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Teaching Environmental Health to Children

An Interdisciplinary Approach

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  • © 2011

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Authors:
  1. David W. Hursh

    1. University of Rochester, Rochester, USA

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  2. Camille A. Martina

    1. University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, USA

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  3. Hilarie B. Davis

    1. Technology for Learning Consortium, Inc., North Kingstown, USA

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  4. Michael A. Trush

    1. Department of Environmental Health scien, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA

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  • Provides educators with key concepts in learning about environmental health
  • Features exemplary lessons regarding air and water pollution, heavy metals, and food
  • Helps educators to adapt these pedagogical approaches to issues in their own communities

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science (BRIEFSENVIRONMENTAL)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Environmental Health as an Interdisciplinary Subject

    • David W. Hursh, Camille A. Martina, Michael A. Trush, Hillary B. Davis
    Pages 1-11

  3. The Science of Environmental Public Health

    • David W. Hursh, Camille A. Martina, Michael A. Trush, Hillary B. Davis
    Pages 13-37

  4. Environmental Health Curriculum

    • David W. Hursh, Camille A. Martina, Michael A. Trush, Hillary B. Davis
    Pages 39-61

  5. Working for Social and Environmental Justice Through Environmental Health

    • David W. Hursh, Camille A. Martina, Michael A. Trush, Hillary B. Davis
    Pages 63-83

  6. Erratum to: Teaching Environmental Health to Children

    • David W. Hursh, Camille A. Martina, Michael A. Trush, Hilarie B. Davis
    Pages E1-E1

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 85-93
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About this book

Every day we are exposed to toxins and toxicants that can impact our health.  Yet we rarely teach elementary and secondary students about these exposures and how they can reduce their risk to them.  In this book we highlight activities and curriculum developed at nine universities in the United States from a grant funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.  Our goal is to extend these lessons to a global audience and for classroom teachers of all subjects and age levels to include environmental health in their teaching. 

‘An invaluable tool for equipping informed citizens to think about the environment and its human impacts --both the science, and equally important, the social and ethical dimensions’ , Howard Frumkin, M.D., Dr. P.H., Dean, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Rochester, Rochester, USA

    David W. Hursh

  • University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, USA

    Camille A. Martina

  • Technology for Learning Consortium, Inc., North Kingstown, USA

    Hilarie B. Davis

  • Department of Environmental Health scien, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA

    Michael A. Trush

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