Environmental health primer-pediatrics

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New Website and Environmental History Tools for Pediatric Health Care

Providers

The National Environmental Education & Training Foundation (NEETF) is

pleased to announce its new website for pediatric health care providers.

The site is an on-line resource portal with user-friendly tools,

including a screening and a comprehensive environmental history form,

and an environmental history taking primer.

PEHI The Pediatric Environmental History Screening Form is a one-page

form designed to be administered by the primary health care provider in

less than five minutes in order to capture most of the common

environmental exposures to children. It can be administered regularly

during well-child exams as well as to assess whether an environmental

exposure plays a role in a child's symptoms. If a positive response is

given to one or more of the screening questions, the primary care

provider can use the Additional Categories and Questions to Supplement

The Screening Environmental History to explore further. The Pediatric

Environmental History Primer provides background information on issues

included in the form and recommendations health care providers can make

to families to control or eliminate the hazards in their environment.

These tools are based on medical literature and current best practices,

and were developed in consultation with an expert advisory group,

chaired by R. MD, MPH. Other members of the Advisory

Committee are Sophie Balk, MD; Ruth Etzel MD, PhD; Forman, MD;

, MD; Lillian Mood, RN, MPH; Bonnie , DrPH, FAAN.

NEETF's Pediatric Environmental History Initiative is a multi-year

project to incorporate environmental history taking into the clinical

practice of pediatricians and nurses. The Initiative is funded in part

by The New York Community Trust.

Please share these resources with your colleagues and any others who

might also be interested in pediatric environmental history taking.

For more information, please contact Love at love@... or

202-261-6475.

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