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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
Julie A. Becker, PhD, MPH, Center for Public Health, Temple University, 2534 Swain Street, Philadelphia, PA 19130, 215-763-0754, jbecker@astro.temple.edu
The public response to environmental health issues has taken on many forms, from program development to advocacy. Issues that affect the global environmental health have local impact. This session will discuss several strategies that local community groups have used successfully to address environmental health issues such as brownfields development, youth violence, and air and water pollution. Community efforts have included partnerships with local and state governments, public health officials and academic institutions. The purpose of this session would be two-fold: a) to feature local solutions to environmental health issues, highlighting the Philadelphia region and b) to discuss how global issues can be addressed at a local level. Participants in this session include: 1) City of Philadelphia, Mural Arts Program to review the role of arts in urban transformation and renewal; 2) Philadelphia Anti-drug, Anti-violence Network to describe youth violence prevention programs and their effects upon the environment; 3) EcoTeams to discuss the use of tailored information and local action in specific Philadelphia neighborhoods; 4) The Haddington Collaborative to explain the importance of building social capital as a way to increase changes in the social and physical environment of the community. By addressing local solutions to broader environmental health issues, community groups not only help their own neighborhoods and problems but also help to foster direct action throughout the region.
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Keywords: Community-Based Public Health, Environmental Health
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.