Principles of Pediatric Environmental Health

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Principles of Pediatric Environmental Health
How to Use This Course

Course: WB2089
CE Original Date: February 15, 2012
CE Expiration Date: February 15, 2014
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Introduction

The goal of Case Studies in Environmental Medicine (CSEM) is to increase the primary care provider's knowledge of hazardous substances in the environment and to help in evaluation and treating of potentially exposed patients.

This CSEM focuses on Principles of Pediatric Environmental Health and serves as a companion piece to the Pediatric Exposure History CSEM. This Case Study also serves to explicate further some of the background principles that form the bases for the pediatric environmental medicine practices found in the Pediatric Exposure History CSEM.

Availability

Two versions of the Principles of Pediatric Environmental Health CSEM are available.

The HTML version http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/csem/csem.asp?csem=27&po=0 provides content through the Internet.
The downloadable PDF [PDF - 819 KB] version provides content in an electronic, printable format, especially for those who may lack adequate Internet service.
The HTML version offers interactive exercises and prescriptive feedback to the user.

Instructions

To make the most effective use of this course.

Take the Initial Check to assess your current knowledge about principles of pediatric environmental health.
Read the title, learning objectives, text, and key points in each section.
Complete the progress check exercises at the end of each section and check your answers.
Complete and submit your assessment and posttest response online if you wish to obtain continuing education credit. Continuing education certificates can be printed immediately upon completion.

Instructional Format

This course is designed to help you learn efficiently. Topics are clearly labeled so that you can skip sections or quickly scan sections you are already familiar with. This labeling will also allow you to use this training material as a handy reference. To help you identify and absorb important content quickly, each section is structured as follows:

Section Element	Purpose
Title	Serves as a "focus question" that you should be able to answer after completing the section
Learning Objectives	Describes specific content addressed in each section and focuses your attention on important points
Text	Provides the information you need to answer the focus question(s) and achieve the learning objectives
Key Points	Highlights important issues and helps you review
Progress Check	Enables you to test yourself to determine whether you have mastered the learning objectives
Answers	Provide feedback to ensure you understand the content and can locate information in the text

Learning Objectives

On completion of the Principles of Pediatric Environmental Health CSEM, you will be able to

Content Area	Objectives
Susceptibility of children to the adverse effects of environmental toxicants	Describe why children, when compared with adults, are often especially susceptible to toxic exposures.
How does toxic exposure cause children's disease?	Describe the exposure disease model.
What are common sources of toxicants to which children can be exposed?	Name common sources of toxic exposure to children.
What are factors affecting children's susceptibility to toxicants?	Describe factors that usually render children more susceptible to exposure to toxicants compared to adults.
Why does a child's age and developmental stage affect physiologic susceptibility to toxicants?	Identify reasons why children have unique and varying age-related susceptibilities to toxicants.
How can parents' preconception exposures and in utero exposures affect a child?	Describe how exposures before conception can affect a child's future development and health. Identify how exposures of the fetus during pregnancy can affect a child's future health.
How are newborns, infants and toddlers exposed to and affected by toxicants?	Describe the toxicant exposure routes most likely in early childhood.
What are special considerations regarding toxic exposures to young and school-age children and adolescents?	Describe where school-age children may be exposed. Identify why adolescents face special risks from toxic exposures.

The Principles of Pediatric Environmental Health Case Study describes the basic science behind the newly emerging discipline of Pediatric Environmental Health. This publication serves as a companion document to the case study, "Taking a Pediatric Exposure History".