WE CREATED NEW VISUAL RESOURCES:
- Region 1 (New England) PEHSU created this coloring book:
- Magic in the Wild. Kim Manning, MA, CHES, and EJCC Scholar Rachelle Shao made this book to encourage children to think about how they are connected to nature and the environment.
- The PEHSU National Program Office created two videos:
- Children’s Environmental Health Day-- what it means to PEHSU.
- Childhood Cancer & the Environment-- how the two are connected.
WE HOSTED AND/OR PARTICIPATED IN 5 EVENTS:
Region 1 (New England) PEHSU celebrated Children’s Environmental Health Day with an outreach event in the main lobby of Boston Children’s Hospital. The PEHSU was joined by members of the MA/RI Poison Center and Boston Children’s Injury Prevention. The PEHSU team distributed over 150 packs filled with the “Magic in the Wild” environmental health activity book, the “Happy Healthy Lead-Free Me” board book, crayons, stickers, brochures, and wildflower seeds. Interested families and health providers had their questions answered about environmental exposures during their visit.- Region 2 PEHSU along with their NYSCHECK partner network, hosted Dr. Nathan Graber from the New York State Dept. of Health, who gave a presentation on “Pediatric Policy: Persistence, Perseverance, Perseveration, Patience, and Perspiration. Enabling a better world for kids.” Faculty, students, and staff attended the inspiring presentation with over 170 tuning in!
- Region 3 (Mid-Atlantic Center for Children's Health and the Environment (MACCHE)) PEHSU hosted the webinar “Safe Spaces: Protecting Student Health on Children's Environmental Health Day and Every Day.” This webinar provided an overview of the unique vulnerabilities of children to environmental health hazards. It described the environmental health risks for students and staff in the school environment focusing on both legacy and emerging threats. They also discussed practical prevention strategies and health promotion interventions that can be implemented to reduce environmental health risks in schools.
- Region 4 (Southeast) PEHSU…
- …Hosted their first CEH Day event. Partners from the Emory CHARTER Center, Sun Market, and Ogbanbire gathered to engage children and families in activities and education. Stations included virtual reality experiences, a live Roblox CEH house, veggie and soil growing, a live book reading of “Something happened to our planet”, and of course, popsicles!
- Director Abby Mutic PhD, MSN, CNM was a panelist in The Emory CHART Center’s Webinar titled Heat Exposure and Health: Addressing Challenges for Children and Farmworkers.
- Leslie Rubin presented the "Break the Cycle" program to a select group of professionals from the EPA, CDC, and other government agencies. The hybrid meeting, hosted in Washington D.C. and over Zoom, highlighted key initiatives aimed at addressing environmental health challenges facing children today.
