[sustran] Environmental Health Book Project

[SUSTRAN Resource Centre]

Dear sustran-discussers

After almost 2 months away from SUSTRAN work I am just back in Kuala Lumpur
and trying to get back into action... sorry to anyone whose emails or
letters may have remained unanswered over the last month or so. I will do
my best to catch up.

I will try to respond to the request below but I am sure there are many
others who can help too.

Best wishes,
Paul Barter
SUSTRAN Resource Centre
P. O. Box 11501,
50748 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Tel/Fax: +60 3 274 2590,  E-mail: sustran at po.jaring.my
Web: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/2853/
(PLEASE NOTE: my alternate email address <tkpb at barter.pc.my> is no longer
working)

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>Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 12:54:34 -0700
>To: sustran at po.jaring.my
>From: Environmental Health Book Project <envirohealth at hesperian.org>
>Subject: Environmental Health Book Project
>
>April 14, 1999
>
>Greetings from the Hesperian Foundation!
>
>Thank you very much for completing the "Request for Information" survey
>that we sent you about the new environmental health book we are developing
>and for sending that survey out via e-mail to other groups on your
>listserve.  It sounds like SUSTRAN Resource Center is doing great work and
>we greatly appreciate all your help!  
>
>As we mentioned in our last letter, the goal of our new book, "A Community
>Guide to Environmental Health," is to help people all over the world
>understand and do something about the environmental factors that are
>harming their health. We would like to ask you some more questions about
>the problems in the area in which you work and your group's activities.
>Your answers will help us better understand how this book could be useful
>to you and to similar groups around the world.
>
>1. You mentioned in the survey that you have noticed health problems
>related to air pollution caused by motors. What specific health problems do
>you see that have resulted from this problem?  
>
>2. In general, do local people understand that environmental problems such
>as air pollution are harming their health?
>   
>3. If so, how did they come to understand the connection between their
>illness and the environmental problem?  For example, have people always
>known this, did something happen that made people realize it, did someone
>educate them about this, etc.?   
>
>4. Have local people taken any steps to change their environment in order
>to prevent disease?
>
>5. You also mentioned that your group is addressing the environmental
>problem of air 
> pollution caused by motors. Can you tell us about the specific programs
>and activities your group or other groups are enacting in order to deal
>with this issue?
>
>6.   How have local people been involved in these activities? 
>
>Thank you in advance for taking the time to answer these questions.  We
>admire your work and we need your input to help make this book address the
>needs and realities of communities in Malaysia.
>
>We look forward to your response and to a continuing correspondence.
>
>Warm regards, 
>
>
>
>Maya Shaw
>Environmental Health Book Project 
>
>
>
>
>Environmental Health Book Project
>Hesperian Foundation -- publishing for community health and empowerment
>1919 Addison St., Ste. 304, Berkeley, CA  94704  USA
>phone:  510-845-1447; fax:  510-845-9141
>email: envirohealth at hesperian.org
>
>visit our website at www.hesperian.org
>
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