| Promoting environmental public health in rapidly urbanizing areas of less-developed countries in Africa: a collaborative interdisciplinary training in Ibadan, Nigeria. | |
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PMID: 21830687 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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Globally, urbanization has been occurring more rapidly in small-to-medium-sized cities in less-developed countries of Africa and Asia. Studies have suggested associations between traffic and industry-related air pollutants and adverse health outcomes. These chemical and physical exposure agents have also received increased attention for environmental quality concerns like global climate change. Most research to date, however, was conducted in larger industrialized country urban centers. Ibadan, Nigeria, is a historic city characterized by urban sprawl and increasing modernization as an academic and medical training center but is lacking in the implementation of environmental laws. The authors conducted their first training in Ibadan, Nigeria, May 19-23, 2008, based on initial collaborative work during 2006-2008 as well as a trip in mid-March 2007. They describe the rationale for and components of the training, likely one of the first of its kind in Africa. The title of the training was "Advances in Community Outdoor and Indoor Air and Environmental Quality Monitoring and Exposure Assessment." Content was multimedia and interdisciplinary. The authors included lectures, group discussions, field experiences at community and industrial sites with cross-sectional environmental monitoring, and planned pilot studies including master's thesis projects based on real-time, grant-funded monitoring equipment provided to the University of Ibadan, including protocol development demonstrations. |
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Authors:
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Derek G Shendell; Godson R E E Ana |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of environmental health Volume: 74 ISSN: 0022-0892 ISO Abbreviation: J Environ Health Publication Date: 2011 Jul-Aug |
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Created Date: 2011-08-11 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0405525 Medline TA: J Environ Health Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 26-35 Citation Subset: IM |
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Center for School and Community-Based Research and Education, NJ, USA. shendedg@umdnj.edu |
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