public health assessment

public health assessment

The evaluation of data and information on the release of hazardous substances into the environment to assess current or future impact on public health, develop health advisories or other recommendations, and identify studies or actions needed to evaluate and mitigate or prevent human health effects; the document resulting from that evaluation
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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A 2011 public health assessment prepared by the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, or ATSDR, has been widely criticized for concluding "breathing the air, drinking the tap water or playing in soil around the USS Lead site is not expected to harm people's health."
Federal government says superfund residents shouldn't get say in court
Last year, the Army Corps of Engineers finally began testing the soil around their homes for radioactive contamination, and the Centers for Disease Control has just begun a public health assessment to evaluate people's potential exposure to nuclear waste.
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According to the core public health assessment results of the WHO in recent years, our core competence in public health has steadily improved and is significantly higher than the average level in the world or in the Asia-Pacific region (9).
Strengthening core public health capacity based on the implementation of the International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005): Chinese lessons
If officials identify a passenger as a potential risk, a representative of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will intervene and provide a public health assessment.
JFK airport screens for Ebola virus
Unite/CPHVA says: 'Unite wants all government policies to be subjected to a family impact assessment and a public health assessment, to prevent so many disastrous 'anti-family' policies passing into law.
Coalition policies to face 'family-friendly' test
Learn more about the recently released Public Health Assessment's findings and recommendations, the public comment process and future plans for the investigation.
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LOCs have the opportunity to become an essential part of health planning and public health assessment and to make the case for developing enhanced services in the community.
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WHO: Japan Nuclear Accident Health Risk Still Small
On 12-13 June 2001, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) convened a seven-member panel in Atlanta, Georgia, to review and discuss the current state of the science related to hair analysis, specifically its use in assessing environmental exposures in support of the agency's public health assessment activities.
Hair analysis: exploring the state of the science. (Meeting Report)
Most important, such a report would lay the foundation for additional public health assessment, policy development, and service assurance to improve care of the dying.
The Relevance of Public Health in Improving Access to End of Life Care
In February 1998, concerned parents petitioned the agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to perform a public health assessment of River Valley middle and high schools and of the county.
Schools gone bad: mold, lead, toxic air and ground pollutants are attacking the nation's schools. Here are some examples of sick schools and ways to prevent potential health problems among students and staff. (Focus: school building)
Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) did conduct a full Public Health Assessment on the depot as required by Superfund law.
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