Health and the Environment in the Southeastern United States: Rebuilding Unity: Workshop Summary

Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

Health and the Environment in the Southeastern United States: Rebuilding Unity: Workshop Summary
Format
Paperback
Publisher
National Academies Press
Country
United States
Published
30 October 2002
Pages
88
ISBN
9780309085410

Health and the Environment in the Southeastern United States: Rebuilding Unity: Workshop Summary

Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

The purpose of this regional workshop in the Southeast was to broaden the environmental health perspective from its typical focus on environmental toxicology to a view that included the impact of the natural, built, and social environments on human health. Early in the planning, Roundtable members realized that the process of engaging speakers and developing an agenda for the workshop would be nearly as instructive as the workshop itself. In their efforts to encourage a wide scope of participation, Roundtable members sought input from individuals from a broad range of diverse fields-urban planners, transportation engineers, landscape architects, developers, clergy, local elected officials, heads of industry, and others. This workshop summary captures the discussions that occurred during the two-day meeting. During this workshop, four main themes were explored: (1) environmental and individual health are intrinsically intertwined; (2) traditional methods of ensuring environmental health protection, such as regulations, should be balanced by more cooperative approaches to problem solving; (3) environmental health efforts should be holistic and interdisciplinary; and (4) technological advances, along with coordinated action across educational, business, social, and political spheres, offer great hope for protecting environmental health. This workshop report is an informational document that provides a summary of the regional meeting.

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