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This conference should be informative. Let's hope that "greening" means non-toxic and mold-resistant design and materials. Without care, greening might contribute to mold. This might be a good topic to bring up at the conference (SMH).
Save the Dates: October 30 & 31, 2008, Austin, TX
Children's Environmental Health Institute
Fifth Biennial Scientific Symposium:
Blueprint for Children's Health in the Built Environment
See www.cehi.org
Learn about healthy building design, construction and maintenance. The
development of standards for materials and the adoption of policies for
operating practices can reduce health risks to children by decreasing their
exposure to environmental contaminants and hazards.
Learn how physicians, architects/builders, businesses and others can "green"
their practice and how it will impact children's health and well-being.
Learn specific public health aspects of the built environment that expose
children to
environmental health risks, such as land use and urban sprawl.
Learn how the National Children's Study will help us to better understand
how children's genes and their environments interact to affect their health
and development. In the study, "environment" includes factors such as how
children are cared for in the safety of their neighborhoods and community.
http://nationalchildrensstudy.gov/
Learn why health professionals, school/child care administrators and others
need to develop policies to remove environmental contaminants from the microenvironment of
children.
Learn how direct exposure to nature is essential for healthy childhood
development and for the physical and emotional development of children.
Take a tour of the Dell Children's Medical Center and learn how the physical
environment at the Dell Children's Center affects the models of care
delivery.
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Audience
Physicians and other health professionals; architects, engineers and others
in the building and service industry; educators, childcare administrators,
faith communities and child advocates.
Professional Credits
Physicians may claim 12.25 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsT, including 2.25 hours
of ethics and/or professional responsibility education.
Architects may claim credit hours through self-reporting to the AIA or
tracking credits
on a CEPH log.
Child Care Professionals may claim 11 hours (1.1 CEU's) of training.
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