

  • Organophosphate Pesticides and Child Health: A Primer for Health Care Providers Exit Disclaimer
    From the Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health (PNASH) Center and the Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (PEHSU) in Seattle, Washington
    Description: An educational activity to: 1) increase the knowledge of health care providers about the special susceptibilities of children to organophosphate pesticides; and 2) increase competency to recognize and respond to childhood pesticide-related illness.


  • National Strategies of Pesticides and Health Care Providers Exit Disclaimer
    From The National Environmental Education & Training Foundation (NEETF) and U.S. EPA
    Description: Includes National Pesticides Competency Guidelines for Medical and Nursing Education, National Pesticide Practice Skills Guidelines for Medical and Nursing Practice.


  • Children’s Environmental Health Case Study 1: Exposure to Methyl Parathion Exit Disclaimer
    From the Great Lakes Center for Children’s Environmental Health


  • Pesticide Illness Exit Disclaimer
    PowerPoint presentation by Rupali Das, MD, MPH, California Department of Health Services, Michael O’Malley, MD, MPH, University of California, Davis, and Laura Styles, MPH, Public Health Institute.


  • National Pesticide Information Center Exit Disclaimer
    From the Oregon State University and the U.S. EPA
    Description: Science-based pesticide information on wide range of topics. Also has list of state and regional poison control centers.


  • EXTOXNET - Extension Toxicology Network Exit Disclaimer
    From the University of California-Davis, Oregon State University, Michigan State University, Cornell University, and the University of Idaho
    Description: Provides science-based information to health care providers treating pesticide-related health concerns.


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Water

U.S. Government Resources:

Other Non-Governmental Organization Resources (NOTE: Some of these products have been U.S. Government funded):

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Climate Change

Other Non-Governmental Organization Resources (NOTE: Some of these products have been U.S. Government funded):

  • Climate Change and Children’s Health: What Health Professionals Need to Know and What We Can Do About It (PDF)Exit Disclaimer (25 pp, 1.2MB)
    From The Collaborative on Health and the Environment
    Description: The article: summarizes the latest conclusions on climate change and discusses its main health effects with a primary focus on children; explains why scientists say that stopping the pace of climate change is such an urgent issue; and discusses what you can do in your community to prepare for climate change.


  • Global Climate Change and Children's Health Policy StatementExit Disclaimer
    From the American Academy of Pediatrics
    Description: This policy statement is supported by a technical report that examines in some depth the nature of the problem of climate change, likely effects on children's health as a result of climate change, and the critical importance of responding promptly and aggressively to reduce activities that are contributing to this change.


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