1. Environmental Health

2. What is Environmental Health? Refers to the influence of environmental conditions on the development of disease or injury

3. What is the nurse’s role in environmental health?

4. The Role of Nursing in Environmental Health Education, prevention, and treatment Community involvement Individual and population risk assessment Risk communication Epidemiological investigation Policy development

5. Apply Nursing Process to Environmental Health Assessment Diagnosis Planning (Goal setting) Intervention Evaluation

6. Nursing Specialty Environmental Health Nurse Occupational Health Nurse

7. What is an environmental health issue? Risk= magnitude x probability

8. Environmental Health Risk Assessment I-PREPARE Investigate Present work Residence Environmental concerns Past work Activities Referrals & resources Educate

9. Water & Sewage

10. What are Environmental Health Issues related to Water & Sewage?

11. Air

12. What are Environmental Health Issues related to Air Quality?

13. Food

14. What are Environmental Health Issues related Food?

15. Household

16. What are Environmental Health Issues related Households?

18. What are Environmental Health Issues related to the Workplace?

19. Healthy People 2020 Goal: Promote health for all through a healthy environment.

20. The Healthy People 2020 Environmental Health Objectives Focus is on 6 themes, each of which highlights an element of environmental health: Outdoor air quality Surface and ground water quality Toxic substances and hazardous wastes Homes and communities Infrastructure and surveillance Global environmental health

21. CDC Environmental Health www.cdc.gov Health & Your Environment Air Quality Asbestos Asthma Biomonitoring Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Climate and Health Cruise Ship Health Extreme Weather Conditions Health Studies Healthy Places Mold Natural Disasters Protect Yourself from the Sun Radiation Studies Rodent Control Smoking and Tobacco Use Water