5105.0: Wednesday, October 24, 2001: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM | ||||
Oral Session | ||||
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| Analysis and evaluation of the ways in which population – health- environment synergies take place at the community and project level have been a challenge for those working in integrated projects. Several tools have been developed to help evaluate population-health-environment indicators and to demonstrate the ways in which these concepts interact. Panelist will present several of these tools and discuss the results of the implementation of the instruments in developing countries. Tools include analysis of health and conservation indicators conducted by the Biodiversity Support Project and Conservation International’s Healthy Communities Initiative; and participatory action research carried out by the University of Michigan's Population-Environment Impact Assessment Project. In addition, program action design will be discussed, based on a household level quantitative survey conducted by USAID's Environmental Health Project in Madagascar. Finally, the experience of Population Action International and Conservation International in using geographic information systems (GIS) technology to map both population and conservation indicators will be presented. These tools have all been used to better inform program design for integrated population and environment projects. | ||||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement. | ||||
| Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives | ||||
| Eckhard Kleinau Carolyn Gibb Vogel | ||||
| Assessing health and conservation at the community level Jonnell Allen | ||||
| Exploring Capacity for Integration: The Opportunities and Challenges of Participatory Action Research Denise Caudill, DrPH | ||||
| Mapping human impact: Using GIS as a research tool in the population-environment field Jennifer Kaczor, MA | ||||
| Measuring vital signs of health-population-environment (H-P-E) integration at the household level: The design of integrated assessment methodologies and field experience Eckhard Kleinau, Dr PH, MD | ||||
| Sponsor: | Environment | |||
| Cosponsors: | Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Occupational Health and Safety; Public Health Nursing; Social Work; Women's Caucus | |||
| CE Credits: | CME, Environmental Health, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work | |||