PEHSU ANNUAL MEETING 2017- DENVER, CO
Meeting Documents
Meeting Slides
- National Program Office Updates
- Regional Updates (Regions 1-10 & Canada PEHSU)
- Successful Partnerships
- Community Engagement & Lessons Learned
- Making a Visible Difference - Region 3 (Laura Anderko, PhD, RN)
- Fort Valley, GA - Region 4 (Robert Geller, MD, FAAP)
- Alexandria, LA - Region 6 (Stephen Borron, MD, MS, FACMT)
- School Engagement Program - Region 7 (Luke Gard, CIEC)
- Communtiy and State-level Work - Region 2 (Maida Galvez, MD, MPH, FAAP)
- Scientific Sessions - CE and webinar recordings will be available by going to the PEHSU National Classroom. See below for instructions for receiving CE through the CDC. Click here for accreditation statement and disclaimers.
- Thursday, June 29, 2017
- Friday, June 30, 2017
To receive continuing education (CE):
- First establish a login with the CDC if you have not already. Access the CDC Training and Continuing Education Online webpage using the links above.
- Complete the activity
- Complete the Evaluation at www.cdc.gov/TCEOnline
- Pass the posttest at 80% at www.cdc.gov/TCEOnline (Posttest consists of a mix of five multiple choice and true/false questions.)
FEES: No fees are charged for CDC’s CE activities.
Lead - Thursday, June 29, 2017
Presenter: Eric Roberts, PhD
Learning Objectives
By the end of this module, participants should be able to:
- To understand the role of AAP and CDC guidelines in determining blood lead testing practices
- To quantify the effectiveness of these guidelines in 39 states with respect to detection of lead-exposed children
- To understand how our approach to blood lead testing often fails to achieve its intended goals
Presenter: Susan Buchanan, MD, MPH - Regional Director PEHSU Region 5
Learning Objectives
By the end of this module, participants should be able to:
- List the causes of elevated blood lead levels in Flint, Michigan and East Chicago, Indiana
- Explain the lead prevention programs that have developed in response to the Flint lead crisis
- Identify the roles of ATSDR and PEHSU in the Flint and East Chicago responses
- Explain the lead prevention programs that have developed in response to the Flint lead crisis
- Identify the roles of ATSDR and PEHSU in the Flint and East Chicago responses
Presenter: Jennifer Lowry, MD - Chief, Section of Toxicology and Environmental Health; Director of PEHSU R7
Learning Objectives
By the end of this module, participants should be able to:
- Describe the events that lead to the FDA/CDC announcement regarding use of Lead Care II for venous testing
- Understand why recommendations by CDC were made
- Discuss the individual needs of patients who received venous testing using point of care testing
- Understand why recommendations by CDC were made
- Discuss the individual needs of patients who received venous testing using point of care testing
#1 Hot Topics for Region 8 - Thursday, June 29, 2017
Presenters: Lori Byron, MD - Pediatric Hospitalist, St Vincents Hospital Billings MT, and Robert Byron, MD - Bighorn Valley Health Center and Hospitalist/St. Vincent’s
Learning Objectives
By the end of this module, participants should be able to:
- Discuss the risks of gas/oil pipelines.
- Increase awareness of health issues related to fracking.
- Discuss the beliefs and reasons behind the civil protest at Standing Rock
- Increase awareness of health issues related to fracking.
- Discuss the beliefs and reasons behind the civil protest at Standing Rock
Presenters: Marissa Hauptman, MD, MPH, Pediatrician and Pediatric Environmental Health Specialist, and Laura Anderko, PhD, RN, Director PEHSU Region 3
Learning Objectives
By the end of this module, participants should be able to:
- Identify links between climate change and increased risk for wildfires
- To describe health impacts of wildfires
- To outline resources available to address health and safety concerns
- To discuss risk communication strategies to address health and safety concerns from wildfires
- To outline resources available to address health and safety concerns
- To discuss risk communication strategies to address health and safety concerns from wildfires
Hot Topics - Thursday, June 29, 2017
Presenter: Mark Miller, MD, MPH - Co-Director, Western States PEHSU
Learning Objectives
By the end of this module, participants should be able to:
- Participants will be able to identify key rice and rice products that contribute to As exposure burdens of pregnant women, infants and children.
- Identify at least 3 groups of people at higher risk for exposure to As from rice.
- Be able to put into context for concerned parents the risks associated with As exposure from rice.
- Identify rice types and cooking methods associated with least As exposure.
- Identify at least 3 groups of people at higher risk for exposure to As from rice.
- Be able to put into context for concerned parents the risks associated with As exposure from rice.
- Identify rice types and cooking methods associated with least As exposure.
Presenter: Michelle Watters, MD, PhD, MPH - Western Branch Associate Director of Science (acting), Division of Community Health Investigations, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
Learning Objectives
By the end of this module, participants should be able to:
- Be able to describe what PFAS are and where they might be found
- Understand the ways in which infants and young children can be exposed to PFAS
- Understand the ways in which infants and young children can be exposed to PFAS
- Recognize challenges in addressing community concerns about infant exposures
Reproductive Environmental Health - Friday, June 30, 2017
Presenter: Gary Loy, MD - Vice Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Professor, Rush University Medical College
Learning Objectives
By the end of this module, participants should be able to:
- List the air pollutants known to increase risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes
- Describe the uncertainties related to the studies on environmental exposures and pregnancy outcomes
- Be able to counsel pregnant and pre-conception patients on reducing risk due to air pollutants
- Describe the uncertainties related to the studies on environmental exposures and pregnancy outcomes
- Be able to counsel pregnant and pre-conception patients on reducing risk due to air pollutants
Presenter: Charles McKay, MD - National Reproductive Environmental Health Guidelines Project Director
Learning Objectives
By the end of this module, participants should be able to:
- Become familiar with the PAER Tool
- Promote the use of the PAER Tool for patients and clinicians to address concerns regarding environmental exposures during pregnancy
- Provide recommendations for PAER Tool improvements
- Promote the use of the PAER Tool for patients and clinicians to address concerns regarding environmental exposures during pregnancy
- Provide recommendations for PAER Tool improvements
#2 Hot Topics for Region 8 - Friday, June 30, 2017
Presenter: Sam Wang, MD - Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
Learning Objectives
By the end of this module, participants should be able to:
- Discuss Recent Evidence on Adolescent Use Trends
- Recent Clinical Evidence of CBD for Pediatric Epilepsy
- Hospital Policy on Medical Marijuana for Patients
- Recent Clinical Evidence of CBD for Pediatric Epilepsy
- Hospital Policy on Medical Marijuana for Patients