3220.0: Monday, October 22, 2001: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM

Oral Session

Successful Environmental Health Education Programs

The purpose of this session is to provide an overview of successful environmental health education programs. The papers in this session address a wide range of concentrations in environmental health education, and utilize various methodologies to provide the educational program. These presentations will provide attendees with information to develop programs addressing graduate level students, community based interventions, children, parents, and health care professionals. It also provides a range of cultural issues, providing information about programs in several countries. Cultural sensitivity, environmental health, and childrens’ health issues will all be addressed in this session. Additionally, the capacity for developing an interdisciplinary approach to environmental risk assessment/risk management will be discussed. Each of these topics must be considered when developing and implementing quality educational programs to address the public health needs of our communities.
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Learning Objectives: 1. Describe three strategies for increasing knowledge and skills of graduate nursing students about environmental health issues. 2. Identify two challenges in evaluating community based environmental health interventions. 3. Describe strategies to improve communication between care-givers and parents of children with asthma. 4. Describe the steps involved in building interdisciplinary capacity in environmental health risk assessment and risk management for health professionals in developing countries. 5. Describe key features of a community-based environmental education program designed for health professions students.
Presider(s):Mitchel Rosen
Organizer(s):Mitchel Rosen, MS
4:30 PMAn innovative model for community-based environmental education for health professions
Joan A. Engelhardt, BSN, MSEd
4:45 PMBuilding interdisciplinary capacity in environmental health risk assessment and risk management across Cuba
Maricel Garcia, PhD, Annalee Yassi, MD MSc FRCPC, Pedro Mas, MD PhD, Jerry M Spiegel, PhD, Robert Tate, PhD
5:00 PMResults from a Community Intervention to Prevent Lead Poisoning among Rural Native American Children
Michelle Kegler, DrPH, Lorraine Halinka Malcoe, PhD, MPH, Robert Lynch, PhD, Sally Whitecrow-Ollis, MS
5:15 PMSchool nurse and parent knowledge and communication about pediatric asthma
Hayley Hughes, BA, Rebecca T. Parkin, MPH, PhD, Ann Yeamans, MS, RN
5:30 PMUsing electronic communication technology: Teaching environmental health to graduate nursing students
Jeanne Beauchamp Hewitt, PhD, RN
Sponsor:Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Cosponsors:Environment; Public Health Nursing; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Environmental Health, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA