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3151.0: Monday, November 8, 2004: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
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| This session will examine social movements that address the links between health and the environment and the interaction of these movements with public policies and private and government “cover-ups.” A variety of perspectives on the environment –“natural,” “built,” and “social”-- will be offered. A key theme for this session is the importance of these historical examples for contemporary debates regarding environmental health and environmental justice activism. | |||
| Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to: 1. Describe historical examples involving social justice movements concerned about environmental health 2. Provide examples of "cover ups" that were exposed 3. Discuss the importance of these historical examples for contemporary debates regarding environmental health and environmental justice activism | |||
| Luis Aviles | |||
| Luis A. Aviles, PhD, MPH | |||
| Introduction: On Airs, Waters, Places, and Justice Luis A. Aviles, PhD, MPH | |||
| Industrial development, pollution and public health: A historical examination of environmental struggles in Cataño, Puerto Rico Carmen M. Concepción, PhD | |||
| Economic survival vs. environmental health: Water pollution in Maine, 1908-1934 Martha A. Eastman, APRN, BC | |||
| Soil contamination in the Puget Sound Region: How did it happen? Who is responsible? A case study of the Asarco Tacoma smelter Marianne Sullivan, MPH | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Organized by: | Spirit of 1848 Caucus | ||
| CE Credits: | Health Education (CHES), Nursing | ||