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Building competency to deal with environmental health challenges: experiences and a proposal
Giovanni S Leonardi1,2, Ariana Zeka1,3, Matthew Ashworth4,5
1UKHSA, London, United Kingdom.
Frontiers in Public Health
|December 10, 2024
Summary
Global environmental health training programs are inconsistent, hindering efforts to address pollution, biodiversity loss, and climate change. Reorienting current practices through multidisciplinary training can bridge this gap effectively.
Area of Science:
- Environmental Health Sciences
- Public Health Training
- Ecological Sustainability Education
Background:
- Inconsistent global implementation of environmental health training programs exists for various professional levels.
- A significant training gap impedes addressing population impacts of pollution, biodiversity loss, and climate change.
- This deficiency hinders the global transition towards ecological sustainability.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review existing approaches for environmental health training.
- To identify strategies for addressing implementation challenges within a limited timeframe.
- To propose solutions for enhancing professional competencies in environmental health.
Main Methods:
- Literature review of current environmental health training programs.
- Analysis of best practices for multidisciplinary training.
- Assessment of strategies for reorienting current practices.
Main Results:
- Spreading best practices is feasible without substantial additional resources.
- Reorientation of current practices via comprehensive multidisciplinary training is effective.
- Focus can shift to enhancing current professionals' competencies and institutions.
Conclusions:
- Addressing the environmental health training gap requires reorienting current practices.
- Comprehensive, multidisciplinary training programs are key to improving capacity.
- Adopting international best practices enhances the focus on current professionals and institutions.
Keywords:
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