Environmental Health : From Global to Local

by Frumkin, Howard

• ISBN13: 9780787973834
• ISBN10: 0787973831
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-08-31
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

Environmental Health: From Global to Local offers students a comprehensive introduction to environmental health. It provides an overview of methods and paradigms used in this exciting field, ranging from ecology to epidemiology, from toxicology to environmental psychology, from genetics to ethics to religion. The authors survey the major issues in contemporary environmental health, ranging from global issues such as climate change and war to regional issues such as air, water, transportation, and energy to local issues such as food safety, pest control, and occupational health. The book includes a strong focus on the real-world practice of environmental public health, offering chapters on such applied topics as risk assessment, risk communication, health services, regulations, and legal remedies. While Environmental Health is grounded in the U.S. experience, it emphasizes global issues and perspectives on such topics as economic development, population, urbanization, and sanitation.

Author Biography

Howard Frumkin, M.D., Dr.P.H., is professor and chair of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, and professor of medicine at Emory Medical School.

Table of Contents

PART I: Methods And Paradigms.

1. ECOLOGY AND HUMAN HEALTH (John Wegner, Ph.D.).

2. Toxicology (Jason R. Richardson, Ph.D. and Gary W. Miller, Ph.D.).

3. ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY (Kyle Steenland and Christine Moe).

4. EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT, INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (P. Barry Ryan, Ph.D.).

5. ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH (Daniel Stokols, Ph.D., Chip Clitheroe, Ph.D.).

6. Genomics and Environmental Health (Samuel H. Wilson, M.D.).

7. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ETHICS (Andrew Jameton, Ph.D.).

8. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: THE CONVERGENCE OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND ENVIRONMENTALISM (Charles Lee).

9. RELIGIOUS APPROACHES TO ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH (Rabbi Daniel Swartz).

PART II: Environmental Health On A Global Scale.

10. POPULATION, RESOURCE USE, AND THE ENVIRONMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR HUMAN HEALTH (Don Hinrichsen)

11. CLIMATE CHANGE AND VARIABILITY (Jonathan Patz, M.D., M.P.H.).

12. WAR AND OTHER MILITARY ACTIVITIES (Barry S. Levy, M.D., M.P.H. and Victor W. Sidel, M.D.).

13. ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS AND DISEASE BURDENS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (Jerome Nriagu, Jaymie Meliker and Mary Johnson).

PART III: Environmental Health On A Regional Scale.

14. AIR POLLUTION (Michelle L. Bell and Jonathan M. Samet).

15. Energy Production (Richard Rheingans, Ph.D.).

16. URBANIZATION (Sandro Galea and David Vlahov).

17. TRANSPORTATION AND HEALTH (John Balbus, M.D., M.P.H., Dushana Yoganathan Triola, M.D., M.P.H.).

18. WATER AND HEALTH (Tim Ford). Part IV: Environmental Health On A Local Scale.

19. SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE (Sven Rodenbeck, Sc.D., P.E., Kenneth Orloff, Ph.D., DABT, Harvey Rogers, M.S., Henry Falk, M.D., M.P.H.).

20. PEST CONTROL AND PESTICIDES (Mark G. Robson, Ph.D., M.P.H., George C. Hamilton, Ph.D.).

21. FOOD SAFETY (David McSwane, H.S.D., R.E.H.S., C.F.S.P.).

22. Indoor Environments (Michael J. Hodgson, MD, MPH).

23. WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY (Melissa Perry and Howard Hu).

24. Radiation (Arthur C. Upton, M.D.).

25. INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL (Junaid A. Razzak, M.D., Jeremy J. Hess, M.D., M.P.H., Arthur L. Kellermann, M.D., M.P.H.).

26. DISASTER PREPAREDNESS (Eric K. Noji, M.D., M.P.H.).

27. Natural Contact: A Health Benefit? (Howard Frumkin, M.D., Dr.P.H.).

28. Children’s Environmental Health (Philip J. Landrigan, Maida Galvez, Joel Forman).

PART V: The Practice Of Environmental Health.

29. Prevention in Environmental Health (Joel A. Tickner Sc.D.).

30. Environmental Health Services at the State and Local Level (Sarah Kotchian, Ed.M., M.P.H., Ph.D.).

31. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (Lance A. Waller, Ph.D.).

32. RISK ASSESSMENT (Scott Bartell, Ph.D.).

33. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH POLICY (Barry L. Johnson, Ph.D.).

34. Risk Communication (Vincent T. Covello, Ph.D.).

35. THE ROLE OF THE CLINICIAN IN ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE (Robert Laumbach, MD, MPH, CIH, Howard M. Kipen, MD, MPH).

36. LEGAL REMEDIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH EXPOSURES (Douglas A. Henderson Ph.D., Esq.).