{"id":484,"date":"2010-06-28T17:33:09","date_gmt":"2010-06-28T07:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/?p=484"},"modified":"2016-07-14T08:20:41","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T22:20:41","slug":"health-effects-from-the-gulf-of-mexico-oil-spill-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/?p=484","title":{"rendered":"Health Effects from the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is always a human health dimension to any major incident or disaster. A meeting organised by the US Institute of Medicine<\/strong> in New Orleans on June 22-23 2010 addressed these concerns. It was good to see the broader aspects of OHS covered, including stress and psychological aspects. It must be difficult for communities immersed in the issues 24\/7, with no end in sight. My own experice has been mainly toxic spills and severe cyclones, where the event itself is over quickly.<\/p>\n

The agenda for Assessing the Human Health Effects of the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: An Institute of Medicine Workshop<\/strong> included:<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Regulatory response
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Who Is at Risk and How Are They Exposed?
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Routes of Exposure and At-Risk Populations
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Occupational Risks and Health Hazards: Workers and Volunteers
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0The Here and Now: What are the Short-term Effects on Human Health?
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Short-term Physical Effects
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Short-term Psychological Stress
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Heat Stress and Fatigue
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0The Need to Know: What Are the Potential Delayed and Long-term Effects on Human Health?
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Neurological, Cancer, and Other Chronic Conditions
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Impact on Health and Vulnerabilities of Children
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Human Reproduction
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Stress
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Lessons Learned from Previous Oil Spills
\nSTRATEGIES FOR COMMUNICATING RISK
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Engaging the Public, Protecting Health
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Remarks from the Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service
\nOVERVIEW OF HEALTH MONITORING ACTIVITIES
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Panel Discussion. How are State Governments Currently Monitoring the Effects of the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill on Human Health?
\nRESEARCH METHODOLOGIES AND DATA SOURCES
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Panel Discussion. Critical Thinking: What Research Methodologies and Data Sources Could Be Used in Surveillance and Monitoring Activities?
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Additional Federal Government Perspectives
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Overview of Research Methodologies and Data Collection
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Surveillance and Monitoring
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Environmental Assessment, Risk, & Health
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Mental Health
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Biomedical Informatics and Registries
\nFUTURE DIRECTIONS AND RESOURCE NEEDS
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Panel Discussion. Looking Ahead: How Do We Develop Effective Surveillance and Monitoring Systems?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There is always a human health dimension to any major incident or disaster. A meeting organised by the US Institute of Medicine in New Orleans on June 22-23 2010 addressed these concerns. It was good to see the broader aspects of OHS covered, including stress and psychological aspects. It must be difficult for communities immersed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91,10,88],"tags":[42,246,248,105,104,102,269,103],"class_list":{"0":"post-484","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-crisis-management","7":"category-heat-stress","8":"category-sources-of-information","9":"tag-cancer","10":"tag-heat-stress","11":"tag-incidents","12":"tag-mental-health","13":"tag-oil-spills","14":"tag-stress","15":"tag-toxicology","16":"tag-volunteers","17":"czr-hentry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=484"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1325,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484\/revisions\/1325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}