NLM Announces: Children's Environmental Health Information Resources

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MLA-Approved Continuing Education Course
Children's Environmental Health Information Resources
Live Satellite Broadcast
March 21, 2002 1-3 pm ET

Environmental health and safety risks disproportionately affect children.
>From pesticides in schools and playgrounds to nitrates in the water,
children are at increased risk for a variety of adverse health effects
such as developmental delays and asthma. The 1997 Presidential Executive
Order on the Protection of Children to Environmental Health Risks and
Safety Risks states that each Federal agency shall make it a high priority
to identify and assess these risks. Access to information is vital for
understanding environmental hazards and ensuring the safety of children.

This live interactive program will demonstrate selected online resources
in the context of important children's environmental health issues. Topics
include exposure of children to pesticides, environmental triggers of
childhood asthma, methylmercury and fish contamination, the use of
Geographic Information Systems for environmental health data, and lead
poisoning prevention funding resources.

The satellite broadcast is sponsored by the Partnership for Information
Access for Public Health Professionals, a group of governmental and
non-governmental organizations including CDC, NLM, NN/LM, HRSA, ASTHO,
ASPH, APHA, NACCHO, and PHF, (http://nnlm.gov/partners).

The program is intended for physicians, nurses, physician assistants,
nurse practitioners, epidemiologists, public health educators, librarians,
counselors, administrators, or anyone else providing environmental
health-related services.  Continuing education credits will be offered for
physicians, nurses, health educators, and medical librarians based on 2
hours of instruction.  In addition, the program will be available on the
web.

Registration information appears at:
	http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/phtnonline/
Course materials appear at:
	http://nnlm.gov/partners/children/

For more information please contact Stacey Arnesen
(stacey_arnesen at nlm.nih.gov)

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