Teacher's Guide on Basic Environmental Health (WHO, 1999, 327 p.)

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Acknowledgements

Part One: Teaching environmental health

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Introduction

Purpose of the Teacher’s Guide

How the guide is structured

How to use the guide

Teaching approach

Participatory education

Organizing a course or workshop

Curriculum development

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1. Goals and objectives

2. Required background

3. Subject matter/teaching methods

4. Selected teaching methods

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4.1 Small group exercises

4.2 Role-play

4.3 Discussion starters (triggers)1

4.4 Lectures

4.5 Discussion

4.6 Planning deck

4.7 Prioritizing/planning

4.8 Student presentations

4.9 Learning activities outside the classroom

4.10 Distance learning

4.11 Computer-assisted learning

5. Audiovisual materials

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5.1 The overhead projector (OHP) and transparencies

5.2 Slides

5.3 Flip charts (or blackboards)

6. Reading list, resources

7. Timetabling

8. Evaluation

9. Follow-up

Teaching facilities, equipment, materials

1. Facilities

2. Equipment and materials

Preparation for teaching the course or workshop

Part Two: Sample learning activities

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Chapter 1: Overview

1.1. Environmental health hazards in your country

1.2. Problem solving exercise: The impact of schistosomiasis haematobium on women in Cameroon1

1.3. Student presentations

Chapter 2: Nature of environmental health hazards

2.1. Overview of environmental health hazards

2.2. Question “can”*

2.3. What’s in this stuff?

2.4. Problem-solving exercise: Environmental estrogens

Chapter 3: Risk assessment

3.1. Participatory field visits

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3.1.1. Sample field visits

A. Water purification and recirculation plant

B. Informal food traders

C. Sewage treatment plant

D. Solid waste facility: Bale and rail

3.2. The relationship between dose and health outcome: Dose-response versus dose-effect

Chapter 4: Risk management

4.1. Problem-solving exercise: Emergency response to a PCB fire

4.2. Problem-solving exercise: Mercury poisoning in the Amazon

4.3. The role of community involvement

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4.3.1. Worksheet questionnaire: Introduction to risk communication

4.3.2. Community involvement scenario

Chapter 5: Air

5.1. Problem-solving exercise: Epidemic asthma

5.2. Problem-solving exercise: AECI/MACASSAR sulfur fire

Chapter 6: Water and sanitation

6.1. Problem-solving exercise: Water for Tonoumassé, a village in Togo

6.2. Role-play: Waterborne outbreak in a Romanian town

6.3. Problem-solving exercise: Water availability and trachoma1

Chapter 7: Food and agriculture

7.1. Typical cases of foodborne diseases

7.2. Problem-solving exercise: Pesticide poisoning - an outbreak among antimalarial workers1

7.3. Problem-solving exercise: Toxic encephalopathy from a seafood toxin

7.4. Problem-solving exercise: Hazard assessment in food production2

Chapter 8: Human settlements and urbanization

8.1. Round robin on human settlements and urbanization

8.2 Worksheet questionnaire: Health effects of motor vehicle air pollution

8.3. Problem solving exercise: Building a healthy city - the case of Managua, Nicaragua

Chapter 9: Health and energy use

9.1. Introductory exercise: Health and energy

9.2. Problem-solving exercise: Nuclear energy - a safe alternative?

Chapter 10: Industrial pollution and chemical safety

10.1. Problem-solving exercise: Occupational exposure to inorganic lead

10.2. Discussion starter on occupational hazards1

10.3. Lecture/demonstration on personal protective equipment and methods for atmospheric monitoring

Chapter 11: Transboundary and global health concerns

11.1. Question “can” (sample terms and concepts)1

Chapter 12: Action to protect health and the environment

12.1 Problem-solving exercise: Ethical analysis for decision-making in environmental health

12.2. Action planning exercise

12.3. Promoting activities to identify, control and prevent environmental health problems: Identifying obstacles and resources

Annexes

1. Pre-workshop questionnaire

2. Selected bibliography

3. Teaching methods chart

4. Student’s version: Problem-solving exercise: The impact of chistosomiasis haematobium on women in Cameroon1

5. Student’s version: Problem-solving exercise: Environmental estrogens

6. Dose-response/dose-effect curves: Transparencies

7. Student’s version: Problem-solving exercise: Emergency response to a PCB fire

8. Student’s version: Problem-solving exercise: Mercury poisoning in the Amazon

9. Student’s version: Introduction to risk communication

10. Sample risk communication scenario

11. Student’s version: Worksheet for community involvement scenario

12. Student’s version: Problem-solving exercise: Epidemic asthma2

13. Student’s version: Problem-solving exercise: AECI/MACASSAR sulfur fire

14. Student’s version: Problem-solving exercise: Water for Tonoumassé, a village in Togo

15. Student’s version: Problem-solving exercise: Water availability and Trachoma1

16. Student’s version: Typical cases of foodborne diseases

17. Student’s version: Problem-solving exercise: Pesticide poisoning - an outbreak among antimalarial workers

18. Student’s version: Problem-solving exercise: Toxic encephalopathy from a seafood

19. Student’s version: Problem-solving exercise: Hazard assessment in food production

20. Motor vehicle air pollution health effects worksheet

21. Student’s version: Building a healthy city - the case of Managua, Nicaragua

22. Student’s version: Problem-solving exercise: Nuclear energy - a safe alternative?

23. Student’s version: Problem-solving exercise: Occupational exposure to inorganic lead

24. Student’s version: Ethical analysis for decision-making in environmental health

25. Sample evaluation questionnaire