Environmental health sciences decision making : risk management, evidence, and ethics : workshop summary / Yank Coble, Christine Coussens, and Kathleen Quinn, rapporteurs ; Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Coble, Yank D.

Coussens, Christine.

Quinn, Kathleen.

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine.

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice.

National Academies Press (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental health.

Environmental risk assessment.

Physical Description:

xiii, 77 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Environmental health decision making can be a complex undertaking, as there is the need to navigate and find balance among three core elements: science, policy, and the needs of the American public. Policy makers often grapple with how to make appropriate decisions when the research is uncertain. The challenge for the policy maker is to make the right decision with the best available data in a transparent process. The Environmental Health Sciences Decision Making workshop, the first in a series, was convened to inform the Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine on emerging issues in risk management, "weight of evidence," and ethics that influence environmental health decision making. The workshop, summarized in this volume, included an overview of the principles underlying decision making, the role of evidence and challenges for vulnerable populations, and ethical issues of conflict of interest, scientific integrity, and transparency. The workshop engaged science interest groups, industry, government, and the academic sector.

Contents:

Intro

Reviewers

Contents

Preface

Summary

1 Approaches to Decision Making

2 Scientific Issues in Environmental Health Decision Making

3 Conflicts of Interest, Bias, and Ethics

4 Stakeholder Perspectives on Environmental Health Sciences Decision Making

5 General Workshop Discussion

6 Closing Comments

References

Appendix A: Workshop Agenda

Appendix B: Speakers and Panelists

Appendix C: Workshop Participants.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-58).

ISBN:

9786612007965

9780309177610

0309177618

9781282007963

1282007963

9780309124553

0309124557

OCLC:

923279252