Children’s Health Disparities Webcast

Posted by on May 14, 2007

Children’s Health Disparities June 6th Webcast

What: Webcast: Children?s Health Disparities and the Environment Part 1

Topic: Children?s health advocates will be introduced to emerging conceptual frameworks that integrate social and environmental conditions as more holistic approaches to evaluate and address disparities in environmental health. The panel of distinguished speakers will discuss how these social and environmental factors impact disparities in children?s environmental health and identify areas for policy changes to reduce these disparities.

When: Wednesday, June 6, 1:00-2:30 pm EDT

Who:
Gilbert C. Gee, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Education and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health

David Williams, Florence Sprague Norman and Laura Smart Norman Professor of Public Health Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard University

Janean E. Dilworth-Bart, Assistant Professor, Human Development and Family Studies (and Colleen F. Moore, Professor, Associate Chair and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Psychology) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Phil Landrigan, Professor and Chair, Community and Preventative Medicine, Professor, Pediatrics, Mt Sinai School of Medicine

How to Register: We invite you to join this exciting interactive event via Microsoft Live Meeting. You will be able to listen in via telephone and view presentations. Participation is free, but limited. If you are interested in attending, please send an email to [email protected]. Once you have registered, a subsequent email will be sent that includes log-in and other important instructions on running Microsoft Live Meeting.

Sponsored by EPA and the National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2007 marks the 10th Anniversary of Executive Order 13045 – "Protection of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks."