The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
The Lead-Safe Toolkit for Home-Based Child Care was developed with input from child care professionals and lead prevention experts...
Oct 21, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN) established Children’s Environmental Health Day (CEH Day) in 2016 as a...
Aug 26, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN) established Children’s Environmental Health Day in 2016 as a way to...
Jun 27, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN) announced that child care providers and other early learning facilities can...
Mar 18, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Children’s Environmental Health Network is accepting nominations of young leaders, ages 10-21, making an impact in their...
Feb 15, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
By the Children’s Environmental Health Committee of the American Public Health Association’s Environment Section Local health...
Sep 12, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Despite the many successes and advancements in the field of children’s environmental health over the past few decades, today’s...
Aug 21, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
On Friday, July 20th, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, sponsored a Congressional...
Jul 23, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Nominations are open for the Children’s Environmental Health Network’s 2018 NOW Youth Leadership Award. This award honors a young...
Jul 02, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The Lead-Safe Toolkit for Home-Based Child Care was developed with input from child care professionals and lead prevention experts under the guidance of the Children’s Environmental Health Network, the National Center for Healthy Housing and the National Association of Family Child Care. This toolkit can help providers and even parents reduce lead hazards in their […]
The Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN) established Children’s Environmental Health Day (CEH Day) in 2016 as a way to raise awareness about how environmental exposures impact children’s health. It is also a day of action that can be used to mobilize individuals, families, organizations, and communities to champion, on behalf of all children, the right […]
The Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN) established Children’s Environmental Health Day in 2016 as a way to raise awareness about how environmental exposures impact children’s health. It is also a day of action that can be used to mobilize individuals, families, organizations, and communities to champion, on behalf of all children, the right to clean […]
The Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN) announced that child care providers and other early learning facilities can now apply online to become Eco-Healthy Child Care® endorsed. CEHN also upgraded their website to include a map of endorsed facilities making it easier for families to find an Eco-Healthy Child Care® early learning facility within their local community. […]
The Children’s Environmental Health Network is accepting nominations of young leaders, ages 10-21, making an impact in their communities. The Nsedu Obot Witherspoon (NOW) Youth Leadership Award honors a young person who has demonstrated exceptional environmental health leadership — efforts to protect human health, especially of our most vulnerable populations. Nominations are due...
By the Children’s Environmental Health Committee of the American Public Health Association’s Environment Section Local health department professionals are uniquely aware of the health issues and risks affecting their towns and cities. Some counties have a disproportionate number of homes with lead paint, and others have increasing asthma prevalence rates among children. Children are especially...
Despite the many successes and advancements in the field of children’s environmental health over the past few decades, today’s children face an epidemic of chronic diseases and developmental disabilities linked to environmental exposures and our changing climate. There is an urgent need to put children and families back into the forefront of our nation’s actions […]
On Friday, July 20th, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, sponsored a Congressional panel discussion, “Addressing the Impact of Climate Change on Public Health and Natural Disasters.” Policy experts spoke on how the Federal government should incorporate climate change in its preparedness plan for natural disasters and how […]
Nominations are open for the Children’s Environmental Health Network’s 2018 NOW Youth Leadership Award. This award honors a young person (ages 12-21 at the time of the nomination) who has demonstrated exceptional environmental health leadership–efforts to protect human health, especially of our most vulnerable populations, through actions including: raising awareness of, advocacy for, and...
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