title: Meeting report: development of environmental health indicators in Brazil and other countries in the americas.
abstract: This report summarizes the Brazilian experience on the design and implementation of environmental health, with contributions from Argentina, Canada, and Cuba, presented at the International Symposium on the Development of Indicators for Environmental Health Integrated Management, held in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, on 17-18 June 2004. The methodology for the development of environmental health indicators has been used as a reference in the implementation of environmental health surveillance in Brazil. This methodology has provided tools and processes to facilitate the understanding and to measure the determinants of risks to environmental health, to help decision makers control those risks. Key words: environmental health indicators, environmental health surveillance, integrated management.
authors.affiliation: General Coordination for Environmental Health Surveillance in Health Surveillance, Secretariat/Ministry of Health of Brazil, Brasília, Brazil. fernandocarneiro.brasilia@gmail.com
authors.forename: Fernando F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Carneiro
authors.forename: Mara Lúcia C
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Guilherme F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Netto
authors.forename: Luis A C
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Galvão
authors.forename: Jacira A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Cancio
authors.forename: Estela M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Bonini
authors.forename: Carlos F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Corvalan
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D001938:Brazil; D002170:Canada; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D003462:Cuba; D004782:Environmental Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D011159:Population Surveillance; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012308:Risk Management; D012499:Sanitation
chemical_list: D007202:Indicators and Reagents