273833 Federal Environmental Justice and Sustainability Initiatives Contributing to Improved Health

Monday, October 29, 2012 : 3:30 PM - 3:45 PM

B. Suzi Ruhl, JD, MPH , Office of Environmental Justice, US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC
     
This presentation will highlight the importance of environmental justice and sustainability as a framework to increase access to health care for vulnerable populations. From her unique perspective as Chair of TEAM-EJ of the HUD-DOT-EPA Partnership for Sustainable Communities and as Co-Chair of the National Environmental Policy Act Committee of the Federal Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice, the speaker will provide important links to embedded health/vision and eye health, access matters.

Learning Areas:
Public health or related public policy

Learning Objectives:
To describe environmental justice and sustainable initiatives

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Ms. Ruhl is the Senior Attorney Advisor for the Office of Environmental Justice, US EPA. She has served as an Assistant Clinical Professor for SUNY College of Optometry, where she taught Public Health and Epidemiology. Ms. Ruhl has presented at panel presentations sponsored by the APHA Vision Care Section and the APHA Environmental Section in 2011, and again in 2012.
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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