The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Session: Infrastructure Development: Creating Healthier School Facilities
3025.0: Monday, November 11, 2002: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Poster
Infrastructure Development: Creating Healthier School Facilities
This session provides an overview of complex environmental topics that are common in schools, the most densely occupied and most under-maintained of all indoor environments in which 51 million children 'work' every day. Topics inlcude emergency evacuations for new threats, documented hazards and health impacts from uncontrolled renovations of occupied buildings, siting of schools on or near hazarous facilities, developing a healthier cleaning program, changes in state policies for healthier indoor environments, and protocols for occupant health during renovation.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this session, participants will (1) become familiar with complex environmental topics that are common in schools; (2) be able to describe hazards and health impacts from uncontrolled renovations of occupied buildings; (3) become aware of changes in state policies for healthier indoor environments and protocols for occupant health during renovation.
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organizer(s):Neal L. Rosenblatt, MS, MS-C
Claire L. Barnett, MBA
Presider(s):Claire L. Barnett, MBA
Board 1Child Environmental Health at School Post 9/11: Early Lessons Learned
Claire L. Barnett, MBA
Board 2Health Effects of Uncontrolled Renovations: A Case Review
Debra Blog, MD
Board 3Siting of Schools: Creating Safe Learning Zones
Stephen Lester, MS, Lois Marie Gibbs, MS
Board 4Healthier Cleaning of Schools: Developing a Program to Complement 'IAQ Tools for Schools'
Claire L. Barnett, MBA
Board 5Federal Education Department Programs to Create Healthier School Facilities
Claire L. Barnett, MBA
Board 6Healthier Schools: A Review of State Policies for Improving Indoor Air Quality in Schools
Tobie Bernstein
Organized by:Environment
Endorsed by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Public Health Education and Health Promotion

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA