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Session: The Built Environment: Environmental Triggers and Effects on Chronic Conditions
4207.0: Tuesday, November 07, 2006: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
The Built Environment: Environmental Triggers and Effects on Chronic Conditions
Abstracts in this session will describe the linkages between pest exposures and asthma, list four key protocols necessary for successful Integrated Pest Management programs, identify neighborhood characteristics that influence disease management for older adults with chronic conditions and discuss the impacts of HOPE VI public housing policies on families previously in public housing.
Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to: 1)describe the linkages between pest exposures and asthma; 2)list four key protocols necessary for successful Integrated Pest Management programs; 3)identify neighborhood characteristics that influence disease management for older adults with chronic conditions and 4)discuss the impacts of HOPE VI public housing policies on families previously in public housing.
Moderator(s):EmyLou S. Rodriguez
2:30 PMDeveloping healthier land use policies through community planning and partnership: Case study of the Eastern Neighborhoods Community Health Impact Assessment
Shireen Malekafzali, MPHc, Rajiv Bhatia, MD, MPH, Cynthia Comerford, MA, Lili Farhang, MPH, Carolina Guzman, MPH, Manel Kappagoda, JD, MPH, Maryann Sargent, MA
2:45 PMBoston Healthy Homes Demonstration Program: A new protocol for childhood asthma
Megan T. Sandel, MD, MPH, Emily Litonjua, MA, Margaret Reid, Ellen Tohn
3:00 PMNeighborhood characteristics and chronic condition management among older adults
Arleen Brown, MD, PhD, Sage Teton, Juan Barron, Alfonso Ang, PhD
3:15 PMEnding lead poisoning in Boston: Targeting housing risk, focusing resources
Ryan Torres
3:30 PMReducing pesticide exposures and asthma triggers through integrated pest management strategies in multi family housing
Ellen Tohn, Kate Bennett, James McCarthy
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development
Endorsed by:Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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