Children's Health and the Environment Workshop
Building Children's Environmental Health Capacity among Health Care Professionals in Canada
Monday, April 16, 2007 8:30am – 4:30pm
O. E. Smith Auditorium, IWK Health Center, Halifax, NS
The Canadian Institute of Child Health (CICH) and the Canadian Association of Paediatric Health Centres (CAPHC) have partnered to present a one-day education and training workshop for health professionals focused on:
• increasing understanding and awareness about the influence of environmental factors on the health, development and well-being of children from conception through adolescence
• developing an understanding of children's unique vulnerabilities and potential for exposure to environmental factors with current limitations in research and gaps in knowledge
• improving understanding of environmentally related disorders in Canadian children as well as potential sources of exposure
• building capacity to recognize and respond to paediatric environmental health issues and the barriers encountered in this process.
Opening Address
Dr. Robin Walker , MB, ChB, FRCPC, FAAP, Vice-president Medicine, IWK Health Center , Halifax , NS
Workshop Leaders
Dr. Alan Abelsohn , MD, FCFP, Ontario College of Family Physicians, Department of Family and Community Medicine and Centre for Environment, University of Toronto, CAPE Board of Directors
Dr. Jennifer Armstrong, BSc. M.D. DIBEM, FAAEM, Ottawa Environmental Health Clinic, President of the Canadian Society for Environmental Medicine and American Academy of Environmental Medicine Board f Directors
Registration: To register for the workshop or to submit a poster presentation abstract, please complete the attached registration and/or abstract form or contact cich@cich.ca or 613-230-8838 ext. 229.
Please note that there is no cost to attend the workshop or to submit a poster presentation abstract, and lunch will be provided. Each participant will be asked to share information learned within three months of the workshop (i.e., through local workshops, presentations, grand rounds, etc.). Resources and materials will be provided as well as a report back form.
EPA
Gives $1 Million in Grants to Improve Children's Environmental Health
Release date: 11/01/2005
Contact Information:
Contact: Dave Ryan, 202-564-4355 / ryan.dave@epa.gov
(Washington, D.C.-November 1, 2005) EPA
has awarded seven grants totaling $1,042,152 to help increase the
number of physicians, nurses and public health workers able to address
the broad spectrum of children's environmental health issues, whether
in their private practices, in the institutions which they work,
in academia, or in their communities.
There is a wide range of multi-state, national and international
projects funded. In one project, visiting Public Health Nurses will
attend 12 training sessions put on by the National Center for Healthy
Housing to learn how to incorporate environmental health into their
practice. In another project, The National Environmental Education
and Training Foundation is developing "Faculty Champions," a program for faculty from paediatric residency and graduate nursing
programs interested in becoming environmental health champions at
their academic institutions. These programs will help health professionals
understand, diagnose, and develop prevntion messages about the children's
environmental health issues they encounter.
"As science develops, so does our understanding of how
the environment affects our physical health -- especially for our
most vulnerable residents," said EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson. "EPA
is proud to be providing health professionals, both here and throughout
the world, the information they can use to protect children from
possible hazards in their environment."
The
recipients are:
