Rural Environmental Health in Central/Eastern Europe

描述(由申请人提供) 这次为期两天的讲习班(2000年9月上一次讲习班的后续活动)将于2002年9月6日至8日在匈牙利奥尔塔-巴吉的Epona酒店举行。它有以下目标：(1)提高对中欧农业及其与农村健康、职业健康和环境的关系的了解水平，特别是对斯洛伐克和捷克共和国、匈牙利、波兰和乌克兰的了解；以及(2)促进参与国之间和国家内部的合作研究和干预活动。为了实现这一目标，已经确定了以下目标。A.将主要政策制定者、主要研究人员、教育工作者、非政府组织聚集在一起，目的是了解具体影响中东欧农村人口的职业和环境健康问题。B.集中于2000年9月确定的与农村职业和环境有关的四个关键健康问题，并评估正在进行的合作研究和干预计划。C.讨论和规划对农村人口进行有效公共卫生干预的战略，并评估升级流行病学工具的必要性。D.建立一个可供参与国共享的研究项目和干预举措数据库。受邀代表将是研究人员、卫生部、农业部和环境部的高级决策者、公共卫生官员、学者和对农村人口和环境感兴趣的非政府组织。除中东欧代表外，会议还将包括来自芬兰、挪威、瑞典和荷兰的选定农业健康和安全专家；来自威尔士、世界卫生组织和美国的农村和环境卫生专业人员；美国环保局、美国国际开发署和美国国家癌症研究所的代表。主要主题将是职业性癌症、过敏性疾病(呼吸道和皮肤)、生殖问题、创伤、接触杀虫剂的环境卫生方面，以及与少数群体有关的特殊问题。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant) This two-day workshop (follow-up to previous workshop in September 2000) will be held at the Epona Hotel in Horta-Bagy, Hungary, from September 6 - 8, 2002. It has the following goals: (1) to raise the level of understanding about agriculture and its relationship to rural health, occupational health and the environment in Central Europe, specifically to the Slovak and Czech Republics, Hungary, Poland, and the Ukraine; and (2) to facilitate collaborative research and intervention activities between participating countries and within countries. In order to achieve this goal, the following objectives have been established. A. To bring together key policy makers, leading researchers, educators, NGOs and for the purpose of understanding the occupational and environmental health issues that specifically impact rural populations of Central and Eastern Europe. B. To focus on four key health issues related to rural occupations and environment that were identified September 2000, and evaluate ongoing collaborative research and intervention programs. C. To discuss and plan strategies for effective public health interventions for rural populations, and evaluate the need to upgrade epidemiologic tools. D. To establish a database of research projects and intervention initiatives that can be shared among the participating countries.Invited delegates will be researchers, high-level policy makers from the ministries of health, agriculture and the environment, public health officials, academics, and non-governmental organizations with interests in rural populations and the environment. In addition to Central-Eastern-European delegates, the conference will include selected agricultural health and safety experts from Finland, Norway, Sweden, and the Netherlands; rural and environmental health professionals from Wales, the World Health Organization and the US; representatives of USEPA, the USAID, and the US National Cancer Institute.Main topics will be Occupational cancer; Allergic diseases (respiratory and skin), Reproductive problems Traumatic injury, Environmental health aspects of pesticides exposure, and special issues related to minority populations.