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Environmental health publications
List of Publications on environmental health currently distributed by the Office of Health Protection of the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.
Environmental health links
(N.B. This list includes monographs produced by the National Environmental Health Forum, which enHealth has replaced.)
Hard copies of environmental health publications can be ordered from health@nationalmailing.com.au phone 02 6269 1000 or fax 02 6260 2770.
| Publications number | Title |
|---|---|
| National Environmental Health Strategy | |
| P3-2333 | National Environmental Health Strategy 2007–2012
The National Environmental Health Strategy 2007–2012 (the Strategy) was approved by the Australian Health Protection Committee (AHPC) on 11-12 October 2007. The Strategy provides direction for environmental health management across Australia and identifies the Australian environmental health sectors' role in developing and supporting infrastructure for health protection. Date Published: 2007 ISBN: 1-74186-349-X Author: enHealth Council |
| UB55016 | National Environmental Health Strategy 1999
The Implementation Plan provides a framework for the diverse range of environmental health stakeholders to use in planning and managing environmental health and presents an outline of the enHealth Council's work. Date Published: 2000 ISBN: 0 642 44644 X Author: enHealth Council |
| Please note—this publication is no longer available in hard copy | National Environmental Health Strategy Implementation Plan 2000 |
| Please note—this publication is no longer available in hard copy | Final Review Report of the National Environmental Health Strategy |
| Please note—this publication is no longer available in hard copy | Review of the National Environmental Health Strategy—Summary Report |
| Risk Assessment | |
| ENV4 | Health Impact Assessment Guidelines (2001) |
| Please note—this publication is currently unavailable in hard copy | Environmental Health Risk Assessment: Guidelines for assessing human health risks from environmental hazards (PDF 6099 KB) (2012 update)* *An HTML version of this document is being prepared and will be available as soon as possible. If you are unable to access the attachment please email the Office of Health Protection's webmaster. This document supersedes the June 2004 edition. It provides a national approach to environmental health risk assessment as well as a general environmental health risk assessment methodology, applicable to the range of environmental health hazards. ISBN: 978-1-74241-766-0 Online ISBN: 978-1-74241-767-7 |
| Please note—this publication is currently unavailable in hard copy | Australian Exposure Factor Guide (PDF 4561 KB) (Handbook) The document is prepared as a companion to the 2012 update of the enHealth guidance document Environmental Health Risk Assessment: Guidelines for assessing human health risks from environmental hazards (listed above). This handbook is intended to provide risk assessors with sets of tabulated data on human factors that may be used as inputs to the exposure assessment component of an environmental health risk assessment. |
| Please note—this publication is currently unavailable in hard copy | EHRA Consultation Summary (2011) (PDF 201 KB) |
| ENV8 | Guidelines for Economic Evaluation of Environmental Health Planning and Assessment These guidelines describe the method of economic evaluation and its application to environmental health policy issues. |
| Please note—this publication is no longer available in hard copy | Human Health and Climate Change in Oceania: A Risk Assessment 2002 Published by the Australian Department of Health and Ageing (April 2003) |
| ENV31 | Environmental Health Risk Perception in Australia—A Research Report to the enHealth Council (2000)
A Research Report to the enHealth Council This research report presents a wide-ranging and detailed analysis of the perceptions on health risks of a representative sample of the Australian population. Date Published: 2000 ISBN: 0 642 44651 2 Author: Centre for Population Studies in Epidemiology, South Australian Department of Human Services |
| Water Quality | |
| ENV52 | Guidance on the use of Rainwater Tanks (2010) Date Published: 2010 ISBN: 978-1-74241-325-9 Author: Department of Health and Ageing and enHealth Council |
| ENV24 | Guidance for the control of Legionella (1996) |
| ENV21 | Guidance on water quality for heated spas (1996) |
| Please note—this publication is no longer available in hard copy | Guidelines for the Greywater Reuse in Western Australia (Draft) |
| Please note—this publication is no longer available in hard copy | Review of Health Issues Associated with Potable Reuse of Wastewater—Final Report
This Report was prepared by Gutteridge Haskins and Davey Pty Ltd (GHD) on behalf of the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care. The Study was required to identify and review health issues with a view to determining the feasibility of developing health-based guidelines for potable reuse of reclaimed wastewater. Date Published: March 2001 ISBN: 0 642 50363X Produced by: Gutteridge Haskins & Davey for Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care |
| Air Quality | |
| ENV17 | Ozone (1997) |
| Benzene (1997) | |
| ENV25 | Nitrogen Dioxide (1997) |
| ENV16 | Sulphur dioxide (1999) |
| ENV1 | Indoor Air Quality: A report on Health Impacts and Management Options
This report is an assessment of current knowledge of indoor air, specifically identifying and addressing health risks associated with poor indoor air quality, and links between health, pollutant exposures and sources of contaminants in the indoor environment. Date Published: 2000 ISBN: 0 642 44667 9 Author: Queensland Department of Public Works, Built Environment Research Unit, Building Division |
| Please note—this publication is no longer available in hard copy | Healthy Homes—A guide to indoor air quality in the home for buyers, builders and renovators |
| ENV14 | Unflued Gas Heaters & Your Health Brochure |
| General | |
| Please note—this publication is no longer available in hard copy | enHealth Council Position on Copper Chrome Arsenate (CCA) Treated Timber Products—July 2005 |
| ENV33 | Exposure Scenarios and Exposure Settings (2001) Exposure Scenarios and Exposure Settings, 3rd edition, 2001 provides guidance as to how land use should be taken into account when undertaking exposure assessments for contaminated land. Date Published: 2001 ISBN: 0 7308 5661 5 Author: enHealth Council and Queensland Department of Health |
| Please note—this publication is no longer available in hard copy | Health-based Soil Investigation Levels (2001)
Health-based Soil Investigation Levels, 3rd edition, 2001 provides guidance on the health risk assessment of contaminated land Date Published: 2001 ISBN: 0 7308 5674 7 Author: enHealth Council and Queensland Department of Health |
| Please note—this publication is no longer available in hard copy | Composite sampling (1996) |
| ENV18 | Aluminium, 1st edition (1998) |
| ENV22 | Zinc (1997) |
| ENV19 | Copper (1997) |
| Please note—this publication is no longer available in hard copy | Child activity patterns for environmental exposure assessment in the home (1999) |
 | Policy Principles on which to Base Improvements for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Environmental Health Endorsed by the Australian Health Ministers’ Conference, 6 April 2010 |
| Environmental Health Practitioners | |
| Please note—this publication is not available in hard copy | Using the enHealth Environmental Health Officer Skills and Knowledge Matrix Date Published: 2010 ISBN: 978-1-74241-320-4 Author: Environmental Health Committee (enHealth) |
| ENV51 | Environmental Health Practitioner Manual: A resource manual for Environmental Health Practitioners working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities |
| ENV49 | enHealth Environmental Health Officer Skills and Knowledge Matrix |
| ENV50 | Introduction to Engaging with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities: An Environmental Health Resource (DVD) This publication is only available in DVD format. Copies may be ordered from ordered from health@nationalmailing.com.au phone 02 6269 1000 or fax 02 6260 2770 (quote publications number ENV50). Please note there is a limit of one copy of the DVD per request. |
| Please note—this publication is no longer available in hard copy | Thinking Sustainable Development—Acting for Health |
| ENV23 | National standard for licensing pest management technicians (1999) |
| Please note—this publication is no longer available in hard copy | Accountability in Indigenous Environmental Health Services—Australia 2002 |
| Please note—this publication is no longer available in hard copy | Floods: An environmental health practitioner's emergency management guide (1999) |
| Please note—this publication is no longer available in hard copy | Responding to Environmental Health Incidents—Community Involvement Handbook (2006) |
| National Indigenous Environmental Health Conferences | |
| 7th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Environmental Health Conference Kalgoorlie, WA |
| Indigenous Environmental Health (Report of the sixth National Conference (2007) This publication has been produced by the Environmental Health Committee (enHealth) of the Australian Health Protection Committee and is the sixth in the series on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health. The report aims to contribute to the debate around, and increase the understanding and awareness of environmental health issues facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities focussing in particular on Indigenous Environmental Health Workers. Date Published: 2008 ISBN: 1-74186-477-1 Author: Environmental Health Committee (enHealth) of the Australian Health Protection Committee |
| ENV42 | Indigenous Environmental Health (Report of the Fifth National Conference (2004) This publication has been produced by the enHealth Council and is the fifth in the series on Indigenous environmental health. The report aims to contribute to the debate around, and increase the understanding and awareness of, environmental health issues facing Indigenous communities focussing in particular on Environmental Health Workers. Date Published: 2004 ISBN: 0 642 82892 X Author: enHealth Council |
| ENV37 | Indigenous Environmental Health Report of the Fourth National Conference Adelaide (2002) |
| ENV3 | Indigenous Environmental Health Report of Third National Conference Alice Springs (2000) This publication has been produced by the enHealth Council and is the third in the series on Indigenous environmental health. The report aims to contribute to the debate around, and increase the understanding and awareness of, environmental health issues facing Indigenous communities focussing in particular on Environmental Health Workers. Date Published: 2001 ISBN: 0 642 50331 1 Author: enHealth Council |
| ENV30 | Indigenous Environmental Health Report of Second Workshop Broome (1999) The second Indigenous Environmental Health publication brings together the issues identified by the conference and workshop participants and provides advice on progress and recommendations from the second workshop. Date Published: 2000 ISBN: 0 642 44642 3 Author: enHealth Council |
| ENV28 | Indigenous Environmental Health No. 1 Cairns (1998) |
| Environmental health in your home and community | |
| Asbestos: A guide for householders and the general public—May 2012 This guide provides useful information to enable householders to sensibly and safely manage the risks arising from any occasional encounters with asbestos materials in and around their homes. |
| ENV12 | Healthy Homes—A guide to indoor air quality in the home for buyers, builders and renovators |
| ENV14 | The health effects of unflued gas heater use in Australia |
| ENV14 | Unflued Gas Heaters & Your Health Brochure |
| Please note—this publication is no longer available in hard copy | Paint film components (1998) |
| Please note—this publication is no longer available in hard copy | The health effects of environmental noise—other than hearing loss (May 2004) Date Published: May 2004 ISBN: 0 642 82304 9 Department of Health and Ageing and enHealth Council |
| ENV38 | Management of asbestos in the non-occupational environment Date Published: 2005 ISBN 0 642 82696 X Department of Health and Ageing and enHealth Council |
| Please note—this publication is no longer available in hard copy | Guidelines for the control of public health pests—Lice, fleas, scabies, bird mites, bedbugs and ticks (1999) |
| Please note—this publication is no longer available in hard copy | Pesticide use in schools and school grounds (1997) |
| UB55131 | Healthy Communities Healthy Environments Published: 2000 Author: Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care Product Description: 600mm x 600mm Poster |
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