Purpose
This short training presentation educates environmental health workers about the psychosocial aspects of intervening in a community with chronic environmental contamination.
Resource information
Target audiences
- Public health professionals
- Environmental professionals
Target situations
Environmental health workers who want to learn about the psychosocial aspects of intervening in a community with chronic environmental contamination.
Main objectives
Secondary objectives
- Legitimize Stress
- Communicate Risk
- Long-Term Interventions
- Retraumatization & Chronic Stress
- Community Engagement
Resource type
Presentation slides
Publication year
2017
Additional Reading
ATSDR Report of the Expert Panel Workshop on Psychological Responses to Hazardous Substances
American Journal of Public Health. Critical biological pathways for chronic psychosocial stress and research opportunities to advance the consideration of stress in chemical risk assessment.
Content Source:
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry