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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
APHA 2005
 
Session: Reaching Out Of The Box: The Collaboration of Environmental Health Programs With Communities
4020.0: Tuesday, December 13, 2005: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Reaching Out Of The Box: The Collaboration of Environmental Health Programs With Communities
This session offers examples of partnerships between organizations interested in improving the environmental health of populations. Such partnerships include government and communities engaged in social marketing; universities, community environmental justice and environmental protection non-profit organizations working together to decrease environmental health disparities; federal and city governments working together to identify and address indoor air quality problems in schools; and municipal inspectors, housing specialists and community groups collaborating to document the public health impact of poor housing conditions and subsequently improve them. Specifically, within this session, speakers will demonstrate partnerships in one of the aforementioned areas using case studies concerning policy and/or direct interventions.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to: 1) Describe the importance of partnerships of environmental health programs with communities; 2) List four examples of successful partnerships; and 3) List two constraints/challenges to successful partnerships and two corresponding ways to overcome these constraints.
Organizer(s):Beth A. Resnick, MPH
Claire Barnett
Leon F. Vinci, MPH
Dorothy Stephens
Moderator(s):Ingrid A. Denis, MA
8:30 AMChanging the paradigm in academia: How researchers can deliver experimental designs focused on solving environmental and health disparities in communities of color
Christopher D. Heaney, MS, Omega R. Wilson, MA, LUTCF, Sacoby M. Wilson, MS, John Cooper, PhD
8:50 AMEPA’s Tools for Schools: Evaluating its effectiveness at improving indoor air quality in Connecticut schools
Kenneth F. Foscue, MPH, Eugene Benoit, MA, MS
9:10 AMImproving housing conditions in Montreal: A public health priority  [ Recorded presentation ]
Norman King, MSc
9:30 AMStrengthening the Moral Force of Community for Environmental Health Protection
Dianne Quigley, PhD Candidate
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Environment
Endorsed by:Academic Public Health Caucus; Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Epidemiology; Public Health Education and Health Promotion
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA