Introduction to Environmental Health

At the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. define environmental health; 2. distinguish the components of environmental health and environmental sanitation; 3. identify the roles of environmental health in disease prevention and control; 4. describe the qualities, skills and competencies of an environmental health practitioner/officer in the provision of quality environmental health services; 5. explain the roles of environmental health practitioner in health promotion, disease prevention and control; 6. discuss environmental health functions in different settings; 7. appraise common tools used in environmental health practice; 8. discuss the environmental health service delivery system in Nigeria; 9. list the ethics of environmental health profession in Nigeria; 10. discuss the role of EHORECON in the regulation of environmental health profession in Nigeria; 11. outline professional associations in environmental health in Nigeria; and 12. assess the career path/progression in environmental health.

Concept of environmental health, and environmental sanitation, Components of environmental health. Components of environmental sanitation. Role of environmental health in disease prevention and control. Qualities of an environmental health practitioners/officers; environmental health practice. Environmental health functions in different settings (home, schools, market places, recreational and hospitality facilities, workplace, industries). Environmental health practice tools, qualities, skills and competencies of environmental health practitioners/officers, environmental health regulation. Ethics in environmental health practice. Inter and intra sectoral collaboration in environmental health practice environmental health service delivery system- federal, state, LGA and private; career path/progression in environmental health.