Inventory of Federal, Provincial and Territorial Environmental and Occupational Health Data
Sources and Surveillance Activities

Health and Environment Initiatives and Activities

5) Children's Health and the Environment

5.1 Environment and Public Health Indicators

Environmental Health Indicators (EHIs) article in Health Policy Research Bulletin (HC, EC): A general overview, including definitions of EHIs, how they are developed, criteria for selection, uses, benefits, and examples (e.g., air quality-health link). Published in October 2002.

North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) Children's Environmental Health Indicators (CEC Cooperative Agenda for Children's Health and the Environment in North America): Developed by the three parties to the CEC -- Canada, Mexico and the United States -- the CEC Cooperative Agenda for Children's Health and the Environment in North America calls upon the parties to select and publish a core set of children's environmental health indicators in coordination with the Pan American Health Organization, the International Joint Commission Health Professionals Task Force, and others, and in coordination with parallel commitments made by the G8 Environment Ministers, and the Health and Environment Ministers of the Americas.

G8 Children's Environmental Health Indicators Initiative (G8 Environment Ministers): At their meeting in Banff in April 2002, G8 Environment Ministers agreed to collectively advance work on the development of children's environmental health indicators (EHIs) as a means for monitoring progress, in consultation with relevant multilateral organizations.