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National Strategies for Health Care Providers:
Pesticides Initiative

A Model for Integrating Environmental Health into Health Care Provider Education and Practice
In 1998 NEETF began to design a comprehensive approach to educate health care providers on environmental health and initiated the National Strategies for Health Care Providers: Pesticides Initiative. NEETF in partnership with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) collaborates with the US Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Agriculture (USDA), and Labor (DOL) and hundreds of nurses, doctors, farm worker clinicians, nursing and medical school faculty, public health practitioners and pesticide safety educators on this Initiative to improve health care. The Initiative identifies and implements strategies for educating health care providers on how to recognize, diagnose and manage pesticide-related health conditions. The vision is for all primary health care providers to possess a basic understanding of the health effects associated with pesticide exposures, and have the ability to take action to ameliorate such effects through clinical and prevention activities. It is anticipated that this Initiative will pave the way for the strategic next steps needed to move forward a common national vision for environmental health outreach to health care providers.

National Pesticide Competency Guidelines for
Medical & Nursing Education

National Pesticide Competency Guidelines for Medical & Nursing Education outlines the knowledge and skills that students in the health professions need to have about pesticides. This document is part of a national initiative aimed at ensuring that pesticides issues become integral elements of education and practice of primary care providers. The National Strategies for Health Care Providers: Pesticides Initiative has set forth a strategic direction for the nation to improve the recognition, management, and prevention of pesticide-related health conditions.

Click below on the cover to download the entire Implementation Plan or click on the area of interest on the right to download a smaller file.

Foreword ........................................................................5

Introduction .....................................................................6

A Pesticide Primer..........................................................11

Pesticide Competency Guidelines for Medical and
Nursing Education: Content, Insertion Points, and
Resources for Educational Curricula..................................18

Competency I: Knowledge and Concepts of Pesticides.............................................................21

Competency II: Diagnosis and Assessment..........................................................35

Compentency III: Treatment, Intervention, and Referrals................................................................40

Compentency IV: Risk Communication......................................................47

Compentency V: Reporting Requirements and Regulations............................................................51

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