Psychological Effects and Community Stress: Response Strategies to Chronic Exposures and Contamination
Psychological Effects and Community Stress: Response Strategies to Chronic Exposures and Contamination
Description:
This short slide presentation educates public health professionals about the psychosocial aspects of intervening in a community with chronic environmental contamination.
Target Situation:
Public health professionals who want to understand the psychosocial aspects of intervening in a community with chronic environmental contamination.
Case Studies:
The presentation overviews the ATSDR Community Stress Team’s work on amphibole asbestos exposure in Libby, Montana.
Additional Reading:
ATSDR Report of the Expert Panel Workshop on Psychological Responses to Hazardous Substances; https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/risk/prhs/psych5ed.pdf pdf icon[PDF – 408 KB]
Resource Type:
Presentation slides
Source:
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
Publication Year:
2007
Target Audience(s):
Public health professionals
3 Keys Framework
Main objective:
Prepare, Partner
Secondary objective:
Long-Term Interventions, Retraumatization & Chronic Stress, Community Engagement, Informal Outreach Mechanisms