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Environmental Health Community Assessment Tool
Robyn Gilden, RN, MSUMSON Environmental Health Education Center
Greening the Nurse CurriculumJanuary 14, 2009
Learning Objectives
Describe the process of developing an assessment tool
Identify topic areas for a community environmental health assessment tool
Discuss lessons learned in the developing and piloting processes
Identify additional sources of information and technical assistance available to nurses based on findings from a community environmental health assessment
Development Process
Identified need Developed broad categories Generated questions under each category Edited internally Pilot tested Evaluated (Revision)
Environmental Health Community Assessment
Topic Areas
Air Air pollution Transportation issues
Water Bodies of water Drinking water Fish alerts
Topic Areas:
Land Land use/Industry Roads Public transportation/walkability Recreation area/green space Pesticides Fertilizers Schools Commuter lots/shopping areas Housing stock Vacant lots Small businesses (gas stations, dry cleaners, auto repair) Agriculture related issues
Topic Areas
Waste Landfills/incinerators Trash collection,
maintenance process Illegal dumping Odors Rodents
Safety Violence Drugs Police and emergency
service presence
Pilot Test
Fall 2008 UG CH clinical group Upton community, Baltimore, MD 21217 Feedback:
Able to use tool for the most part Didn’t know what some of the acronyms meant
(CCR) Couldn’t (easily) find some of the information
(zoning enforcement) Some questions did not apply for an urban setting
(Ag issues)
Lessons Learned
Need a lot of eyes General questions and subsets Students and practicing PH nurses are at
different levels
Resources and Technical Assistance E-commons www.e-commons.org (coming
soon!) EnviRN www.envirn.umaryland.edu Scorecard www.scorecard.org
Resources and Technical Assistance US EPA
Envirofacts www.epa.gov/enviro/ Tools for Schools
www.epa.gov/iaq/schools/index.html Office of Drinking Water
www.epa.gov/safewater/dwinfo/index.html Office of Children’s Health Protection
yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/content/homepage.htm
Office of Pesticides www.epa.gov/pesticides/ Office of Lead www.epa.gov/lead/
Resources and Technical Assistance Local and State Level
Department of Environment Local fish advisories
Department of Health Department of Natural Resources Soil
Conservation Districts Archives of local newspapers
Envirofacts
21217
Scorecard
Questions?
Robyn Gilden, RN, MSProgram Manager
University of Maryland School of Nursing
Environmental Health Education Center
(p) 410-706-4803/ (f) 410-706-0253