enHealth Publications

(N.B. This list includes monographs produced by the National Environmental Health Forum, which the enHealth Council has replaced.)

Hard copies of enHealth Council publications can be ordered from

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Document(s) for Consultation

There are currently no documents for consultation.

Foundation Documents

1. National Environmental Health Strategy 1999 [PDF file 1.7MB]
   
2. National Environmental Health Strategy Implementation Plan 2000 [PDF file, 752k]
3. Final Review Report of the National Environmental Health Strategy [PDF file, 1.47mb]
4. Review of the National Environmental Health Strategy -
   Summary Report [PDF file, 487kb]

Healthy Communities

1. enHealth Council Position on Copper Chrome Arsenate (CCA) Treated Timber Products - July 2005 [PDF file, 36k]
2. Healthy Communities Healthy Environment Poster [PDF file, 348k]
3. Healthy Homes - A guide to indoor air quality in the home for buyers, builders and renovators [PDF file 3.1MB]
4. Unflued Gas Heaters & Your Health Brochure [PDF file, 568k]
   

Human Environment Interface

Water Series

1. Guidance for the control of Legionella (1996) [PDF file, 472k]
   Appendix 1: Regulatory approaches by Australian States and Territories to the prevention of legionellosis (2001) [PDF file, 76k]
2. Guidance on water quality for heated spas (1996) [PDF file, 259k]
3. Guidelines for the Greywater Reuse in Western Australia (Draft) [PDF file, 1.7Mb] - These draft guidelines for the reuse of greywater have been produced by the Department of Health Western Australia. Greywater is the wastewater generated in the bathroom, kitchen and laundry. Greywater is therefore the components of domestic wastewater which have not originated from the toilet. [Note: This document is published on the Department of Health Western Australia website and will download from that site.]

   Guidance on the Use of Rainwater Tanks (2004)

   • Guidance on the use of Rainwater Tanks (2004) [PDF file, 979k]
   • Guidance on the use of Rainwater Tanks - Consumer Brochure [PDF file, 397k]

 

Soil Series

1. Exposure Scenarios and Exposure Settings (2001) [PDF file, 206k]
2. Health-based Soil Investigation Levels (2001) [PDF file, 225k]
3. Composite sampling (1996) – [PDF file, 107k – only available in electronic version]

Metal series

1. Aluminium, 2nd edition (1998) [PDF file, 269k]
2. Zinc (1997) [PDF file, 441k]
3. Copper (1997) [PDF file, 636k]

Air series

1. Ozone (1997) [PDF file, 268k]
2. Benzene (1997) [PDF file, 108k]
3. Nitrogen Dioxide (1997) [PDF file, 200k]
4. Sulfur dioxide (1999) [PDF file, 212k – only available in electronic version]

 

General series

1. Pesticide use in schools and school grounds (1997) [PDF file, 249k]
2. Paint film components (1998) [PDF file, 608k]
3. Guidelines for the control of public health pests – Lice, fleas, scabies, bird mites, bedbugs and ticks (1999) [PDF file, 153k]
4. The health effects of environmental noise - other than hearing loss (May 2004) [pdf 1.5mb]
5. Management of asbestos in the non-occupational environment [pdf 1.5mb]
   The document outlines health risks associated with asbestos-containing materials and seeks to assist in asbestos detection, hazard identification, risk assessment and risk management. The information is primarily intended for environment and health agencies and local authorities conducting risk assessments and determining risk management strategies for the control of asbestos in the non-occupational environment
   

Exposure series

1. Child activity patterns for environmental exposure assessment in the home (1999) [PDF file, 914k]

Counter Disaster Series

1. Floods: An environmental health practitioner's emergency management guide (1999) [PDF file, 324k]
2. Responding to Environmental Health Incidents - Community Involvement Handbook (2006) [PDF file, 1.17mb]

 

Environmental Health Justice

Indigenous Environmental Health series

1. Indigenous Environmental Health No. 1 Cairns (1998) [PDF file, 424k]
2. Indigenous Environmental Health Report of Second Workshop Broome (1999) [PDF file, 2.5mb]
3. Indigenous Environmental Health Report of Third National Conference Alice Springs (2000) [PDF file, 1.5mb]
4. Accountability in Indigenous Environmental Health Services - Australia 2002 [PDF file, 616k]
5. Indigenous Environmental Health (Report of the Fifth National Conference (2004) [PDF file, 2.5mb]

Sustainable Development

1. Thinking Sustainable Development - Acting for Health [PDF file, 175k]
   The aim of this booklet is to provide a reminder for environmental health practitioners and policy makers of the application of the sustainable development model to their practices for better health outcomes.

Community Participation in Environmental Health Management

1. Common Ground and Common Sense - Community-based Environmental Health Planing (2001) [published on the University of Western Sydney website]

Environmental Health Systems

1. National standard for licensing pest management technicians (1999) [PDF file, 67k]
2. Environmental Health Risk Perception in Australia (2000)
3. Health Impact Assessment Guidelines (2001) [PDF file, 389k]
4. Environmental Health Risk Assessment - Guidelines for assessing human health risks from environmental hazards (2002) [PDF file, 1.1MB]
5. Guidelines for Economic Evaluation of Environmental Health Planning and Assessment:
    
   • Volume 1 - The Guidelines [PDF file, 836k] describes the major principles and practices of economic evaluation with special reference to environmental health issues; and
   • Volume 2 - Case Studies [PDF file, 966k] describes four studies that illustrate the application of economic evaluation methods to environmental health issues.
      

   The Guidelines for Economic Evaluation of Environmental Health Planning and Assessment describe the method of economic evaluation and its application to environmental health policy issues. The Guidelines are prepared for environmental health policy makers and others who work with environmental health issues, including epidemiologists, urban planners, engineers and allied health professionals. Economists are expected to consult the Guidelines when they undertake environmental health economic evaluations.

Commonwealth Paper

1. Human Health and Climate Change in Oceania: A Risk Assessment 2002 Published by the Australian Department of Health and Ageing (April 2003)

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