| 663 | Friday, April 15, 2005 |
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| 2:30 PM-3:45 PM | Convention Center:E353c |
| AAHE/Professional Preparation |
| The Necessity for a Primary Prevention Focus on Environmental Health as a Determinant for Disease and Early Death |
| The role health educators might play in the emerging national focus on Environmental Health has resulted in a great deal of confusion about content and role. Much attention has been paid to lifestyle, genetics, and the health care system as principal factors in wellness and primary prevention programs. However, confusion is apparent when the environmental factors come into discussion. Health educators confuse environmental science with environmental health, limiting undergraduate training. Focus will be on clarifying environmental health as it relates to the top fifteen killers in the U.S. A proposal for a broad-based undergraduate course will be presented and discussed. |
Keyword(s): curriculum development, disease prevention, health promotion
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| Presider: Thomas Davis, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA |
| Speaker: Daniel L. Agley, Towson University, Towson, MD |