NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Back to results
ERIC Number: ED587159
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Jun
Pages: 28
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Environmental Health at School: New Solutions Put Children First. National Conference (Washington, D.C., June 6-7, 2016)
de Ribeaux, Mary Beth
Healthy Schools Network, Inc.
The purpose of the National Conference was for attendees to: (1) Review research and policy recommendations and goals identified at the November 2015 "Environmental Health at School: Ignored Too Long" panel and facilitated workshop; (2) Hear about risks and exposures at schools and their impact on children; (3) Understand the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) perspectives on the urgency of action and their roles in children's environmental health protection in school and child-care environments; (4) Hear about state and regional perspectives on actions underway and opportunities to address environmental health of children in school; and (5) Discuss approaches and develop a collaborative plan of action to advance the following research and policy recommendations and goals related to the environmental health of children in schools and child-care facilities: (a) Establishing a National Healthy Children, Healthy Schools Commission; (b) Conducting research and pilot studies of proposed prevention, intervention, and tracking programs; (c) Identifying legislative and regulatory challenges; (d) Commissioning high-level reports to review existing information on children's environmental health in schools and providing recommendations on actions; and (e) Responding to civil rights and disability rights issues children and their families face in child-care facilities and P-12 schools. This report presents an overview of the conference.
Healthy Schools Network, Inc. 773 Madison Avenue 1st Floor, Albany, NY 12208. Tel: 518-462-0632: Fax: 518-462-0433; Web site: http://www.healthyschools.org
Publication Type: Collected Works - Proceedings; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Healthy Schools Network, Inc.
Identifiers - Location: Florida; Connecticut; Ohio; New York
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A