Daniel Jalba

Daniel Jalba
Research Associate
University of Alberta
Flinders University - Dept of Environmental Health
Adelaide, SA, Australia
Email: daniel.jalba (at) flinders.edu (dot) au

Biography

Environmental health risk assessment and risk management















Drinking water quality and public health

Future Interests

Not available.

Keywords

• water
• risk
• public
• management
• health
• assessment

Student Information

Primary Affiliation: Not available ()
Thesis Title: Drinking Water Safety and Risk Management for Public Health Professionals
Thesis Abstract: Drinking water outbreaks continue to occur in Canada despite major advances in public health and water treatment for over a century. The study employed direct interviews with medical officers and experienced environmental health officers (EHOs) in Canada and Australia, and a mailed questionnaire to EHOs in Western Canada to understand current public health practices to assure drinking water safety. Except for a few regional initiatives, public health agencies play a largely reactive role in assuring drinking water safety. While municipal drinking water in cities is generally safe, many small community and non-residential water systems cannot consistently assure safety. Recently, a risk-based quality management approach to drinking water is being adopted in many affluent countries to address similar issues. Safe drinking water represents a major population health primary prevention measure. Public health professionals should be supported and trained to participate in a truly proactive, upstream prevention approach to drinking water safety.

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