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Healthy Schools Network, Inc., 2016
Children are uniquely vulnerable to environmental contaminants. Their bodies are still developing, they eat, drink, and breathe more per pound of body weight than adults, they have lungs that are still developing, and they may be more exposed to hazards and unaware of how to protect themselves. Lead exposure can cause serious damage to children's…
Descriptors: Child Health, Water Pollution, Hazardous Materials, Environmental Influences
Goodson, Dana; Rustem, Kim – Healthy Schools Network, Inc., 2015
On November 9-11, 2015, Healthy Schools Network, with funding support from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, Education Facilities Clearinghouse, The California Endowment, Mid-Atlantic Center for Children's Health and the Environment, and National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, convened the first national facilitated workshop on…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Workshops, Environmental Influences, Hazardous Materials
Goodson, Dana; Rustem, Kim – Healthy Schools Network, Inc., 2015
On November 9-11, 2015, Healthy Schools Network, with funding support from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, Education Facilities Clearinghouse, California Endowment, Mid-Atlantic Center for Children's Health and the Environment, and National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, convened the first national facilitated workshop on environmental…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Workshops, Environmental Influences, Hazardous Materials
Healthy Schools Network, Inc., 2005
The tragedy of September 11 had a special significance for the parents of the nearly 6,000 children who attended the seven public schools located in the World Trade Center impact zone. Healthy Schools Network has documented first hand accounts of the experiences of that day and its aftermath. In addition to extensive interviews, last winter a…
Descriptors: Parents, Terrorism, Coping, Interviews