5131.0: Wednesday, November 19, 2003: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM |
Oral |
Critical Public Health Tools for Addressing Contemporary Environmental Health Threats |
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| Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will:
1. Recognize environmental health as a critical component of public health nursing today
2. Determine the essential environmental health knowledge and skills for PHN practice today
3. Access environmental health resources for public health nurses use in practice |
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. |
| Panelist(s): | Marjorie Buchanan, MS RN
Stacey J. Arnesen, MS
Barbara Sattler, DrPH, RN
Brenda Afzal, MS, RN
Elizabeth Blackburn, RN |
| Presider(s): | Barbara Sattler, DrPH, RN |
| 12:30 PM | | Introduction, Marjorie Buchanan, RN, MPH
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| 12:40 PM | | Toxicology at your fingertips: New and very user-friendly info on human health effects associated with hazardous chemicals in our everyday life, Stacey Arnesen, MS, the National Library of Medicine's Toxnet Progran
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| 12:55 PM | | Education Tools for health/public health professionals, Barbara Sattler, RN, DrPH - UM SON EHEC
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| 1:10 PM | | Environmental health advocacy - influencing the policymakers on EH issues, Brenda Afzal, RN, MS - UM SON EHEC
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| 1:25 PM | | Focus on the most vulnerable - Programs on children's environmental health and the special vulnerabilities of the aging population, Elizabeth Blackburn, RN, BS - EPA's Office of Child Health Protection
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| Organized by: | Public Health Nursing |
| Endorsed by: | Environment; Socialist Caucus |
| CE Credits: | Pharmacy |