scholarly journals Does regulating per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances represent a meaningful opportunity for health risk reduction?

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Alfredo ◽  
Chad Seidel ◽  
Amlan Ghosh
Keyword(s):  
Health Risk ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Polyfluoroalkyl Substances ◽  
Health Risk Reduction

scholarly journals Effect of Health Risk Reduction Intervention Training Program on Waste Pickers’ Knowledge and Waste Handling Practices in Dump Sites in Ogun State, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 60-69
Author(s):  
Tella A. ◽  
Amosu A.M.
Keyword(s):  
Health Risk ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Control Group ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Handling Practices ◽  
Health Risk Reduction ◽  
Waste Handling ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Waste Pickers

Objective: This study assessed the effect of health risk reduction training program on waste pickers’ waste handling practices in dump sites in Ogun State, Nigeria. Methods: A quasi-experimental study was conducted among 60 waste pickers recruited by multistage sampling technique divided into intervention and control groups. There was a baseline assessment of waste handling practices in both the intervention and control groups using a structured interviewer-administered questionnaire. Thereafter, health risk reduction training was given via lectures and demonstrations. Three months after the intervention, another assessment of the same waste pickers was conducted with the same instrument. Waste handling practices and knowledge responses were measured on a 54-point rating scale and a 17-point rating scale respectively. Data was analyzed using IBM SPSS version 23 to generate descriptive and inferential results. Results: At the baseline, the waste pickers in the control group had a mean waste handling score of 17.80±6.89 while the experimental group had a mean score of 17.97±5.47. After the training program, there was a statistically significant increase in the mean waste handling score of the experimental group (47.30±3.28; p = 0.000) while there was no increase in the mean waste handling score of the control group (17.80±6.89). This significant increase in the mean waste handling score of the experimental group (53.83±0.38; p = 0.000) was also observed in a 3 month follow-up period. Conclusion/Recommendation: The health risk reduction training was effective in improving the waste handling practices of waste pickers. It is recommended that waste pickers should be trained on proper waste handling by the government.

Issues in rural health and key messages for health and disaster risk reduction education programmes

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Ying Yang Chan
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Health Promoting ◽  
Health Project ◽  
Health Risk Reduction ◽  
Healthy Community

A healthy community should have a safe and hygienic environment, with access to basic well-being maintaining facilities and services. Key messages for education programmes related to water management, indoor environment, waste management, health promoting behaviour, and disaster health risk reduction are presented in this chapter. It also aims to share some common health communication and education that might be useful to improve bottom-up resilience for health and disaster health risk reduction in rural communities. Examples from the Ethnic Minority Health Project will also be employed to illustrate how bottom-up resilience towards health and disaster risk in these rural communities might be established.

Evaluation of the health-risk reduction potential of countermeasures to urban heat islands

2016 ◽  
Vol 114 ◽  
pp. 27-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oliver Buchin ◽  
Marie-Therese Hoelscher ◽  
Fred Meier ◽  
Thomas Nehls ◽  
Felix Ziegler
Keyword(s):  
Health Risk ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Reduction Potential ◽  
Urban Heat Islands ◽  
Heat Islands ◽  
Urban Heat ◽  
Health Risk Reduction
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