5022.0: Wednesday, October 24, 2001: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Oral Session

Healthy Schools

This panel follows up on APHA's adoption #200010, "Creating Healthier School Facilities," in which the Association recognizes the need to promote better practice in siting, construction, and maintenance of schools as a way to protect child health. Presentations will cover the characteristic of schools on or near EPA Superfund sites, characteristics of schools with reported hazard releases, and polluted indoor air on child respiration, health, and learning. Participants should plan on an active discussion with panelist and moderator on directions for future research in these fields.
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: 1. Participants of this session will learn practical examples of siting, toxic use of chemicals, and polluted indoor air quality. 2. Participants will learn how they and their organizations can promote precautionary measures to protect children in the school environment.
Moderator(s):Ruth A. Etzel, MD, PhD
Organizer(s):Claire L. Barnett, MBA
8:30 AMIndoor environmental quality (IEQ) and respiratory health: Integrating epidemiology and engineering to better understand the relationship and mitigate the causes of poor IEQ in school buildings
Paula Schenck, MPH, William A. Turner, MS, PE, Eileen Storey, MD, MPH, John E. Yocom, PE, CIH
8:50 AMReleases of Hazardous Substances in Educational Institutions
Zahava Berkowitz, MSc, Gilbert S Haugh, MS, Maureen F Orr, MS, Wendy E Kaye, PhD
9:10 AMCharacteristics of schools on or near hazardous waste sites in Brownfields communities
Brent D. Brewer, MSEnvE, Robin M. Wagner, PhD, MS, William D. Henriques, PhD, MSPH, Rueben C. Warren, DDS, MPH, DrPH, Monica L. Booker, MPH, Ginger D. Green, MPH, Mary C. White, ScD
Sponsor:Environment
Cosponsors:Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Occupational Health and Safety; Public Health Nursing; Social Work; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Environmental Health, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA