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133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
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133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA |
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3274.0: Monday, December 12, 2005: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
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| For years communities of color have been organizing as workers, mothers, youth, families, congregations to determine impacts and risks to health by past, present and future exposure to various contaminants from a variety of sources. This panel will highlight the organizing efforts, trainings and education taking place with workers and communities to improve environmental health and eliminate health disparities. Panelist from several labor /community partnerships will discuss the history of public health, trade and globalization work along the Mexico/US and Canada/US borders. The Labor Occupational Health Program of the University of California at Berkeley and organizations within the Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice will discuss the successes and challenges that have led to collaborative efforts to improve public health and build strong academic-labor-community relationships. Panelists will discuss Train the Trainer (TOT) trainings around MSDS', Risk Mapping, Routes of Exposure, Hazardous Materials, Community Sampling and Community Heath Surveying. | |||
| Learning Objectives: 1. Describe the history of four historical markers in grassroots environmental health and justice work conducted along the U.S./Mexico and U.S./Canada borders. 2. Give five examples of collaborative work between labor, academic and environmental justice organizations to assess and improve the border health. 3. Describe five strategies used by workers and community members to conduct health research. | |||
| Aditi Vaidya Jose Bravo | |||
| Jose Bravo | |||
Border Environmental Health Challenges ![[ Recorded presentation ]](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif){kind=small} Hector F. Gonzalez, MD, MPH | |||
| Building Relationships Across the Fenceline: The Unique Work of PACE Workers to Confront Public Health and Environmental Issues with the Local Community in Rillito, Arizona David Garcia | |||
| Collaborative Organizing Partnerships in Mexico and the U.S. to Achieve Environmental Health Justice Cipriana Jurado | |||
| Environmental Health Among Women in the Migrant Farmworker Sector Ramona Felix | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Organized by: | Environment | ||
| Endorsed by: | APHA-Committee on Women's Rights; Community Health Workers SPIG; Community-Based Public Health Caucus; Epidemiology; Occupational Health and Safety; Public Health Education and Health Promotion | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing | ||
The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA