Post-Conflict Environmental Health Risk: The Role Of Risk Analysis In Foreign Policy

2009 ◽  
pp. 57-71
Author(s):  
Chad M. Briggs
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Risk Analysis ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Environmental Health Risk

Communicating Information About Environmental Health Risk: Perspectives from Environmental Civil Society Organizations

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shelagh K. Genuis
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Risk Communication ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Environmental Health Risk ◽  
Information Worlds

We examine the role of Canadian non-profit and nongovernmentalenvironmental groups in publicdiscourse about environmental health risk.Organization representatives were interviewed;implications for risk communication areconsidered. Findings suggest: organizationscontribute to the information worlds of citizens;benefit may be realized from fostering dialogue andpartnership with these organizations.environnementaux sans but lucratif et les organismesnon gouvernementaux du Canada dans le discourspublic sur les risques de santé dus à l’environnement.Des représentants des organisations ont étéinterrogés; les implications pour la communicationdes risques ont été prises en compte. Les résultatsindiquent que ces organisations contribuent auxmondes informationnels des citoyens, et qu’il y aavantage à favoriser le dialogue et les partenariatsavec ces organisations.

scholarly journals Health Risk Analysis of Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) and Ammonia (NH3) Exposure at Piyungan Landfill

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-52
Author(s):  
Farisa Hidayatullah ◽  
Surahma Asti Mulasari ◽  
Lina Handayani
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Sulfide ◽  
Risk Analysis ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
The Body ◽  
Risk Level ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Environmental Health Risk

Waste processing facilities produce toxic gases to the body. One of which in Piyungan landfill, which produces hydrogen sulfide and ammonia gas. The gas comes from anaerobic decomposition of waste, and risk causing health problems. The purpose of this study is to identify health risks due to hydrogen sulfide and ammonia exposure in the community of Piyungan landfill. This study was descriptive quantitative using an environmental health risk analysis approach. The environmental health risk analysis is an approach to estimate or calculate the risk level of human health due to risk agents exposure. The research design was cross-sectional. The research sample was a community Ngablak hamlet, which lives in a zone of ± 600 meters from Piyungan landfill. The number of respondents was 59 people with the sampling technique used total sampling. The results indicate that RQ hydrogen sulfide is 1.49549 (RQ>1), while ammonia is 0.02501 (RQ≤1). Public health problems among headache, cough, breathlessness, influenza, and sore throat. The risk level due to exposure to hydrogen sulfide indicates risk. However, ammonia indicates no risk of health problems for the community. The findings of this research may serve as improving the waste management system at Piyungan landfill.

scholarly journals Studi Environmental Health Risk Assessment (EHRA) Faktor yang Mendorong Perilaku Penggunaan Jamban Di Kabupaten Bondowoso Tahun 2018

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Wulandari Wulandari ◽  
Fx.Ady Soesetyo ◽  
Ancah Caesarina Novi M
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Policy System ◽  
Cultural Challenges ◽  
Environmental Health Risk ◽  
Cross Sectional Design

In Indonesia the problem of sanitation is the problem of socio-cultural challenges. This also affected Bondowoso District which was in the first position of 38 Regencies or cities in East Java. So that the aim of the researcher is to describe and analyze the encouraging factors mainly focused on the role  of health workers and the sanitation policy system. This study used a cross sectional design. The research location in Bondowoso Regency in November 2018. The population is 430 respondents spread across 7 sub districts. The result this study are the role of health workers with a significance value of 0,030 smaller than α. The sanitation policy system has significance value of 0,045 smaller than α. So, the conclution is the role of health workers and the sanitation policy system has to do with the behavior of using lavatory. Keyword: reinforcing factor, sanitation, role of health workers, the sanitation policy system.

Potential Environmental Health Risk Analysis of Neonicotinoids and a Synergist

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liwei Xu ◽  
Xinxin Xu ◽  
Lingling Guo ◽  
Zhongxing Wang ◽  
Xiaoling Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Analysis ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Environmental Health Risk
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