Session: Critical Public Health Tools for Addressing Contemporary Environmental Health Threats
5131.0: Wednesday, November 19, 2003: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Oral
Critical Public Health Tools for Addressing Contemporary Environmental Health Threats
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will: 1. Recognize environmental health as a critical component of public health nursing today 2. Determine the essential environmental health knowledge and skills for PHN practice today 3. Access environmental health resources for public health nurses use in practice
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Panelist(s):Marjorie Buchanan, MS RN
Stacey J. Arnesen, MS
Barbara Sattler, DrPH, RN
Brenda Afzal, MS, RN
Elizabeth Blackburn, RN
Presider(s):Barbara Sattler, DrPH, RN
12:30 PMIntroduction, Marjorie Buchanan, RN, MPH
12:40 PMToxicology at your fingertips: New and very user-friendly info on human health effects associated with hazardous chemicals in our everyday life, Stacey Arnesen, MS, the National Library of Medicine's Toxnet Progran
12:55 PMEducation Tools for health/public health professionals, Barbara Sattler, RN, DrPH - UM SON EHEC
1:10 PMEnvironmental health advocacy - influencing the policymakers on EH issues, Brenda Afzal, RN, MS - UM SON EHEC
1:25 PMFocus on the most vulnerable - Programs on children's environmental health and the special vulnerabilities of the aging population, Elizabeth Blackburn, RN, BS - EPA's Office of Child Health Protection
Organized by:Public Health Nursing
Endorsed by:Environment; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:Pharmacy

The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA