Essentials of Environmental Health Management [Paperback]

Janvier Gasana (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2003

The book brings together the experience of more than 15 years of teaching the course entitled "Principles of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences" all the way from Africa (at the Rwandan Medical School), to Chicago (at the University of Illinois), and to North Miami (at Florida International University Department of Public Health). The book is actually the result of working with the many graduate students who took that course that the author was able to compile a textbook that emphasizes the public health aspects of environmental and occupational health sciences.

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About the Author

Janvier Gasana holds an MD from the National University of Rwanda Medical School in 1984. He also holds an MPH which he received in 1990 and a PhD in Public Health in 1994 from the University of Illinois at Chicago with a major in environmental health and a minor in environmental epidemiology. He has over 15 years of experience in teaching, community-based participatory research, service, and consultation in the area of environmental and occupational health sciences, epidemiology, medicine and environmental justice. He has been an educator for most of his career, including 4 years on the faculty of the Rwandan Medical School and 6 years on the faculty of the Department of Public Health of Florida International University, in Miami, Florida. He has developed and taught courses on public health and environmental management, occupational health and safety, fundamentals of industrial hygiene, environmental and occupational toxicology, environmental and occupational health monitoring, legal and regulatory aspects of environmental and occupational health, environmental and occupational epidemiology, environmental and occupational health risk assessment, epidemiology of injury control and violence prevention, epidemiologic methods, principles of maternal and child health. He also developed a graduate certificate program in environmental health with six courses, namely public health and environmental management, occupational health and safety, environmental and occupational toxicology, environmental and occupational health monitoring, environmental and occupational epidemiology, and epidemiology of injury control and violence prevention in the Department of Public Health of Florida International University. He has been a consulting occupational health specialist for 5 years with John Crane International Systems, in Chicago area (Morton Grove). He has been a consulting environmental health risk assessor with USEPA–Region V (Chicago). A native of Rwanda, Africa, he has been a human rights activist determined to promote and protect every human’s right to a decent quality of life and health. His research addresses environmental justice issues such as childhood lead poisoning and asthma. As a result of his study findings, he formed a grass roots non-profit organization known as the Florida Children's Environmental Health Alliance(FAECLP).

Product Details

• Paperback: 750 pages
• Publisher: Aglob Pub (April 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0970856040
• ISBN-13: 978-0970856043
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.7 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,450,898 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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