The 2009 National Environmental Public Health Conference-Healthy People in a Healthy Environment seeks to promote the nation's environmental health capacity by enhancing the expertise of environmental health professionals-including public health and healthcare professionals, academic researchers, representatives from communities and organizations, as well as advocacy and business groups with a primary interest in environmental public health.
In addition to being a forum for NCEH/ATSDR and its many partners to share research, scientific and program information focusing on environmental public health priorities, the conference aims to develop and encourage innovative strategies for addressing existing and emerging issues.
The conference will focus on the following six tracks:
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Healthy Places will highlight research and programs related to healthy communities, schools, and housing; indoor and outdoor air quality; land reuse and revitalization; and the built environment.
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Public Health & Environmental Exposures will emphasize biomonitoring, exposure pathways, health effects, and interventions and will provide an opportunity to discuss specific hazardous substances, as well as emerging toxic exposures.
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Sustainability & Public Health will provide a forum for discussing public health's engagement with a variety of sustainability initiatives. These can include efforts to mitigate or adapt to climate change, green healthcare and energy initiatives, and other sustainability programs.
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Environmental Systems & Public Health will promote discussion about how changes in the earth's ecosystems affect population health and will include sessions on the interrelationships between human and animal health and the environmental public health systems that monitor, control, or prevent adverse health outcomes.
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Environmental Health Emergencies will accept submissions dealing with all-hazards preparedness, including anticipating, responding to, mitigating, and recovering from chemical, radiologic, and biological emergencies, natural disasters, and outbreaks.
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Environmental Health Science and Practice will provide learning opportunities about new and emerging tools for use in science, research, and programs. Sessions will focus on informatics, tracking, surveillance, geospatial research, laboratory science, modeling, workforce development, capacity building, and program implementation and evaluation.
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The conference agenda is being developed to include issues, topics, and initiatives that will be incorporated throughout the program, including:
- Community capacity building
- Effective public participation practices
- Environmental justice
- Faith-based neighborhood partnerships
- Health disparities
- Health economics
- Health promotion, education and communication
- Policy and program development
- Public health and clinical practice
- Public health law, and ethics
- Vulnerable populations
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