Michigan Environmental Health Association AEC
Annual Education Conference
EPA Tools and Resources Webinar: EnviroAtlas
EnviroAtlas is a web-based decision support tool that combines maps, analysis tools, downloadable data and informational resources that states, tribes, communities and individuals can use to help inform policy and planning decisions that impact the places where people live, learn, work and play.
Southern California Joint Technical Symposium
Less than 2 months remain until the 2017 Southern California Joint Technical Symposium on Wednesday, October 18th, 2017 at our New Location The Carson Center in Carson, California.
There is still time to take advantage of discounted early bird rates:
- Attendee Registration (save $50)
- Exhibitor Registration (save $100)
- There are also Sponsor & Exhibitor Opportunities
Discounts are available for Groups of 3+ attendees, save $100, e-mail jts@caljts.com for more details.
Building the Future of Environmental Public Health Tracking: Proceedings and Recommendations of an Expert Panel Workshop
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The Pacific Rim International Conference
The 33rd Annual Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity will be held on October 9-11, 2017 at Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort & the Modern Honolulu. The Call for Proposals is NOW OPEN, so be sure to submit your ideas early! For more information, please visit www.pacrim.hawaii.edu.
Legal Epidemiology Webinar Series, Part 2
Legal Epidemiology, Part 2: A Tool for Evaluating the Impact of Environmental Public Health Laws
Please register at http://neha.org/node/59017
Date: Wednesday, June 14th
Time: 1:00 - 2:30PM EDT
This webinar will offer an abbreviated training in legal epi principles, and will provide examples of legal epidemiology as applied to environmental public health laws. Speakers will highlight variations in state law provisions related environmental public health issues and describe related legal epidemiology methods.
Legal Epidemiology Webinar Series, Part 1
Legal Epidemiology, Part 1: A Tool for Advancing from Data to Policy
Please register at http://neha.org/node/59017
Date: Wednesday, May 10th
Time: 1:00 - 2:30PM EDT
This activity has been approved for 1.5 NEHA Continuing Education hours.
In this webinar, speakers from CDC’s Public Health Law Program will define and characterize legal epidemiology, and describe how it can be used as a tool when advancing from data to policy.
*Note: Webinar audio will be broadcast through attendees' computer speakers.
Childhood Lead Poisoning
A Hidden Problem: Lead Poisoned Children in the United States
A recent study by the California Environmental Health Tracking Program, a program of the Public Health Institute takes a close look at the surveillance and reporting of lead poisoning within the United States. This study takes a fresh look at childhood lead poisoning and the assumption that all children are tested. Learn more at www.cehtp.org/hiddenlead.
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Colorado EHA: Annual Education Conference
Colorado Environmental Health Association, Annual Education Conference. NEHA exams to be offered on 9/19.
Legal Epidemiology
Laws and policies are essential to environmental health issues. Legal epidemiology is an emerging field that blends the practice of developing and implementing health laws with the scientific evaluation of how laws can affect health. Legal epidemiology is defined as: The scientific study of law as a factor in the cause, distribution and prevention of disease and injury.
Legal epidemiological research can cover a wide variety of environmental health law topics such as:
- Laws limiting exposures to disease-causing substances
- Laws that regulate the use and disposal of harmful chemicals and materials
- Laws creating parks and other community spaces
- Laws establishing new frameworks like Health in All Policies (HiAP)
Local environmental health professionals, in particular, should be aware of legal epidemiological tools because it is harder for them to look across jurisdictions for best practices, due to lack of current information on law and policy. Using legal epidemiology can help with these barriers. Local environmental health professionals who conduct surveillance on their own laws and policies can use that information for evaluation and future program planning.
Webinar Series: An Introduction to Legal Epidemiology
NEHA, in collaboration with CDC's Public Health Law Program, is hosting a 3-part webinar series that examines the use of legal epidemiology to address environmental health. The first webinar will serve as an introduction to legal epidemiology and a discussion of the relationship between environmental health and policy. The second webinar will serve as legal epidemiology training for environmental health practitioners. The third webinar will offer a primer on the Health in All Policies (HiAP) approach and demonstrate how legal epidemiology can be used as a tool in tracking the growth of HiAP laws, policies and programs across the country and identifying current trends.
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