163186 Prevention and our planet: Public health needs to lead

Monday, November 5, 2007: 5:30 PM

Richard J. Jackson, MD MPH , Environmental Health Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA
        
The greatest obstacle to confronting climate change is the belief that our small personal or organizational contributions do not matter. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions requires increased awareness of these emissions and how our built environemt --what and where we build-- is contributing to energy and resource consumption. Specific recommendations ranging from personal and organization assessment and reporting will be presented.

Learning Objectives:
To identify specific actions public health leaders can take to limit our contribution to global warming: personal, clinical, societal. To identify tools to assess our effectiveness. To recognize the most critical policy levers to bring this about.

Keywords: Environmental Health, Housing

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No
Any institutionally-contracted trials related to this submission?

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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