Introduction
ATSDR offers environmental health and medicine education products for health professionals, community members, and interested members of the public. These materials are designed to increase awareness and knowledge of how the environment interacts with human health and includes tools to promote the positive health aspects and prevent and/or minimize the known adverse health impacts of these interactions. These materials are developed to meet specific audience needs, are free of charge, and are based on the latest evidence based science and medicine.
Case Studies in Environmental Medicine (CSEM)
Substance Specific
Beryllium
Cadmium
Cholinesterase Inhibitors
Ethylene Glycol and Propylene Glycol
Lead
Nitrate/Nitrite
Radiation Exposure from Iodine-131
Tetrachloroethylene (PCE)
Trichloroethylene (TCE)
(Informational Purpose Only)
(Updates in Progress)
Grand Rounds in Environmental Medicine (GSEM)
Patient Education and Care Instruction Sheets
For more information and access to the Patient Education and Care Instruction Sheets, please visit http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/emes/
emes/health_professionals/instruction_sheets.html.
Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Division of Toxicology and Environmental Medicine (DTEM), the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (PEHSU) and the Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) have teamed up to develop an environmental health anticipatory guidance training module. This training module is based on PSR’s Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit which has been endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics. It introduces users to environmental health, instructs pediatric health care providers in the use of the Toolkit print materials, and discusses the best methods for delivering environmental health anticipatory guidance in the clinical setting. This module is available on line at http://www.psr.org/site/PageServer?pagename=pediatric_toolkit.
For more information and access to the Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit, please visit http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/emes/
pediatrics.html.
Community Environmental Health Presentations
For providers interested in delivering educational presentations to communities, ATSDR provides Community Environmental Health Presentations that are designed to increase environmental health literacy and address the positive and/or negative impact that the environment has on human health. Please visit http://www.atsdr.
cdc.gov/emes/products_for_public/health_presentations.html. At this address, you will find Community Environmental Health Instructional Presentation Kits and Community Environmental Health Web Stream Presentations
Additional Educational Products for Health Professionals
ATSDR offers additional course resources accessible via Web stream. These courses include:
Hanford: The Psychological Dimensions of Radiation Exposure
Developed in collaboration with the ATSDR Division of Health Studies.
Available at: http://www.eventstreams.com/hanford/011han/Surviving Field Stress for First Responders
Developed in collaboration with the Environmental Protection Agency.
Available at: http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/phtn/webcast/stree-05Emergency Risk Communication
Developed in collaboration with the Pan American Health Association. This course is obtainable in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Available at: http://www.cepis.opsoms.ort/tutorial6/e/index.html.
ATSDR Resources
For additional information on other ATSDR resources on hazardous substances and their potential health effects, including Toxicological Profiles, ToxFAQs™, and information on specific substances, please visit ATSDR’s Toxic Substance page at http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/2p-toxic-substances.html.
For additional information on substance specific resources, please visit ATSDR’s A-Z Index page at http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/contents.html.
