Table 2 Pediatric Environmental Health Resources
Clinical Consultations for Physicians | |
Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (PEHSU) Experts at your regional PEHSU can provide consultations on the prevention, diagnosis, and management of environmentally-related illness. | |
Evidence-Based EH Information to Use in Clinical Practice | |
Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit Online reference tool (mobile-device friendly) for evidence-based information on environmental hazards, prevention strategies, and patient resources. Endorsed by AAP, Physicians for Social Responsibility, PEHSU. | |
Prescriptions for Prevention Evidence-based concise information for families, available in English and Spanish. The front of each prescription explains simple steps for reducing the exposure, and the back lists key resources that families can use to help address the concern. | |
National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) www.neefusa.org/health-wellness EH history forms (general and for asthmatics) in English and Spanish. | |
AAP: Pediatric Environmental Health (“The Green Book”) http://ebooks.aappublications.org/content/pediatric-environmental-health-4th-ed | |
AAP: EH Policy Statements and Technical Reports pediatrics.aappublications.org/collection/council-environmental-health | |
Environmental Risks to Children: Prioritizing Health Messages in Pediatric Practice Galvez and Balk. Pediatrics in Review. 2017Jun1;38(6):263–79. | |
EH Data Resources | |
CDC National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals https://www.cdc.gov/exposurereport Summary biomonitoring data on 352 environmental chemicals in a nationally representative sample of the US population (1999 through 2016; using NHANES study population) | |
CDC National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/tracking/ Standardized health, environmental, and hazard data from multiple information systems with easy-to-explore data portals that allow for customized maps, tables, and charts of local, state, and national data. | |
WHO. Ambient air pollution attributable deaths Interactive map with data | |
AirNow Interactive maps that provide current air quality data where you live, U.S. as well as internationally. Also Fire and Smoke Maps | |
IPCC Working Group 1, Sixth Assessment Report Interactive Atlas https://interactive-atlas.ipcc.ch/ A flexible spatial and temporal analyses to see the observed and projected climate change regional information | |
Educational Modules for Trainees and Practitioners | |
Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (PEHSU) PEHSU website has a national “classroom” with online course, webinars (offering Continuing Education Credit) and factsheets, could be applied to trainees and providers. Some fact sheets translated into Spanish. | |
Pediatric Environmental Health Interactive Curriculum This is an easy to administer environmental health curriculum, which meets ACGME requirements, and aims to teach pediatric residents’ proficiency in environmental health and establish a foundation of knowledge upon which they will expand during their careers. | |
A Story of Health Multimedia eBook that explores how environments interact with a person’s genes to influence health across the lifespan, told through the lives of fictional characters and their families. | |
Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN) cehn.org/resources/for-healthcare-professionals/ This multidisciplinary advocacy organization provides Power point modules and user guides to incorporate pediatric EH into training. It also has training modules for child care professionals. | |
WHO Training Modules and instructions for health care providers Power point type slide decks, with notes and instructions on numerous topics related to children environmental health which can be used for self-directed learning and/or adapted for teaching at any level of student or professional. Also provided is an example of post-workshop knowledge evaluation as a download | |
The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health on Climate & Health https://medsocietiesforclimatehealth.org/educate/ Comprehensive teaching materials and resources relevant to climate change, for teaching and learning at all levels: health educators (for health professional student-slide shows, links to courses, nine short slide decks) other teaching resources targeted to health professionals (recordings and slide decks), patients, and community, as well as Webinars for CME |