Nursing and environmental health roundtable. (NIEHS Extramural Update).Recognizing the important contributions that nurses make to improving public health and reducing health disparities
Health disparities (also called health inequalities in some countries) refer to gaps in the quality of health and health care across racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups. , the NIEHS NIEHS National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIH, DHHS) , the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry The United States Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, (ATSDR) is an agency for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that is directed by a congressional mandate to perform specific functions concerning the effect on public health of hazardous , and the National Institute for Nursing Research collaboratively organized and hosted a roundtable on nursing and environmental health, convened 25-26 August 2002 in Research Triangle Park Research Triangle Park, research, business, medical, and educational complex situated in central North Carolina. It has an area of 6,900 acres (2,795 hectares) and is 8 × 2 mi (13 × 3 km) in size. Named for the triangle formed by Duke Univ. , North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. . The roundtable brought together representatives from schools of nursing and public health, state and local health departments, national organizations, and federal agencies. The goal of the roundtable was to identify areas for potential collaborative initiatives to advance environmental health nursing in the areas of research, education, and translation to practice. A final report of this meeting is available online and upon request (see contact information below). The report highlights the issues discussed by roundtable participants and outlines several proposed priority recommendations to continue advancing work in environmental health nursing. The roundtable report and website also include a list of recommended reading materials pertaining per·tain intr.v. per·tained, per·tain·ing, per·tains 1. To have reference; relate: evidence that pertains to the accident. 2. to nursing and environmental health. Topics discussed during the roundtable included: Nursing and environmental health clearinghouse A centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. repository of environmental health journal articles, educational materials, and other resources could provide nurses, especially nurse researchers See also
Integration of environmental health materials into existing nursing curricula Current requirements at schools of nursing make it difficult for nurses to take elective courses Noun 1. elective course - a course that the student can select from among alternatives elective course, course of instruction, course of study, class - education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is in environmental health. Therefore, participants proposed that more work should be done to integrate environmental health materials into existing coursework. In addition, a document should be developed that spotlights schools and universities that are already successfully doing this. Partnerships and resources Participants recognized that many federal agencies support nursing in environmental health in some capacity, yet there is limited interaction among the various programs. Therefore, roundtable participants emphasized the importance and the benefits of increased collaboration among federal agencies, as well as between federal agencies and private organizations that support nursing efforts. Journal coverage of environmental health nursing Roundtable participants expressed the need for existing nursing journals to showcase important environmental health issues and research advances. Participants also proposed the establishment of a journal specifically targeted to nursing and environmental health. For more information | http://www.niehs.nih.gov/translat/nurse-rt.htm Contact | Liam O'Fallon, e-mail: ofallon@niehs.nih.gov |
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