Environmental Health Professionals: Local Interprofessional Collaborations Require Global Thinking to Meet Shared Ethical Obligations
Abstract
In an effort to provide environmental health professionals with relevant information and tools to further the profession, their careers, and themselves, the National Environmental Health Association has teamed up with the American Academy of Sanitarians (AAS) to publish two columns a year in the Journal. AAS is an organization that "elevates the standards, improves the practice, advances the professional proficiency, and promotes the highest levels of ethical conduct among professional sanitarians in every field of environmental health." Membership with AAS is based upon meeting certain high standards and criteria, and AAS members represent a prestigious list of environmental health professionals from across the country. Through the column, information from different AAS members who are subject matter expects with knowledge and experience in a multitude of environmental health topics will be presented to the Journal's readership. This column strengthens the ties between both associations in the shared purposes of furthering and enhancing the environmental health profession. Professor Daniel Oerther is a leader bridging interdisciplinary environmental health practice, teaching, research, and policy. He is a diplomate with AAS, president-elect of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists, deputy-chair of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, and a lifetime honorary fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.
Recommended Citation
D. B. Oerther, "Environmental Health Professionals: Local Interprofessional Collaborations Require Global Thinking to Meet Shared Ethical Obligations," Journal of Environmental Health, vol. 84, no. 5, pp. 26 - 28, The National Environmental Health Association, Dec 2021.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
0022-0892
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2024 The National Environmental Health Association, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Dec 2021
