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5044.0: Wednesday, November 08, 2006: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM | |||
Oral | |||
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| Scientific integrity plays a vital role in the assessment and development of environmental health strategies. In this session, Schmalhausen's Law and the relative risk matrix are introduced as tools for examining patterns of public health vulnerability and health improvement. In addition, shcolars from diverse fields will address complex linkages between human and ecosystem health. A Swedish model will to alleviate major environmental problems will be presented. Federal, state and local initiatives aimed at transitioning the U.S. economy to a clean energy future will be discussed. National efforts among nursing leaders aimed at tranforming environmental health will be presented. | |||
| Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to: Discuss public health impacts of clean energy; Identify at elast three environmental health controversies that have mobilized U.S. scientists and advocates in recent years; Describe nursing's emerging leadership role in environmental health; Discuss Swedish envrionmental quality objectives; examine Schmalhausen's Law in relation to relative risk matrices. | |||
| Aditi Vaidya, MPH | |||
| Nursing's emerging leadership in environmental health Barbara Sattler, RN, DrPH, FAAN, Brenda Afzal, RN, MS, Marjorie Buchanan, RN, MSN, Susan Wilburn, RN, MS, nancy Hughes, RN, MS, Anna Gilmore-Hall, RN, MS, Karen Ballard, RN, MS | |||
| Development and implementation of Environmental Quality Objectives in Sweden, with a special focus on the goal A Non-Toxic Environment Ingela Andersson | |||
| Schmalhausen's Law and the relative risk matrix Richard Levins, PhD | |||
| Building a Majority for Clean Energy and Good Jobs Jerome Ringo | |||
| Toward Tomorrow: A Common Agenda for Health and Environment Polly Hoppin, ScD, Joel Tickner, ScD | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Organized by: | Environment | ||
| Endorsed by: | Occupational Health and Safety; Socialist Caucus | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing | ||
The 134th Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 4-8, 2006) of APHA