1 10 87 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Environmental - General - Core Discipline - Health Communication &amp; Education Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource West Nile Virus Update Subject The topic of the resource <p>This 20-minute webcast, available in English, is intended to raise awareness of West Nile Virus (WNV), and to update healthcare and public health professionals as well as environmental health specialists to its prevalence. Topics covered include a description of WNV, it’s prevalence, the spectrum of illness caused by WNV, laboratory findings in those with WNV, diagnosis, patient outcomes, treatment, and the prediction of future outbreaks.</p> Description An account of the resource <a target="_blank" href="http://128.248.232.56/glakes/excellence/passaro/default.htm" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://128.248.232.56/glakes/excellence/passaro/default.htm</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Environmental - General - Core Discipline - Health Communication &amp; Education Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Disease &amp; Vector Management – West Nile Virus Subject The topic of the resource This 30 minute webcast is available in English, and is intended for intermediate level public health professionals in addition to environmental health specialists. This online presentation provides an understanding of mosquitoes as vectors of disease, disseminates various mosquito control strategies, illustrates the North American transmission cycle of West Nile Virus (WNV), gives detail on the surveillance of WNV, and provides data related to the safety and efficacy of various control strategies. Description An account of the resource <a target="_blank" href="http://128.248.232.56/glakes/excellence/tessier/default.htm" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://128.248.232.56/glakes/excellence/tessier/default.htm</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Environmental - General - Core Discipline - Health Communication &amp; Education Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>EnviroRisk</h2> Subject The topic of the resource <span>EnviroRisk, available in English, is a case-based, problem-solving program in environmental risk assessment and risk communication. The learner will play the role of a public health professional throughout the course. This course is designed to develop the learner’s ability to investigate an environmental health problem and serve as a resource and risk communicator in the community. EnviroRisk is designed for public health professionals, and may include sanitarians, physicians, nurses, risk assessors, epidemiologists, and environmental engineers. Community groups may also find useful resources and a framework for approaching environmental health issues. The course takes approximately 30 minutes to complete, and has an optional self-assessment quiz at the end. Upon completion of this course the learner should be able to: • apply the Seven Cardinal Rules of Risk Communication • explain basic elements of toxicology, epidemiology, and environmental medicine. • describe the role of the environment in cancer causation. • identify diverse resources to investigate health status and environmental hazards. • explain the components of a "qualitative" environmental risk assessment. • recognize agencies and health professionals that may assist in environmental risk assessment. • describe a set of criteria for establishing causation of a given environmental agent.</span> Description An account of the resource <a target="_blank" href="http://www.uic.edu/sph/cade/envirorisk/index.html" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://www.uic.edu/sph/cade/envirorisk/index.html</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Environmental - General - Core Discipline - Health Communication &amp; Education Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>Agricultural development and vector-borne diseases</h2> Subject The topic of the resource <span>This slide set is available in English. The target audience of the present slide set is made up of those with technical, managerial or administrative responsibilities for planning, designing and implementing agricultural and natural resources development; for introducing changes in agricultural practices; and, for the settlement or resettlement of rural populations. It is also intended for teachers and students engaged in training for such responsibilities. Secondly, it targets those working or preparing to work in public health to provide them with a clearer picture of the complexities of agriculture/health links. The general objective of this slide set is to provide (future) professionals in the agricultural and natural resources sectors with relevant information so they become more willing to accept a joint responsibility with the health sector for solving health problems that are caused by land and water resources development for agricultural production. More specifically, the set aims: a) to provide decision makers in the agriculture sector, at all levels, with a general understanding of the impact of agricultural development projects on vector-borne disease, b) to promote an awareness of the role of the agricultural sector in vector-borne disease prevention, and c) to give the target audience access to information, institutions and organizations that may assist in the incorporation of health safeguards into agricultural development and practices.</span> Description An account of the resource <a target="_blank" href="http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/resources/agridev/en/index.html" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/resources/agridev/en/index.html</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Environmental - General - Core Discipline - Health Communication &amp; Education Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>Water quality monitoring: A practical guide to the design and implementation of freshwater quality studies and monitoring programmes</h2> Subject The topic of the resource <span>This 348-page handbook is available in English and Spanish. The target audience includes anyone concerned with water quality monitoring with a scientific, managerial or engineering background, including field staff. This book covers the entire monitoring process providing detailed guidance for implementing a monitoring network with step-by-step descriptions of field and laboratory methods. An overview of the principles underlying hydrological, chemical, biological and sediment measurements together with their importance and relevance to water quality monitoring is also included. These guidelines will be particularly relevant for field use in developing countries and provides: a protocol for design and implementation of monitoring surface and groundwater; details of sampling and analytical methods; guidance on data analysis and presentation.</span> Description An account of the resource <a target="_blank" href="http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/resources/wqmonitor/en/index.html" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/resources/wqmonitor/en/index.html</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Environmental - General - Core Discipline - Health Communication &amp; Education Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>Health opportunities in development</h2> Subject The topic of the resource <span>This course manual is available in English and contains three parts. The first two sections are a combined 69 pages in length, and the last section is 126 pages in length. The intended audience includes: educational institutions, ministries and technical assistance agencies, heath care and public health professionals, as well as environmental health specialists. This course is appropriate for any development context; water resources development is used as the illustrative contextual example. This manual presents in detail the principles of problem-based learning for the development of professional capacities to deal with issues of an intersectoral nature. Part of the Manual is a practical, step-by-step guide on how to organize the course, in the context of one particular field of work, Health Impact Assessment of development projects. Preparations for and implementation of a task-oriented course are illustrated from the experience of five courses held in different parts of the world. The third part contains all course materials, including the Task Guides, guides for tutors and resource persons, generic course schedules and instructions for field trips.</span> Description An account of the resource <a target="_blank" href="http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/resources/hod/en/index.html" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/resources/hod/en/index.html</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Environmental - General - Core Discipline - Health Communication &amp; Education Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>Operation and maintenance of rural water supply and sanitation systems: A training package for managers and planners</h2> Subject The topic of the resource <span>This course is available in English, Spanish, and Arabic. It contains a trainer’s guide and 4 modules which include an introduction, situation analysis, towards sustainable O &amp; M, and planning. The intended audience includes public health professionals, environmental health specialists, managers and planners who are concerned with the challenging problem of how to implement effective operation and maintenance of rural water supply and sanitation services in developing countries. In addition to the traditional management aspects of operation and maintenance, this training package highlights the importance of community participation, with a right gender balance, in order to make more efficient use of local human resources for sustainability. The courses in this training package are based on participatory training methodologies, an important feature of which is to draw on the experiences of all the participants, under the guidance of an experienced facilitator and resource persons. The courses should be adapted to the local situation, and the modules can be modified with additions or deletions according to local needs.</span> Description An account of the resource <a target="_blank" href="http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/hygiene/om/omruralsystems/en/index.html" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/hygiene/om/omruralsystems/en/index.html</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Environmental - General - Core Discipline - Health Communication &amp; Education Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>Water-related diseases: Anemia</h2> Subject The topic of the resource <span>This fact sheet is available in English and French, and provides basic knowledge regarding anemia and how it relates to water contamination. The intended audience includes environmental health specialists, public health professionals, as well as those living in developing countries. This fact sheet explains the disease and how it affects people, the causes, distribution, scope of the problem, and interventions.</span> Description An account of the resource <a target="_blank" href="http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/diseases/anemia/en/" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/diseases/anemia/en/</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Environmental - General - Core Discipline - Health Communication &amp; Education Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>Water-related diseases: Arsenicosis</h2> Subject The topic of the resource <span>This fact sheet is available in English and French, and provides basic knowledge regarding arsenicosis and how it relates to water contamination. The intended audience includes environmental health specialists, public health professionals, as well as those living in developing countries. This fact sheet explains the disease and how it affects people, the cause, distribution, scope of the problem, and interventions.</span> Description An account of the resource <a target="_blank" href="http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/diseases/arsenicosis/en/index.html" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/diseases/arsenicosis/en/index.html</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Environmental - General - Core Discipline - Health Communication &amp; Education Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>Water-related diseases: Ascariasis</h2> Subject The topic of the resource <span>This fact sheet is available in English and French, and provides basic knowledge regarding ascariasis and how it relates to water contamination. The intended audience includes environmental health specialists, public health professionals, as well as those living in developing countries. This fact sheet explains the disease and how it affects people, the cause, distribution, scope of the problem, and interventions.</span> Description An account of the resource <a target="_blank" href="http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/diseases/ascariasis/en/index.html" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/diseases/ascariasis/en/index.html</a>