PHMEHG position papers
Public Health Medicine Environment and Health Group - Position Papers
The group has developed position papers on public health issues about which we are sometimes asked for advice so that we provide consistent health advice. Some of the position papers that we have developed to date include:
- Greening of Urban Environments and Public Health - November 2022
- The use of e-scooters - November 2022
- Indoor Air Quality: Summary - September 2022
- Indoor air quality (Excluding Radon and Environmental Tobacco Smoke) - May 2022
- Wind Energy
- Climate Change Mitigation
- Housing and Health
- National Congenital Anomalies Registry
Information, Data and Reports for
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Environment and Health
- Air Quality
- Bathing Water and Health
- Carbon Monoxide
- Climate Change
- Energy and Health
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Public Health Medicine Environment and Health Guidance and other Resources
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Heatwaves - Health Impacts
- Covid-19 & Heatstroke
- Heatwave Advice - Children
- Air pollution from wildfires
- Dehydration
- Heatwave Health Advice
- Heatwave Advice - Older Adults
- Heatwave Advice - Older Persons Services
- Heatwave Advice - Outdoor Workers
- Indoor Temperature Control
- Sun and outdoor safety
- Preventing sunburn in children
- Causes and prevention -Skin cancer (melanoma)
- Investigation of possible waterborne disease
- Water Safety
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Heatwaves - Health Impacts
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Extreme weather events
- Flooding
- Air Quality
- Carbon Monoxide
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Key messages for staying safe during cold weather
- Cold Weather Advice for the General Public
- Air Quality and Safe Room Ventilation During Cold Weather
- Cold Weather Advice for Older People and their Families and Neighbours
- Cold Weather Advice for Parents and Caregivers: Tips to Keep your Children Warm this Winter
- Cold Weather Advice for People with Specific Medical Conditions
- Cold Weather Advice for Health and Care Professionals
- Useful Links and Resources
- Frostbite and Hypothermia
- Heat related hazards
- Public Health advice for severe storms
- PHMEHG Submissions
- Noise: Environmental Noise Guidelines
- Radon and health
- Radiation
- PHMEHG position papers
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