Victorian Environmental Health Indicator Project
(VEHIP)
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Introduction
The Victorian Environmental Health Indicator Project (VEHIP) is an initial
attempt at a state level to establish an improved basis for understanding
the relationship between environmental factors and health and trends
in these factors over time.
The project aims to facilitate:
- monitoring trends in the state
of environmental factors known to impact upon health
- monitoring trends
in health effects related to environmental hazards
- assisting relevant
decision-makers to understand environmental health issues
- contributing
environmental health indicators for Your
Health: a report on the health of Victorians.
This discussion paper presents a brief background to environmental
health indicators and describes the aims and structure of a potential
environmental health surveillance system for Victoria. We hope the discussion
paper will stimulate dialogue and additional ideas on the subject. We
invite you to submit feedback and comments on the VEHIP to robert.mckenzie@dhs.vic.gov.au.
Contents
List of Figures and Tables
List of acronyms used
Executive Summary
Part 1
- Introduction
- Background
- Environmental Health
- enHealth
- Other Indicator Projects
- The Victorian Environmental Health Indicator Project (VEHIP)
- Aims
- Framework
- Indicator categories
- Criteria and methods for indicator selection
Part 2
- Victorian Environmental Health Indicators
- Water Quality
- Drinking water
- Recreational water
- Recycled Water
- Harmful algal blooms
- Air Quality
- Ambient
- Indoor
- Climate and Geography
- Solar radiation
- Temperature
- Rainfall
- Bushfire
- Severe weather events
- Salinity
- Sea level rise
- Built Environment
- Transport
- Public open space
- Noise
- Legionella
- Asbestos
- Shelter
- Chemical hazards
- Urban fires
- Food Safety
- Contamination
- Disease
- Nutrition
- Pesticides
- Contaminated land
- Vector-Borne Disease
- Arbovirus
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