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Working against the clock: Protecting children's health, safety, and their futures
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
: 1:15 PM - 1:30 PM
The most vulnerable children are those with exposures to multiple environmental health burdens living in low-income communities, who have had no choice but to rely on the willingness and ability of communities to stand up for their protections. Yet, for so many children of color and those living in or close to poverty, they are still waiting to receive the protections from exposure to lead paint, harmful pesticides, and asthma inducing air toxins that are prevalent in their schools, homes, parks, and overall communities. Community-academic partnerships have demonstrated potential for improving community and environmental health. This session will present on the evolution, research and policy processes and outcomes of a community-based participatory research partnership that has had multi-level impacts on health policy concerning diesel emissions, healthy homes and related environmental justice issues. The partnership between WE ACT and the Columbia Mailman's Center for Children's Environmental Health and the NIEHS Center for Environmental Health in Northern Manhattan is discussed. The presentation will address tools such as creating strong alliances, building government accountability, developing high-level policy processes, and embedding evaluation and outcomes into government's strategies, goals and tactics.
Learning Areas:
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Learning Objectives: Assess the contributions community-based participatory research has had within the CEH movement and for high-risk communities specifically.
Presenting author's disclosure statement:Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have been the co-PI on multiple funded grants from the NIEHS focused on children's environmental health. My interests are translating research to community education and policy impact.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
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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