3110.1: Monday, October 22, 2001: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM | ||||
Oral Session | ||||
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| The presenters will discuss both indoor and outdoor air pollutants which can trigger asthma. Common indoor asthma triggers discussed will include mold, dust mites, pests, pets, and environmental tobacco smoke. Common outdoor air asthma triggers discussed will include fine particles, ozone, and hydrogen sulfide. Public health prevention efforts to educate the public on outdoor and indoor asthma triggers will also be discussed. | ||||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement. | ||||
| Learning Objectives: 1) Learn about strategies for multiethnic coalition building to decrease pediatric asthma. 2) Learn about and discuss potential common chemical asthmagens. 3) Learn about the health effects of particulate matter & ozone, and discuss key policy issues. 4) Learn about and discuss the relationship between high outdoor levels of hydrogen sulfide, other air toxics, and asthma. 5) Learn about and discuss the role of environmental exposures in the etiology of childhood asthma. | ||||
| Laura Kolb, MPH Laureen Burton | ||||
| Allies Against Asthma: King County initiative to reduce pediatric asthma Nancy Beaudet, MS, CIH | ||||
| Occupational Asthmagens in Children's Air Marybeth Smuts | ||||
| Impact of ambient hydrogen sulfide and total reduced sulfur levels on hospital visits for respiratory diseases among children and adults in Dakota City and South Sioux City, Nebraska Steven Kathman, PhD, Dave Campagna, PhD, Steven G Inserra, MPH, Betty L Phifer, Dannie C Middleton, MD, MPH, Mary C White, ScD | ||||
| An analysis of childhood asthma and environmental exposures in Utah Wayne Ball, PhD, Michelle Gillette, MPH, Greg Williams, MPH | ||||
| EPA Review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Fine Particles and Ozone: A Public Health Response Deborah Sheiman Shprentz | ||||
| Sponsor: | Environment | |||
| Cosponsors: | Chiropractic Health Care; Epidemiology; Latino Caucus; Occupational Health and Safety; Public Health Nursing; Socialist Caucus | |||
| CE Credits: | CME, Chiropractic, Environmental Health, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work | |||