[PHNURSES] [Fwd: Re: Children's Environmental Health Conference Announcement]

[Laura Larsson]

Friends:

Some of you might find these conferences of interest.

Please let Sandra know if you have issues with the attachments. Her 
email is sandrausher at comcast.net.

Laura

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Subject: Re: Children's Environmental Health Conference Announcement
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 16:58:12 +0000
From: sandrausher at comcast.net
To: Laura Larsson <larsson at u.washington.edu>


> 

> sandrausher at comcast.net wrote:

> > Hello,

> >                       My name is Sandra Usher and I am research Assistant for 

> the University of Massachusetts Lowell. The University of Massachusetts Lowell 

> and the Center for Family, Work and Community, together are working on a grant 

> from the Environmental Protection Agency on Children's Environmental Health. 

> This grant is currently funding 6 conferences that are being held in the 6 New 

> England states - currently in progress. The next 2 scheduled conferences are in 

> Vermont and Maine. I would like to publicise this announcement to the Public 

> Health nurses that belong to this list serve as we believe this conference would 

> be of benafit to Public Health Nurses in the Vermont and Maine states. Below is 

> some information on the conference for review. Would you please review and 

> distribute this information to anyone, interested in attending? Thank you for 

> your time in reviewing this message. If you have any questions please feel free 

> to contact me at 978 934 4772 or reply by e-mail. 



> >                              The University of Massachusetts Lowell, is 

> sponsoring a workshop on Children’s Environmental Health titled: “ Protecting 

> Vermont’s /Maine's Children from Environmental Risks: Problems & Solutions” This 

> is a CEU program for nurses and health care providers and public/community 

> health care professionals serving the pediatric population and the larger 

> community. 



> > 

> > “Protecting Vermont’s/ Maine's Children from Environmental Risks: Problems & 

> Solutions” is a statewide outreach program designed to educate nurses and other 

> health professionals about existing environmental risks, problems and sources of 

> exposures that may cause or exacerbate illness in children.  The goal of the 

> outreach program is to disseminate information on identifying sources of 

> exposure, minimizing risk of exposure and accurately identifying environmental 

> exposures related to disease states, and providing the tools (education 

> material) necessary to educate the public in a meaningful way on existing and 

> potential environmental risks and their affects on children’s health.  

> > 

> > This full day professional development workshop, which includes a continental 

> breakfast and lunch is provided at no cost through a grant from the United 

> States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Children’s Health. I have 

> attached the conference flyer and a registration form with details on location, 

> times and directions and a brief program schedule provided in the attachment. 

> Please post this in your agency and please feel free to forward this message to 

> any other persons who you think may be interested.

> > 

> >                                                                                      

> Thank you,

> >                                                                                 

> Sandra Usher RN BS 

  University of Massachusetts Lowell

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