Upcoming Event: Children’s Environmental Health Symposium on 3/11/2017
Posted on Mar 1, 2017 in All, HEER Conferences, Forums and SymposiumsThe Hawaiʻi Department of Health and the Western States Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit, along with partners U.S. EPA Region 9, the University of Hawaiʻi, School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene, and the John A. Burns School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics are sponsoring a free one-day symposium on 3/11/2017 focusing on children’s environmental health risks.
Who should attend? The target audiences for this symposium include: healthcare professionals (i.e., physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners), public health practitioners, and health educators. The symposium will increase the capacity of healthcare practitioners to recognize’ and address environmental hazards that may affect children’s health.
More below:
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- The Hawaiʻi Department of Health and Western States Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit along with partners Environmental Protection Agency Region 9, the University of Hawaiʻi, School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene, and the John A. Burns School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics are sponsoring a free one day symposium focusing on children’s environmental health risks. The symposium will increase knowledge of:
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- 1) environmental burdens commonly found in children;
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- 2) how these burdens can impact children’s health; and
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- 3) what local professionals can do to address children’s environmental health problems in the communities they work with.
Who should attend?
The target audiences for this symposium include: healthcare professionals (i.e., physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners), public health practitioners, and health educators. The symposium will increase the capacity of healthcare practitioners to recognize and address environmental hazards that may affect children’s health.
Symposium Goals
Attendees will:
• increase confidence in addressing environmental exposure in schools and child care.
• increase the capacity of healthcare professionals, public health practitioners and health educators to identify children at risk from exposure to heavy metals.
• be able to identify several environmental exposures associated with adverse health outcomes in children.
• be able to assess respiratory symptoms related to Vog.
Accreditation
The Hawaiʻi Consortium for Continuing Medical Education (HCCME) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. HHCME has approved this activity for 6 CME credits.