The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Session: System-Based Approaches to Environmental Health Practice
5096.0: Wednesday, November 13, 2002: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Oral
System-Based Approaches to Environmental Health Practice
The application of a systems-based approach in environmental health requires collaboration of epidemiology, laboratory science, and environmental health science. This approach may provide a better understanding not only of the direct cause of illness, but also of the factors that precede and contribute to the cause. This session will explore specific examples where systems-based approaches have been used in mold, food and water investigations.
Learning Objectives: 1. Introduce the systems-based approach to the practice of environmental health. 2. Demonstrate how the systems-based approach has been applied. 3. Discuss the benefits and challenges of using the systems-based approach in environmental health.
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Organizer(s):Beth Resnick, MPH
Tunde Akinmoladun, PHD
Patrick O. Bohan, MS, MSEH
Moderator(s):Polly Hoppin, ScD
12:30 PMMoving the Practice of Environmental Health to the 21st Century
Daniela Niutta, MPH, Robin Lee, MPH, Carol Selman, EHS-Net Working Group
12:50 PMEHS-Net systems-based approach: An improved method for documenting foodborne disease related risk factors in restaurant food preparation
Robin Lee, MPH, Vince Radke, MPH, RS, Daniela Niutta, MPH, Carol Selman, EHS-Net Working Group
1:10 PMApplying a systems-based approach to investigating mold in the indoor environment
Rae Dawn Comstock, MS, Robin Lee, MPH, John Sarisky, MPH, RS, Hugh Mainzer, DVM, MS, Allison Stock, PhD, Clive M Brown, MD, MPH, Renee Mijal, MPH
1:30 PMCoordinating systems-based environmental public health practice with epidemiology and laboratory analysis: A waterborne outbreak of Norwalk-like Virus in the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming
Scott A Seys, MPH, John Sarisky, MPH, RS, Annette G Heryford, MS, Hugh Mainzer, DVM, MS, Alicia D Anderson, DVM, MPH, Charles Higgins, MPH, RS, Stephan S Monroe, PhD, G Shay Fout, PhD, Karl J Musgrave, DVM, MPH
Organized by:Environment
CE Credits:CME, Environmental Health, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA