Capacity building in environmental health research in India and Nepal
| Autor: | Ondine S. von Ehrenstein, Alisa Jenny, Kirk R. Smith, Meera Hira-Smith, Allan H. Smith, Arin Basu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Research program
Research education Pulmonary effects Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Capacity building India Training (civil) Child development Occupational safety and health Indoor air quality Work (electrical) Nepal Environmental health Air Pollution Indoor Humans Business Environmental Health |
| Zdroj: | International journal of occupational and environmental health. 12(4) |
| ISSN: | 1077-3525 |
| Popis: | The Fogarty International Training and Research Program in Environmental and Occupational Health at UC Berkeley concentrates on two major environmental health issues in the Indian subcontinent: arsenic in drinking water in West Bengal, India, and indoor air pollution in India and Nepal. Local trainees and researchers have had the opportunity to work on related research. Concerning arsenic in drinking water, projects included studies of skin lesions, pulmonary effects, reproductive outcomes, and child development, as well as mitigation approaches to reduce exposures. Activities in the indoor air pollution project have emphasized quantifying exposures to smoke from cooking and heating as well as their associations with tuberculosis and eye disease. Training has focused on developing skills necessary to address these problems. The training emphasizes in-country mentoring of trainees related to their research projects, and intensive short courses at partner institutions. The focus of capacity building in environmental health research in countries in economic and environmental transition should be on country-based research projects with embedded training efforts. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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