5040.0 General topics in Environmental Justice

Wednesday, November 11, 2009: 8:30 AM
Oral
The purpose of this session is to bring forward a continued awareness and advocacy framework related to environmental justice. Traditional and nontraditional community outreach and research strategies that promote sustainability and equity concepts will be identified.
Session Objectives: 1) Describe viable education and training interventions that will assist in reducing social and health inequities. 2) Discuss the role of strategic community-based partnerships in providing environmental justice 3) Analyze scientific methods to identify high risk communities
Organizer:
Sharunda Buchanan, MS, PhD
Moderator:
Sharunda Buchanan, MS, PhD

8:30 AM
Training Physicians to Work with Communities and on Environmental Justice Issues
Philip Lewis, MD, MPH, Edward Emmett, MD, MS and Judith Green-McKenzie, MD,MPH
  
8:45 AM
Environmental Justice Youth Corps Action Plan to Improve Community Health
C. Linn Gould, MS, MPH
  
9:00 AM
Policy response to inequities in oil operation expansion in Los Angeles: A case study
Lark Galloway-Gilliam, MPA, David C. Sloane, PhD, Gwendolyn Flynn and Bethany Ulrich
  
9:15 AM
Pollution Prevention and Toxic Releases in Appalachia: Insights from the Toxics Release Inventory
Daniel Ferguson, Nicole Holder, Ken Silver, SM, DSc and John P. Lilly

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Environment
Endorsed by: Socialist Caucus

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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