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New Article: Insights on Improving Children’s Environmental Health
The Children’s Environmental Health Network recently released a new article titled “Children’s Environmental Health:...
Dec 20, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Resource Roundup: 2016 World Environmental Health Day – Fighting Second and...
Each year, the International Federation of Environmental Health (IFEH) hosts World Environmental Health Day to encourage global...
Sep 30, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Rockland County Health Official: “Bacteria Aren’t the Enemy: Why Messy Can Be Better”
Rockland County (NY) Health Department’s Commissioner of Health, Patricia Schnabel Ruppert, DO, MPH, DABFM, FAAFP, recently...
Sep 27, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Call for Proposals: 2017 CEHN Research Conference
The Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN) welcomes the submission of abstracts and session proposals for the 2017...
Sep 21, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
CMS, CDC, and HRSA Launch HIV Health Improvement Affinity Group
The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Health Resources...
Jun 23, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Calling for Nominations: CEHN NOW Youth Award
The Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN) is accepting nominations for its NOW Youth Leadership Award through 4:00 PM...
May 31, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
New Publication: Climate Change and Children’s Health
The Future of Children, a joint initiative between Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International...
May 31, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
CDC Provides New Statistics on the Prevalence of Disability in Children
By Erin Linden, NACCHO Health and Disability Fellow New findings were published on March 11, 2016 in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality...
Apr 04, 2016 | Guest Author
Protecting Children from Environmental Threats During Children’s Health Month
We face environmental health threats every day in the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the homes in which we live. And though we...
Oct 23, 2015 | Katie Regan
New Article: Insights on Improving Children’s Environmental HealthThe Children’s Environmental Health Network recently released a new article titled “Children’s Environmental Health: Homes of Influence” featured in the December 2016 issue of the Environmental Health Perspectives journal. The publication discusses the potential positive impact of “homes of influence” (i.e. individuals, organizations, government entities,... Dec 20, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Resource Roundup: 2016 World Environmental Health Day – Fighting Second and Third-Hand SmokeEach year, the International Federation of Environmental Health (IFEH) hosts World Environmental Health Day to encourage global recognition of critical environmental health issues. Past themes have focused on raising awareness about protecting children’s environmental health, addressing environmental health inequalities, and preparing for emerging environmental health risks and challenges.... Sep 30, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Rockland County Health Official: “Bacteria Aren’t the Enemy: Why Messy Can Be Better”Rockland County (NY) Health Department’s Commissioner of Health, Patricia Schnabel Ruppert, DO, MPH, DABFM, FAAFP, recently penned an article for parents of children to explain why “Bacteria Aren’t the Enemy: Why Messy Can Be Better.” The article encourages parents to step away from the anti-bacterial soaps, lotions, and cleansers to let the world’s... Sep 27, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Call for Proposals: 2017 CEHN Research ConferenceThe Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN) welcomes the submission of abstracts and session proposals for the 2017 Children’s Environmental Health Translational Research Conference: New Challenges, taking place on April 5-7, 2017 in Arlington, Virginia. This “biennial research conference is the premier event for researchers in the children’s environmental health field to... Sep 21, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
CMS, CDC, and HRSA Launch HIV Health Improvement Affinity GroupThe Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) recently launched a new joint initiative: the HIV Health Improvement Affinity Group. The HIV Health Improvement Affinity Group will bring together state public health and Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)... Jun 23, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Calling for Nominations: CEHN NOW Youth AwardThe Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN) is accepting nominations for its NOW Youth Leadership Award through 4:00 PM ET on July 15, 2016. Created as part of CEHN’s 20th anniversary celebration in 2012, in honor of Executive Director Nsedu Obot Witherspoon, this award recognizes young people taking on a leadership role in the field of environmental health. […] May 31, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
New Publication: Climate Change and Children’s HealthThe Future of Children, a joint initiative between Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Brookings Institution, recently released the latest issue of their biannual journal, titled Children and Climate Change. This issue identifies the adverse impacts of climate change on a child’s health and various policies that can help mitigate... May 31, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
CDC Provides New Statistics on the Prevalence of Disability in ChildrenBy Erin Linden, NACCHO Health and Disability Fellow New findings were published on March 11, 2016 in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report that indicates significant associations of early childhood mental, behavioral, and developmental disorders (MBDDs) with socio-demographic factors and environmental influences. The report relies on statistics collected as part of the 2011-2012... Apr 04, 2016 | Guest Author |
Protecting Children from Environmental Threats During Children’s Health MonthWe face environmental health threats every day in the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the homes in which we live. And though we are all susceptible, the level of risk experienced is not equal: For children, these threats pose an even greater risk to health than they do for adults. Children are a […] Oct 23, 2015 | Katie Regan |
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