May, 2003
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Lending Library

Table of Contents



Direct Downloads
PowerPoint Presentations Workbooks in PDF format
Mailed Packages
Videotapes
EPOCH-Envi
NIEHS Hazardous Waste Modules
ATSDR Case Studies
Peer-Reviewed Modules
Other Educational Modules
Fact Sheets
ATSDR Toxicological Profiles
Slides and Slide Talks
Training Manuals
Other Government Publications

Educational Resource Library Guidelines

The Educational Resource Library is a resource which can be used by all AOEC members. The materials we have gathered to date include peer reviewed modules, slides (both outlined talks and collections illustrating work processes, potential exposures, etc.), presentations, curriculum guides, fact sheets, and videotapes.

We are actively soliciting additional materials for the Educational Resource Library. If you are interested in developing materials for the library or if you would like to donate already developed materials please contact the AOEC office. We can provide funding for material development and duplication.

The following rental guidelines are intended to help maximize the availability of the materials to all AOEC members:

1) Lending Library materials will be available to all individual and clinic AOEC members and under the following conditions:



 
 

PowerPoint Presentations

DOWNLOADABLE PowerPoint

Simply click on the link to download. Presentations are available as a *.ppt direct PowerPoint Presentation, and occasionally as a more compact *.ZIP file, which requires un-packing upon receipt, using the commonly available PKZIP program, which compresses and combines data files into tight bundles. Many other programs are available to un-pack these bundles, even for Windows, Macintosh and Unix systems.

To receive these files in a transportable / physical format, contact the AOEC office, and CD-ROM versions can be purchased for $15 each.
 

Pesticide Illness. (posted 1/31/2004)

by Rupali Das, MD, MPH, California Department of Health Services
Michael O’Malley, MD, MPH, University of California, Davis
Laura Styles, MPH, Public Health Institute

This module is intended to teach the practicing physician more about pesticide illness.
The first segment describes general aspects of pesticide toxicology, and pesticide illness epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment.
Subsequent segments will discuss acute pesticide illness due to specific pesticide classes (Parts 2 and 3) and chronic pesticide illness (Part 4).  Each segment will use case presentations to illustrate the educational material.
Please refer to the speaker’s notes to supplement the PowerPoint slides.
 
 
Module User Memos (Word Files)
Read First
Part 1 Pesticide Toxicology, Illness Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Part 2 Pesticide Toxicology, Illness Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Part 3 Fumigants, Fungicides, Herbicides, Disinfectants, Miscellaneous Pesticides
Part 4 Chronic Health Effects Laws and Regulations
References
PowerPoint Modules
Part 1 Gen. Information
Part 2 Insecticides
Part 3 Fumigants, Fungicides, Misc
Part 4 Chronic Health Effects

Health Hazards of Solvents. (posted 7/27/2003)
by James E. Cone MD, MPH
and Karen Packard, RDH, MS

Objectives:
To provide an overview of occupational solvent exposure
To review potential health outcomes and public health prevention options.
To provide step by step approach to  diagnostic testing and treatment of solvent-related diseases
To provide background information on specific solvents
To illustrate the diverse effects of solvents through cases involving solvent toxicity

Several versions of the information are available, all on the same CD-ROM from AOEC headquarters. Links below are posted here at www.aoec.org.
Whole text presentation:  Online View of PowerPoint
Powerpoint= 9.3 Meg

Case Number 1 (PowerPoint) 7 Meg
Case Number 2 (PowerPoint) 197 Kb
Case Number 3 (PowerPoint) 770 Kb

Notes - Introduction Word file=57K
Notes-Case Studies, Word file=62K
Solvents Bibliography, Word file=73K


Bioterrorism Responses by Health Care Professionals. (posted 7/20/2003)

by Royce Moser, Jr., M.D., MPH
Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health

Objectives:
To discuss recent increases in the threat Identify CDC Category A agents;
To discuss treatment of Category A diseases;
To describe responses of primary care providers to an event.

Several versions of the information are available, all on the same CD-ROM from AOEC headquarters. Links below are posted here at www.aoec.org.
Whole text presentation:  Online View of PowerPoint
Word File= 100K
WordPerfect File= 99K
Powerpoint= 28 Meg
Desired learning objectives Word file=133K, WordPerf=4K

Learner evaluation form, Word file=31K, WordPerf=12K

Patient Handout, Word file=36K, WordPerf=18K

Pre-Post Test Word file=43K, WordPerf=25K

Worker Preparedness and Response to Bioterrorism. (posted 5/18/2003)
by Edward W. Cetaruk, M.D.
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Denver, Colorado

Objectives: To be able to list biological agents that may be weaponized; To describe the process of weaponization; To develop an understanding of the bioterrorist threat; To be able to recognize a biological attack.
Several versions of the PowerPoint are available, all on the same CD-ROM from AOEC headquarters. Links below are posted here at www.aoec.org.
A) Presenter Text-Core Slides Only, Word File= 400K; Powerpoint=10Meg
Online View of PowerPoint

B) Presenter Summary, Word File= 200K; Powerpoint=10Meg
C) Complete, includes supplemental slides, Word File= 700K; Powerpoint=20Meg

CDC Reference Material on Bioterrorism, Word file=133K
Handout-One page information and resource guide, Word file=45k
Internet Resources on Bioterrorism, Word file=48k
Module User Memo-Read First, Word file=29k
Questions for Participants, Word file=35k

Lead- It's Everywhere (posted 7/4/02) Smoking and Occupational Health (posted 3/24/02) Occupational Health and the Heart (posted 3/24/02) Pediatric Environmental Health History (posted 5/21/00) Occupational Asthma (posted 5/21/00) Ergonomics - A Basic Overview (posted 5/29/00) Impacts Of Criteria Air Pollutants On The Respiratory Health Of Children (posted 8/01/00) Environmental Lead:
Sources of Occupational Exposure, Clinical Toxicology, and Control (posted 8/05/00)


E-mail-able PowerPoint

POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS

Aging Worker (The) by Richard Sall, MD, Business Health Network.

Bioterrorism and the Civilian Response- Tee Guidotti, MD, MPH, George Washington University Medical Center, Division of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology

Bioterrorism-version 2 - Tee Guidotti, MD, MPH, George Washington University Medical Center, Division of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology.

CAFOs- What Are They and Do They Cause Respiratory Disease by Susanna Von Essen, MD, MPH, University of Nebraska.

Carcinogenesis -Tee Guidotti, MD, MPH, George Washington University Medical Center, Division of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology.

Concepts in Risk Communication, Rebecca Parkin, MPH, PhD, George Washington University, Division of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome by Richard Sall, MD, Business Health Network.

Eliminating Silicosis as an Occupational Risk -Tee Guidotti, MD, MPH, George Washington University, Division of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology.

Hepatitis A and B: Travel Risks by Gordon Early, MD, MPH.

Hepatitis C and the Rest of the Alphabet by Gordon Early, MD, MPH.

How to Read an OSHA Standard, Barbara Coyle, RN, COHN-S, WI Division of Public Health

Indoor Air Quality by John Oudyk, CIH, Ontario Health Clinics for Ontario Workers (OHCOW). Uses Canadian standards and laws.

Lead: Sources of Occupational Exposure, Clinical Toxicology and Control -Tee Guidotti, MD, MPH, George Washington University Medical Center, Division of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology

Metal Working Fluids, William Beckett, MD, MPH, University of Rochester School of Medicine.

Molds- Tee Guidotti, MD, MPH, Sylvie Cohen, MD, George Washington University Medical Center, Division of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology.

Newer Occupational Lung Diseases, William Beckett, MD, MPH, University of Rochester School of Medicine.

Occupational Lung Cancer, William Beckett, MD, MPH, University of Rochester School of Medicine.

Occupational Lung Disease -Tee Guidotti, MD, MPH, George Washington University Medical Center, Division of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology

Pneumoconiosis: Concepts and Controversies by Rachel Rubin, MD, MPH, Division of Occupational Medicine, Cook County Hospital. Must be sent via CD ROM

Polycyclic Organochlorines, Dioxins, Furans, and PCBs -Tee Guidotti, MD, MPH, George Washington University Medical Center,

Psychosocial Issues in Workplace Injuries by Richard Sall, MD, Business Health Network.

Respiratory Hazards in Agriculture by Susanna Von Essen, MD, MPH, University of Nebraska.

Risk Assessment: a Conceptual Introduction -Tee Guidotti, MD, MPH, George Washington University, Division of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology.

Solvents -Tee Guidotti, MD, MPH, George Washington University, Division of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology.

Some Recent Developments in Health Provider Education by Peter Orris, MD, MPH, Division of Occupational Medicine, Cook County Hospital.

Toxic Hazards and Risk Communication -Tee Guidotti, MD, MPH, George Washington University, Division of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology.

Workers Compensation: In-depth Medical Perspectives by Richard Sall, MD, Business Health

Pediatric Environmental Health

All of the following were developed to address pediatric environmental health under the AOEC Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units project funded through the cooperative agreement with Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) with assistance from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Recognizing the Impact of Air Pollution on Children's Health,
Larry K. Lowry, PhD, Jeffrey L. Levin, MD, MSPH, Debra C. Cherry, MD, MS, SW
Center for Pediatric Environmental Health The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler.
Details special concerns for pediatric populations regarding both indoor and outdoor air quality issues.

Mercury in a Home -
Larry K. Lowry, PhD, Debra C. Cherry, MD, MS, SW Center for Pediatric Environmental Health The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler and Larissa Velez, MD, North Texas Poison Center, Dallas.
Case study of a mercury contamination case.

The Home Environment, Children and Health,
Marthaelena Corral, MD, SW Center for Pediatric Environmental Health The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler.
Program designed for lay audience regarding basic environmental issues. Available in English or Spanish as El Medio Ambiente del Hogar, Los Niños, y la Salud.

Schools as a Pediatric Environment -
Larry K. Lowry, PhD, Jeffrey L. Levin, MD, MSPH, SW Center for Pediatric Environmental Health The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler.
An overview of the school as an environment where children spend a large percentage of their waking hours.

Special Problems of Children of Migrant Workers
Larry K. Lowry, PhD, Center for Pediatric Environmental Health The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler. Focus on Mexico/US border region.
Good introduction with national and regional resources listed.

The Environment and Your Health
Larry K. Lowry, PhD, Center for Pediatric Environmental Health The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler.
Basic and fun introduction for teens and/or undergraduates. Sound effects, graphics and case study of teenagers and mercury exposures. Best sent via CD ROM.

Pediatric Cancer Clusters
Joel Forman, MD, Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit, Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
Introduction to cancer clusters. Includes Toms River study information.

Breast Feeding and Street Drugs -
Joel Forman, MD, Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit, Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

Lead Poisoning in Children: An Introduction -
Joel Forman, MD, Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit, Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
Good basic primer on childhood lead poisoning.

Pediatric Environmental Health Issues: An Introduction
Joel Forman, MD, Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit, Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
Overview of issue. What issues should be addressed by general pediatricians.


Workbooks available on CD in Acrobat PDF format
( files require Acrobat Reader, free download from Adobe)
“A Fair Trade”
2000
Part of a series of Community Environmental Health Education Modules for Health Care Providers and the Lay Community prepared by The Center for Population Health at the University of New Mexico under the direction of Karen Mulloy, DO, MSCH. This module consists of a case study of a construction worker with respiratory symptoms who worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

“Where do You Play? A Boy and his Rash”
2000
Part of a series of Community Environmental Health Education Modules for Health Care Providers and the Lay Community prepared by The Center for Population Health at the University of New Mexico under the direction of Karen Mulloy, DO, MSCH. A pediatric case study to illustrate a public health and prevention approach to the acute and chronic health risks of pesticide exposure. The module consists of a notebook with instructor’s guide, case study, mini-lectures designed to teach history-taking and analysis of exposures, appendices of relevant materials, references, and evaluation. Available on CD ROM in Acrobat PDF format.

“An Introduction to Basic Risk Assessment”
2002
Part of a series of Community Environmental Health Education Modules for Health Care Providers and the Lay Community prepared by The Center for Population Health at the University of New Mexico under the direction of Karen Mulloy, DO, MSCH. An introduction to risk assessment using case studies to illustrate a public health and prevention approach. The module consists of a notebook with instructor’s guide, case study, mini-lectures designed to teach history-taking and analysis of exposures, appendices of relevant materials, references, and evaluation. Also available on CD ROM in Acrobat PDF format.

Kids and the Environment: Toxic Hazards, A Course on Pediatric Environmental Health
Teaching course with text and reference articles.
California Public Health Foundation, Comprehensive course includes original text, charts and handouts.

VIDEOTAPES
















Can Buildings Make You Sick? 1995, NOVA.

Caution: Foundry at Work 1998, NIOSH-TV/U.S. Government

Child’s Play 1997, Lake Michigan Federation

Clinical Issues in Environmental Epidemiology 1989.

Community Challenge: Hazardous Materials Response and the Emergency Medical System.
1997, Dept. Of Health & Human Services.

El Terror Invisible: Pesticide Safety in North Carolina (2002)
53.5 minutes. Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 2000. Thomas A. Arcury, PhD, Sara Quandt, PhD, principal investigators. This videotape contains three segments in Spanish with English subtitles addressing pesticide safety, pesticide handlers and green tobacco sickness. Each segment can be viewed separately, but the second and third segments build on information presented in the first. The video is accompanied by the manual: Preventing Agricultural Chemical Exposure: A Safety Program Manual (2000).

Environmental Health: A Nursing Opportunity, 2000, Public Health Training Network, CDC, ATSDR
Addresses environmental health issues, including taking an exposure history, strategies for intervention and prevention, as well as related tools and resources to integrate into all areas of nursing practice. 2 hours, 14 minutes

ETO-Ethylene Oxide, NIOSH
Provides very good information for taking learners into the hospital for a teaching worksite visit. Good to illustrate engineering controls, and work practices.

Ergonomic Health: Knowing the Challenge, Thomas McCoy, DO and Medical Ergonomics Society
Five tape introduction to management of ergonomic health issues from a variety of perspectives. Each tape runs about one hour.

Family Practice Update: Reproductive Hazards in the Environment

The Finest Tools, NIOSH
Ergonomics introduction.

Fire Fighter
George Washington University
Introductory discussion of medical interviews, community medicine, pulmonary physiology. Target audience is first and second year medical students.

Five Walnuts: The Health Effects of Asbestos
Occ. Health Clinic, San Francisco General Hospital.

From Negative to Positive, 1998
Basics of tuberculosis.
Developed by the Medical College of PA?Hahnemann University under a grant from the National Inst. Of Environmental Health Sciences, 14:45 min.

Guardians of the Workplace
American Board of Industrial Hygiene, 1989
Professionalism in the field of industrial hygiene

Health Talk: Understanding Material Safety Data Sheets
MA State Emergency Response Commission, 1989.

He's Not the Man I Married...Could it be Lead?" / "No es el hombre con quien me case...Sera el plomo?
California Department of Health Services.
In Spanish and English this is targeted at a lay audience. It describes workplace lead exposure and how to prevent it. It also describes the effects it has on the worker and their family and what can be done if one is lead poisoned.

How to Take an Occupational & Environmental History,
Developed by Linda Frazier, MD, MPH, & Gary Greenberg, MD, MPH, & produced at Duke University Medical Center at the EPOCH-Envi Center, 1993.
7 minutes, with worksheet.

Introduction to the Exposure History
Wayne State University/ Maryjean Schenk, MD, MPH, MS.
Demonstrates taking of a comprehensive occupational & environmental exposure history.

Kids at Risk: How to Cover Children’s Environmental Health Stories,
Produced by The Radio and Television News Directors Foundation.
A 60 minute program to provide journalists with information to help them understand and cover environmental issues. 1997.

Lead Abatement for This Old House
WGBH, Boston
Shows contractor and workers removing exterior paint from an old house. Shows worker and environmental protections. Brief discussion of health effects of lead. Lively!

Lead, Nutrition, and Your Child
Nine minute segment, targeted at parents, on the role of nutrition in lead poisoning.

Not By Chance
Reducing occupational exposures & hazards, Workplace Health Fund, 1990.

Painter With New Symptoms
Harvard Medical School, 1996
presents a patient’s history and physical exam in determining the development of lead poisoning.
This tape may not be copied, but may be purchased through the Harvard Medical School.

A Pesky Problem,
1997 Basics of possible health effects due to pesticides.
Developed by the Medical College of PA/Hahnemann University under a grant from the National Inst. of Environmental Health Services, 19 min.

Protectors of the Workplace
American Board of Industrial Hygiene, 1993
Introduction to the field of industrial hygiene.

RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury): The Hidden Crippler
The Newspaper Guild, 1990

Song of the Canary: A Film About the Dangers of the American Workplace
Josh Hanig and David Davis/New Day Films
Basic introduction to the issues of occupational health and safety, makes some links with environmental issues as well.

The Doctor Never Asked Me
Janie Gordon, ScM and James Keough, MD, Occupational Health Project University of Maryland
Discussion by six workers of their conditions and problems getting those conditions properly diagnosed. Includes discussion by family members as well. Excellent for students and others new to the field.

Working Condition
Instructional Development Center, Univ. of Vermont.

PEER-REVIEWED MODULES

Dermatology and Environmental Health
167 slides, script, course outline, background material, 1995.
Linda Cocchiarella, MD; Thomas Salopek, MD, University of Alberta.
Comprehensive teaching module including material a variety of dermatological conditions such as contact dermatitis, urticaria, acne and chloracne, etc. Contains background material, copies of slides, script, ATSDR case study, and slides.

Environmental Aspects of Reproductive Health
19 slides, script, with slide printouts, 1998.
Sue Upham, MD, MPH
This learning module for health professionals studies a variety of exposures to humans which may adversely affect the functions of the male and female reproductive systems. They include a study of chemical contaminants in our water, soil, air and food.

Environmental Health Aspects of Cancer
55 slides, script, course outline, handouts, background material, 1996.
Robert K. McLellan, MD, MPH; Hilton C. Lewinsohn, MB BCH, FFOM, DIH
Comprehensive teaching module on environmental health aspects of cancer. Various topics are covered including tumor pathology and mechanisms, approaches to identifying carcinogens, examples of environmental carcinogens, and associated risk factors, etc.,.

Environmental Health Aspects of Household Hazards
29 slides, course outline, handouts, background material, 1995.
Raymond Thron, PhD; Timothy Burkhardt, MPH.
Comprehensive teaching module on household hazards including; lead, asbestos, cleaning materials, solvents, and others. Contains slides, script, text copies of slides, student handouts and background material for presenter.

Environmental Health Effects of Ambient Air Pollution
36 slides, script, course outline, 1991.
Glenn Pransky, MD; Kathleen Rest, PhD; and Sabrina Kurtz, M.Ed., University of MA Medical School
Comprehensive module developed under contract with AOEC includes all materials necessary for grand rounds-medical seminar presentation including case study example, script, outline, handout and copies of key references. Targeted towards primary care physicians and medical students.

Environmental Health Effects of Groundwater Contamination
42 slides, script, course outline, 1991.
Glenn Pransky, MD; Kathleen Rest, PhD; and Sabrina Kurtz, M.Ed.
Comprehensive teaching module including script, handout, outline, and copies of key references and resources. Material covers occupational/environmental sources of lead poisoning, clinical presentation, therapeutic and preventive approaches with mention of occupational/environmental regulations.

Lead: It's Everywhere
56 slides, script, course outline, 2002.
Alan M. Ducatman, MD, MSc, West Virginia University School of Medicine
The module will teach clinicians about the history, sources, routes and extent of lead exposure, about health effects, surveillance, diagnosis, and treatment strategies, and about lead poisoning prevention. Module includes slide/CD presentations, expanded annotated slide presentation guide for teachers and students, relevant key articles and reviews and program evaluation form.

Ergonomics - A Basic Overview
57 slides , script, handout material, pre/post test and references, 1999.
Sandra N. Mohr, MD, MPH & Richard M. Lynch, PhD, CIH, Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences Institute.
An education module designed for physicians and other health care providers to furnish them an introduction to the topic of ergonomics.

Evaluation of the Worker with Suspected Occupational Lung Disease
17 slides, no script, 1998.
Tee Guidotti, MD, MPH, University of Alberta, Canada
Shows the major types of occupational lung disease, and the medical approach and evaluation of the injured worker. It also looks at structure, function, causation, prognosis, treatment and prevention factors in occupational disease.

The Exposure History
27 slides, script, handouts, pre/post tests, and references, 1993.
James Blessman, Jr., MD, Wayne State University
Comprehensive teaching module including script, handouts, outline, copies of key references, and resources. Covers taking both an occupational and environmental exposure history and includes sample exposure history forms.

Hepatic Health Effects of Environmental Exposure
50 slides and script, 1996
Glenn Pransky, MD, MOH, University of Massachusetts
Includes basic principles of environmental effects on liver, including diseases, drugs and genetics. Also, describes screening, diagnosis and prevention.

Indoor Environmental Quality: A Continuing Medical Evaluation Lecture Module for Clinicians
79 slides with script, handout, EPA Indoor Air Pollution material.
James Cone, MD, MPH, Diane Bush, Susan Stair and Liz Katz; Hazard Evaluation System and Information Service, State of California.
Provides introduction to key issues involved in investigating indoor air quality problems as well as discussion of symptoms and possible causes related to indoor air quality problems. Also available: Video-NOVA Program on Sick Building Syndrome & EPA: Tools for Schools.

Kids and the Environment: Toxic Hazards, A Course on Pediatric Environmental Health
Teaching course with text and reference articles.
California Public Health Foundation
Comprehensive course includes original text, reference articles, charts and handouts.

Living on the Chemical Edge: Medical Issues Concerning Residents Near Hazardous Waste Sites
54 slides and script, 1989.
Tee Guidotti, University of Alberta
Comprehensive presentation with script and handout targeted for the primary care physician, including citations and references. Slides illustrate typical super-fund exposures and rational approach to community concerns.

Noise Induced Hearing Loss
57 slides, script and articles, 1993.
Karen Mulloy, DO, MSCH, Marshall University
Introductory talk, slides and background articles.

Occupational Asthma
42 slides and CD-ROM with audio, 2000.
William Beckett, MD, MPH and Dina Markowitz, PhD, University of Rochester School of Medicine.
Comprehensive introduction on occupational asthma, causes, outcomes and appropriate medical responses. Targeted for the primary care physician and medical students.

Occupational and Environmental Liver Disease
33 slides and script.
Glenn Pransky, MD, MOccH., University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Includes script, outline and references, the relevant chapter in Levy and Wegman. Grand rounds type presentation reviewing various aspects of work related liver disease, differential diagnosis of suspected work-related liver problems and fitness to work determination form individuals with liver disease

Occupational Health and the Heart
39 slides, script, 2002
John Meyer, MD, MPH, West Virginia University, University of Manchester, UK
Grand rounds type presentation including references, script, covering various issues in occupational cardiovascular toxicity (carbon monoxide, nitrates, carbon disulfide, noise) and brief discussion of work capability determination for cardiovascular patient. Also available as CD Rom. Replaces 1990 presentation on Occupational and Environmental Cardiovascular Disease by Glenn Pransky, MD, MOccH., University of Massachusetts Medical Center

Pediatric Environmental Health History
Slides or CD, both with notes.
Rose H. Goldman, MD, MPH, Michael Shannon, MD & Alan Woolf, MD, Pediatric Environmental Health Unit at Cambridge Hospital & Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Program uses a case study of carbon monoxide exposure in a six-year-old. Examples are also given for symptoms in several stages of development including in the developing fetus. Program developed by Cambridge Hospital and the Children’s Hospital, Boston, under the AOEC/ATSDR Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units project

Renal Health Effects of Environmental Toxicants
40 slides with script.
Christopher Teaf, PhD. & Isabel Stabile, PhD., Florida State University
Includes the common function of the kidney, various renal toxicants with their effects, therapeutic agents, an exposure assessment and a case study.

Reproductive Hazards in the Workplace and the Environment
34 slides with text and syllabus for clinicians, 1991.
Maureen Paul, MD, MPH, FACOG and Sabrina Kurtz, M.Ed., University of MA Medical School
Grand rounds presentation covering various aspects of reproductive hazards in the workplace, as well as in the community. Includes texts, syllabus, citations.

Risk Assessment and Environmental Health
33 slides with text and student manual, 1996.
Michael Gochfeld, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute
An in-depth overview of risk assessment and environmental health. Topics covered includes definitions and stages of risk assessment, examples of risk management, analysis and application of risk assessment, etc. Target audience: medical students. Also appropriate for primary care physicians and other health care providers. Also contains script.

Smoking and Occupational Health,
2002 William Beckett, MD, MPH, Dina Markowitz, PhD, University of Rochester.
Presentation of the occupational health problems associated with smoking. Also available as CD ROM.

SLIDES AND SLIDE TALKS

These materials are primarily geared for a physician-medical student audience. Where indicated, presentations are complete, free standing medical grand rounds-seminar presentation, with handout, citations and script.

Agricultural Lung Disease
57 slides, no text
David Schwartz, MD, MPH., University of Iowa

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
38 slides, no text
Mark Upfal, MD, MPH, Wayne State University
Useful to augment a talk on ADA. Slides illustrate in outline form some of the main areas of concern such as physical and mental impairments, what is not an impairment, limitations, reasonable accommodations, etc.

Arsenic Toxicity
47 slides, w/ATSDR document on subject.
William B. Patterson, MD, MPH, New England Health Center, Wilmington, MA
Presentation discusses the environmental & occupational aspects of exposure, the biological fate, and the health effects and treatment of acute and chronic poisoning. Also includes a clinical evaluation based on lab tests and biological monitoring.

Asbestos and the Family Practitioner
37 slides with slide descriptions
Glenn Pransky, MD, MOH., Univ. of Massachusetts Medical Center.
Basic introductory talk for primary care practitioners on health effects of asbestos, OSHA-required screening evaluations, and common questions which these practitioners face. Includes copy of handout, script, citations and references.

Asbestos-Teaching Module
William Beckett, MD, The American College of Radiology
Slides feature several pathology examples and 20 x-rays which illustrate various radiologic examples of asbestos-induced diseases, including asbestosis, pleural effusion, plaques, mesothelioma, and lung cancer with detailed explanation of each entity.

Asthma, Welding, Raynauds, Ozone & Metal Fume Fever
14 slides, no text
Ray Demers, MD, Wayne State University
Several pictures and text slides on each topic.

Basic Ergonomics
8 slides and slide descriptions
Glenn Pransky, MD, MOH., University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Brief review of key concepts in ergonomics. Several references from medical literature included.

Cancer-General Information
13 slides and outline
Ray Demers, MD, Wayne State University
General information on work-related cancers, and screening for cancer in the workplace.

Cancer & Pattern-Maker Study
17 slides and outline
Ray Demers, MD, Wayne State University
Slides with outline, illustrating exposures and results of study on elevated risk of colon cancer in automobile pattern-makers. Slides include workplace photograph, outline and conclusions of study.

Carcinogenesis
21 slides, no text, 1997.
Tee Guidotti, MD, MPH, University of Alberta, Canada
Shows the characteristics of cancer, early and recent theories concerning cancer, steps in treating chemically and biologically, and dietary and genetic predisposing factors.

Challenges in Medical Surveillance for Hazardous Waste Workers
48 slides with script.
Mark Upfal, MD, Wayne State University
Comprehensive overview of scientific and practical issues encountered in conducting medical surveillance for hazardous waste workers. Includes handout, script and key citations.

Childhood Lead Poisoning
65 slides with a script.
Ezatollah Keyvan, MD, Maryland Department of the Environment
Overview of the issues of childhood lead poisoning, including causes, prevention, and treatment.

Coal Mining
7 slides (3 are underground work scene), no text
Karen Mulloy, D.O., MSCH, Marshall University
Excellent slides of typical coal mining work scenes.

Computer Room Clean
8 slides, no text.
Stephen McCurdy, MD, MPH, University of California -Davis
Misc. slides of computer work scenes.

Cumulative Trauma Disorders & Ergonomics
80 slides with script
Glenn Pransky, MD, MOH., University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Introductory talk for physicians and medical students with script, handout, and citations, addressing typical cumulative trauma disorders, causes, prevention, with focus on basic ergonomic approaches. Limited information on specific therapies.

Current Issues in Air Quality
15 slides, no text, 1997.
Tee L. Guidotti, MD, MPH, University of Alberta, Canada
Includes slides illustrating current health issues and characteristics relating to PM 2.5 and ozone.

Cyanide Poisoning, Acute & Chronic
27 slides and outline.
Lorne Garretson, MD, Medical Toxicologist. Emory University.
Includes slides listing symptoms, routes of exposure, sources of exposure, toxic effects and methods of diagnosis.

Diisocyanate-induced Effects on the Respiratory System,
35 slides and accompanying article, 1999
Julia Klees, MD, MPH and M. Gerald Ott, PhD, BASF Corporation.
Slide presentation developed to accompany article from Occupational Medicine, State of the Art Reviews, Vol. 14, No. 4, October-December 1999. Philadelphia, Hanley & Belfus, Inc.

Doc, I’m Exposed to Chemicals
15 slides, an outline, and slide descriptions, 1999.
Linda Frazier, MD, MPH, University of Kansas School of Medicine - Wichita
This presentation was developed to assist clinicians to counsel individuals who are concerned about chemical exposures

Electronics Equipment Assembly
5 slides and slide descriptions
Glenn Pransky, MD, MOH., University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Five workplace slides illustrating typical electronics assembly operations.

Endocrine Disruptors : A New Public Health Problem?,
48 slides with outline, text and bibliography, 1997.
Gina M. Solomon, MD, MPH, Senior Scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council, San Francisco, CA.
Recent scientific research indicates that some pesticides and industrial chemicals can interfere with normal hormonal functions in cell systems, lab animals, wildlife and some human sub-populations. Preliminary evidence suggests that endocrine disruption may be quite different from traditional toxicological effects. These differences from traditional toxicology may require new ways of testing and regulating chemicals.

Environmental Health and Primary Care
48 slides and outline with case study
Rose Goldman, MD, MPH & Daniel Brooks, MPH, Cambridge Hospital
Grand rounds medical seminar presentation including slides, outline, case study. Illustrates approach for primary care physician to environmental health problem of ground water contamination with gasoline by excellent combination of photographic and chart slides, interactive program encouraging audience participation.

Epidemiology and Occupational Medicine
19 slides with script
Karen Mulloy, DO, MSCH, Marshall University
Includes detailed script for grand rounds resident lecture. Good references and handout, excellent introduction to scientific issues, followed by case examples including lung cancer.

Evaluation of the Worker with Suspected Occupational Lung Disease
17 slides, no script, 1998.
Tee Guidotti, MD, MPH, University of Alberta, Canada
Shows the major types of occupational lung disease, and the medical approach and evaluation of the injured worker. It also looks at structure, function, causation, prognosis, treatment and prevention factors in occupational disease.

Fine Particulates in Air Quality
17 slides, no text, 1997.
Tee Guidotti, MD, MPH, University of Alberta, Canada
Describes air quality issues, the origins of concern, characteristics of PM25 and proposed particulate standards.

Foundry Workplace Walk-through
17 slides and slide descriptions
Glenn Pransky, MD, MOH., University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Illustration of workplace walk-through using schematic and workplace slides from foundry.

Hazards in Auto Body Shops
19 slides and script
Glenn Pransky, MD, MOH., University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Script accompanying workplace photographs; hazards discussed in more detail in "Auto Body Repair: Recognizing and Controlling Health and Safety Hazards" a training manual also available through the AOEC lending library.

Health Care Products Manufacturing-Repetitive Trauma Disorders
7 slides & script
Glenn Pransky, MD, MOH., University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Script, accompanying workplace photographs of manufacturing site where workers are at risk of several cumulative trauma disorders including carpal tunnel syndrome and lateral epicondylitis.

Health Hazards of the Cloth Printing Industry
19 slides and script.
Glenn Pransky, MD, MOH. and Jay Himmelstein, MD, University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Script, outline , with photographs of cloth printing, with some emphasis on risk of cloth printers for bladder cancer.

Health Hazards of Electroplating
47 slides and script
Glenn Pransky, MD, MOH., University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Outline with comprehensive review of hazards encountered in electroplating operations. Discussed in more detail in "Metal Finishing: Recognizing and Controlling Health and Safety Hazards" a training manual also available through the AOEC lending library.

Health Effects of Trichloroethylene and Tetrachloroethylene
19 slides and outline
Eddy Bresnitz, MD, MS., Medical College of Pennsylvania
A talk to the Berks County Medical Society, Pennsylvania.

Hospital Employee Health
32 slides, no script
William Patterson, MD, Boston University
Slides review applicable OSHA standards to typical health care setting including lab safety, blood borne infectious diseases, right-to-know ethylene oxide, biological and physical health risk.

Identifying Occupational and Environmental Disease
44 slides and outline
James Blessman, MD, MPH., Wayne State University
A talk given to Illinois Dept. of Health, Belleville Hospital, Belleville, IL, October 1991.

Immune Mechanisms in Occupational Medicine: Principles of Toxicology
20 slides, no script
Tee Guidotti, MD, MPH University of Alberta, Canada.
Looks at the role of immune mechanisms, the essential principles and factors influencing the immune response and studies B cells, T cells and other killer cells and immunoglobulins.

Indoor Air Pollution: Environmental Tobacco Smoke, Radon and Sick Buildings
21 Slides and script
Charles Sweet, MD., University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Outline with bibliography.

Introduction to Occupational Medicine,
39 slides, no script, 1998,
Tee Guidotti, MD, MPH, University of Alberta, Canada.
Comprehensive study of the field , including a look at occupational disorders and injuries, including the psychological aspects, occupational hazards, and health and safety programs. The module also includes information regarding aspects of fitness-to-work evaluations, such as objectives, components, judgments and issues.

Lead: Sources of Occupational Exposure, Clinical Toxicology & Control,
27 slides, no script, 1998.
University of Alberta, Occ. Health Program
Slides trace the history and sources of lead exposure, present and future, indicate the physical and neurological manifestations and management of toxicity, the toxicokinetics of lead.

Men and Women Working
20 slides from Earl Dotter
Karen Mulloy, DO, MSCH, Marshall University
Slides from Earl Dotter including typical work scenes from paper mill, farm related work, aerial spraying of pesticides, illustrating hazards and working conditions.

Metal Fabrication and Welding
15 slides with titles
Glenn Pransky, MD, MOH., University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Includes outline, workplace slides illustrating typical scenes in welding shops.

Miscellaneous Workplace
9 slides with titles
Glenn Pransky, MD, MOH., University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Typical scenes from biotechnology, semiconductor manufacturer, forging, machining, glass bottle manufacturing, auto body manufacturing and stone cutting.

Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
36 slides and outline with references and two case studies
Howard Frumkin, MD, MPH., Emory University
A grand rounds presentation to the Medical College, Univ. of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.

Occupational Asthma
44 slides, 1997
Susan Righi, MD, MPH, Eastern New York Occupational Health Program
Includes methods of diagnosis, causes, management, and prevention of occupational asthma.

Occupational Back Pain: Common Management Issues
27 slides and outline
Linda Frazier, MD
Outline with references.

Occupational and Environmental Medicine
39 slides and outline
Roy L. DeHart, MD, MPH
An overview of the profession of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Funded by a grant from ACOEM

Occupational and Environmental Skin Disorders Among Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers
81 slides and outline
Rosemary Sokas, MD, MPH; Daniel Hogan, MD, MPH; Jose Morales, MD, George Washington University
Slides with script designed to teach the clinician to evaluate, treat, prevent, and palliate skin disease.

Occupational Health, OSHA Standards
20 slides
William Patterson, MD, Boston University
Slides without script of charts illustrating basic elements of general duty, right-to-know, record-keeping, respiratory protection standards.

Occupational History and Primary Care
11 slides, no text
Willliam Patterson, MD, Boston University

Occupational Lung Disease
98 slides with storyboard
Mark Upfal, MD, MPH, Wayne State University
Grand rounds type talk with photographs, graphs, charts, handout, outline and script. No citations or references. Well organized talk covering all aspects of work-related lung disease.

Occupational Medicine: 10 Leading Work-Related Diseases and Injuries (1982)
12 slides, no script
Karen Mulloy, DO, MSCH., Marshall University
Slides illustrate priorities in NIOSH list.

Occupational Medicine: An Introduction for Family Practitioners
38 slides with script & student handouts.
Karen Mulloy, DO, MSCH, Marshall University
Excellent introductory talk, including script, handouts and citations.

Occupational Medicine: An Introduction
26 slides plus lecture with worksheet and pre & post test
James Cone, MD and Robin Dewey, MPH.
Introductory workshop including lecture outline, student worksheet, pre and post tests, suited to medical students, providing 1 to 2 hours of material covering a variety of topics.

OSHA - Miscellaneous Slides
11 slides and script
Glenn Pransky, MD, MOH., University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Includes script, very basic overview of several features of the occupational safety and health act.

PCBs Toxicity
38 slides and case study
Richard Weinstein, MD

Pleural Abnormalities-Pipefitter and Boilermaker Study
8 slides and outline
Ray Demers, MD, Wayne State University
Includes outline, workplace photographs.

Pulmonary Asbestosis
15 slides and outline.
Ray Demers, MD, Wayne State University
Includes outline, x-ray photographs.

Radon Toxicity
78 slides and monograph.
Mark Upfal, MD
Script, monograph, covers exposures, associated illness, and remediation methods; excellent grand rounds or medical seminar presentation.

Reproductive Hazards: Grand Rounds
29 slides with outline
Laura Welch, MD, George Washington University
Grand rounds presentation with outline, addressing several aspects of reproductive hazards in the workplace.

Taking an Exposure History for Nurses
25 slides.
Gail Buckler, RN, COHN. EOHSI. Slides from presentation made to NSNA Spring 1996.
Text slides with common exposures, routes of exposure, and examples of common questions to be included in history. For use by those familiar with teaching exposure histories.

To Eliminate Silicosis, What One Country Has Done and Will Do,
15 slides, no text, 1997.
University of Alberta, Canada, Occupational Health Program
Slides illustrate reasons for concern over silicosis, the establishment of the Alberta Fibrosis Program, its history accomplishments and demise, and Canada’s current approach to combating silicosis.

Trench and Excavation Cave-In
24 slides with outline, 1997.
Anthony Suruda, MD, MPH. University of Utah
Identifies the principal safety hazard in trenches and excavations. Describes methods of preventing injury.

Trichloroethylene Toxicity,
10 slides with ATSDR document on the subject.
William Patterson, MD, MPH, New England Health Center, Wilmington, MA
Gives the physical properties, possible consumer products, occupational exposures, the health effects, and the standards and regulations for this chemical.

Vibration/VWF
9 slides, no text
Ray Demers, MD, Wayne State University

Work Scenes-Miscellaneous
96 slides, no text
Ray Demers, MD, Wayne State University
Illustrates a wide variety of workplaces in manufacturing, technology and construction industries.

EPOCH-ENVI

HIV Infection Module

Video Curriculum Materials

Occupational and Environmental Medicine in Primary Care

Developing Curriculum for Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Small Group Teaching

OTHER EDUCATIONAL MODULES






























 
 

NIEHS HAZARDOUS WASTE WORKER TRAINING MODULES

FACT SHEETS

TRAINING MANUALS

AGRICULTURAL ISSUES

Aprenda Sobre la Enfermedad del Tabaco Verde: La Experiencia de Juan (Learning about Green Tobacco Sickness: Juan's Experience). Samuel Simmons, MA. Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 2001. 18pp. Photonovel in Spanish and English following a worker's experience with Green Tobacco sickness.
ASBESTOS BIOTECHNOLOGY LAB HEALTH BLACK LUNG CANCER
Workplace Roulette: Gambling with Cancer
Matthew Firth, James Brophy, Margaret Keith.
Copies available for review. Purchasing information will be included with the review copy.


CARPENTRY

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES HEALTH HISTORY INFECTIOUS DISEASES
From Negative to Positive
Tuberculosis Control, Allegheny Univ. Of the Health Sciences, 1998. (With video)
HIV/AIDS: SEIU Training Curriculum
Service Employees International Union, no date.

Tuberculosis Control in the Workplace: Science, Implementation and Prevention Policy
Society for Occ. & Env. Health with the Univ. Of California, San Francisco, December 1994.

MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS
Musculoskeletal Disorders and Workplace Factors, A critical review of epidemiological evidence for work-related musculoskeletal disorders of the neck, upper extremity, and low back. CDC, US Dept. Of Health and Human Services, July 1997
NUCLEAR CLEANUP
Complex Cleanup - The Environmental Legacy of Nuclear Weapons Production, Congress, Office of Technology Assessment, February 1991.
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH PAINTERS PEDIATRICS
An Injured Adolescen
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 1997.

Childhood Lead Poisoning: Good News, Bad News
National Safety Council, 1997.

Clearing the Air: Covering Asthma and other Childhood Diseases
National Safety Council, 1998.

Pediatric Environmental Neurobehavioral Test Battery
US Dept. Of Health & Human Services, Sept. 1996.

PESTICIDES
A Pesky Problem
Allegheny University of the Health Services, 1997 (with video).
Recognition and Management of Pesticide Poisoning
EPA, Donald P. Morgan, MD, PhD, March 1989.
SILICA
A Guide to Working Safely with Silica: If It’s Silica, It’s Not Just Dust
U.S. Dept. Of Labor. NIOSH. Undated.
WORKER TRAINING
Assessing Occupational Safety and Health Training: A Literature Review
CDC 1998, seeks answers as to whether occupational safety and health training requirements as cited in many federal standards is effective in reducing work-related injuries and illness, and whether the available evidence shows certain training factors to be more important than others in having positive effects on the outcome measures..

HESIS Guide to Solvent Safety
State of California, Dept. Of Health Services, Dept. Of Industrial Relations.

Protecting Workers Exposed to Lead-based Paint Hazards: A Report to Congress
NIOSH, 1997.

Resource Guide For Evaluating Worker Training: A Focus On Safety And Health
NIEHS, 1997.

ATSDR CASE STUDIES IN ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE

Case studies are a series of peer-reviewed self instructional publications designed to increase the primary care providers knowledge of hazardous substances in the environment and to aid in the evaluation of potentially exposed patients. Continuing Education (CME/CEU) is available to health professionals who use these monographs and complete the post-tests. Please contact the Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics for more information.Several of these are on the ATSDR web site and others soon will be. To see what is available check the ATSDR web site

Arsenic Toxicity #5
ATSDR TOXICOLOGICAL PROFILES
OTHER GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

A Comparison of Occupational Safety and Health Program in the United States and Mexico: An Overview
OSHA 1991.
Joint project of OSHA and the General Directorate of Medicine and Safety in the Workplace, Mexican Secretariat of Labor and Social Welfare
Construction Bibliography, NIOSH 1992

Framework for a Comprehensive Health and Safety Program in the Hospital Environment
OSHA 1993
Description of how to set up and manage health and safety programs in hospitals.

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