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Health and the environment

The deterioration that ecosystems suffer and where children are born as well as live directly impacts their health and quality of life. Aspects such as poverty, climate change, desertification, air pollution, or exposure to legal or illegal drugs become not only social and environmental real challenges, but also a health threat. 

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environmental

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Pediatric Environmental Health (PEH) or environmental pediatrics is a pediatric subspecialty that involves the prevention, detection, assessment, disease management, and environmental risks that relate to children’s health.

Pediatric Environmental Health Units

These entities or PEHSU (clinical acronyms) are clinical units in which pediatricians, specialized in PEH, health professionals and experts from various fields work together as a team to provide not only clinical care and community education but also training and professional qualifications, apart from agency and entities advice as well as research, which the World Health Organization places at the heart of PEH management.

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PEHSU Garrotxa

PEHSU.CAT

The PEHSU in La Garrotxa region is the first Pediatric Environmental Health Unit in Catalonia, specialized in PEH, where activities such as environmental screening of pregnancy are accomplished ("Green Page", smoking cessation of pregnancy appointment, and environmental pediatrics appointment, among others.

Where to find us?

The PEHSU Garrotxa is part of the Territorial Pediatric Team of La Garrotxa, a service of:
Logo Fundació Hospital d'Olot i Comarcal de la Garrotxa
Logo Institut Català de la Salut - Direcció d'Atenció Primària de Girona
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