title: Workgroup report: developing environmental health indicators for European children: World Health Organization Working Group.
abstract: A working group coordinated by the World Health Organization developed a set of indicators to protect children's health from environmental risks and to support current and future European policy needs. On the basis of identified policy needs, the group developed a core set of 29 indicators for implementation plus an extended set of eight additional indicators for future development, focusing on exposure, health effects, and action. As far as possible, the indicators were designed to use existing information and are flexible enough to be developed further to meet the needs of policy makers and changing health priorities. These indicators cover most of the priority topic areas specified in the Children's Environment and Health Action Plan for Europe (CEHAPE) as adopted in the Fourth Ministerial Conference on Health and Environment in 2004, and will be used to monitor the implementation of CEHAPE. This effort can be viewed as an integral part of the Global Initiative on Children's Environmental Health Indicators, launched at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002.
authors.affiliation: Robens Centre for Public and Environmental Health, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pond
authors.forename: Rokho
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Maria-Jose
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Carroquino
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pirard
authors.forename: Fiona
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gore
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cucu
authors.forename: Leda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nemer
authors.forename: Morag
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: MacKay
authors.forename: Greta
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Smedje
authors.forename: Antonis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Georgellis
authors.forename: Dafina
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dalbokova
authors.forename: Michal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krzyzanowski
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D004782:Environmental Health; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D011640:Public Policy; D014944:World Health Organization