To better prepare the world’s pediatricians to address environmental issues, the International Pediatric Association has launched the International Pediatric Environmental Health Leadership Institute.
Curriculum, Credentials, and Communication constitute the 3 C’s of the virtual Institute. The objective is to prepare each participating pediatrician to achieve the following competencies:
- Understand the influence of environmental agents on children’s health
- Recognize signs, symptoms, diseases and sources of exposure relating to common environmental agents and conditions
- Complete a pediatric environmental health history and record potential environmental hazards and sentinel illnesses
- Recommend a course of preventive action or make appropriate referrals for conditions with probable environmental etiologies
- Demonstrate a knowledge of risk communication in patient and community intervention with respect to the potential adverse effects of the environment on health
- Recognize the full range of resources available to support their work in the field of pediatric environmental health
- Understand the reporting requirements and regulations in the country or community.