Ortega García Juan Antonio, Ferrís i Tortajada Josep, López Andreu Juan Alonso
Paediatric Environmental Health Speciality Unit, University Hospital Virgen of Arrixaca, CP 30120, Murcia, Spain.
Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2007 Oct;210(5):527-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2007.07.008. Epub 2007 Aug 30.
Paediatricians are in an excellent position to identify children with environmental risk, to advise their parents about the best way of reducing or preventing such risks, and to recommend actions to the responsible politicians involved. Paediatric environmental health speciality units (PEHSU) can help to qualify and support paediatricians in this task. PEHSU is defined as a unit within a paediatric hospital or clinic that is able to recognize, assess, and prevent environment-related health risks, to help other paediatric specialists in the management of such diseases in children, as well as to provide education, training, and research, putting emphasis on thorough and adequate establishment of paediatric environmental histories (PEHis) and to the application of the precautionary principle. Although activities and services provided by each PEHSU would differ depending on the centre or community where it is located, all should include training, research, medical care and community and school health.
儿科医生在识别有环境风险的儿童、就降低或预防此类风险的最佳方法向其父母提供建议以及向相关责任政客推荐行动方面具有绝佳优势。儿科环境卫生专科单位（PEHSU）可帮助儿科医生胜任并支持他们完成这项任务。PEHSU被定义为儿科医院或诊所内的一个单位，该单位能够识别、评估和预防与环境相关的健康风险，帮助其他儿科专家管理儿童此类疾病，同时提供教育、培训和研究，重点是全面、充分地建立儿科环境病史（PEHis）并应用预防原则。尽管每个PEHSU提供的活动和服务会因所在的中心或社区不同而有所差异，但所有这些活动和服务都应包括培训、研究、医疗护理以及社区和学校健康。
