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PA NEW EPA-LED INITIATIVE RECOMMENDS STRATEGIES FOR TRAINING HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS ON PESTICIDE-RELATED HEALTH CONCERNS
Release Date: 09/25/98
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FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1998
NEW EPA-LED INITIATIVE RECOMMENDS STRATEGIES FOR TRAINING HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS ON PESTICIDE-RELATED HEALTH CONCERNS
EPA is publishing a report that outlines a series of recommendations for improving the training that health care providers receive on health concerns related to pesticide exposures. The report is based on the proceedings of a workshop sponsored last spring by a new EPA-led interagency initiative that includes the support of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the U.S. Department of Labor. The purpose of the workshop was to identify strategies to improve the ability of health care providers to recognize, diagnose, manage and prevent adverse health effects due to pesticide exposure. Among the recommendations included in the workshop proceedings are the need to:
- •specify competencies that providers should demonstrate upon completion of their education and other specialty training;
•develop educational tools and training materials that will motivate students and health care providers to acquire an understanding and knowledge of healths effects resulting from pesticide exposure; and
•raise awareness and make more information available to providers on health complaints and illnesses that may be related to pesticide exposure through materials and resource development, professional meetings, marketing and outreach programs, and other activities.
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