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Recorded presentation

Brendan Boyle, Division of Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology, Michigan Dept of Community Health, PO Box 30195, 201 Townsend Street, Lansing, MI 48909 and Laurel Berman, Oak Ridge Fellow, Agcy Toxic Sub & Dis Registry, 77 West Jackson Blvd, ATSDR Ste 413 ATSD-J, Chicago, IL 60604, 312-886-7476, berman.laurel@epa.gov.

Public health professionals can assist in the redevelopment process by helping public planners, developers and community members evaluate the overall health status of their community to determine what types of redevelopment will best help improve the health status of the community. Many communities where redevelopment will occur are communities in the lower socioeconomic levels with many environmental justice issues. By conducing an evaluation of the overall health status of a community and identifying community needs public health professionals can help communities advocate for redevelopment that will improve the health status of the community and work toward environmental justice. Public health professionals can also help by documenting how redevelopment can positively impact the overall health of a community. For example, redevelopment of a hazardous site could help a community by increasing access to medical care, increasing access to transportation, or providing long term job opportunities that provide health insurance to members of the community.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the competencies public health professionals need to evaluate the overall health status of the community.
• Identify at least 4 ways that redevelopment of a hazardous site can improve the overall health status of a community.

Keywords: Environmental Health Hazards, Environmental Justice

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No

Recorded presentation