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Online Tutorials and Presentations

Many organizations offer resources online aimed at increasing knowledge and skills in children's environmental health.

Presentations on Environmental Health Issues

Developmental Pediatrics: Children and the Environment
Southeast Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit: Developmental pediatrics: children and the environment
www.pediatrics.emory.edu/documents/pehsu/AnnistonDD.ppt

Environmental Issues in Children Living in Rural Areas
Southwest Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit: Kids in the Country...and We're not Talking Goats
www.swcpeh.org/files/pdf/swcpeh_kids-in-the-country.pdf

Health Implications of Mercury in East Texas Lakes
Southwest Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit: Health Implications of Mercury in East Texas Lakes
www.swcpeh.org/files/pdf/swcpeh_health-implications-mercury-et-lakes.pdf

Lead and Children
Rocky Mountain Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit:
Lead and Children

Online Tutorials in Environmental Health

Mid-Atlantic Center for Environmental Pediatrics:
Over 20 presentations on a variety of health conditions and hazards
childrensnational.org/healthcare-providers/tools-for-your-practice/midatlantic-center-for-childrens-health-and-the-environment/video-resources

Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry (ATSDR)
Home page: www.atsdr.cdc.gov
ATSDR en Español - Serving Spanish-speaking communities
www.atsdr.cdc.gov/es/

Case Studies in Environmental Medicine (CSEM) - Self-instructional publications designed to increase the primary care provider's knowledge of hazardous substances in the environment.
www.atsdr.cdc.gov/csem/

Continuing Education Program - The ATSDR Continuing Education (CE) Program is available electronically. Selected education programs are also available in print format.
www.atsdr.cdc.gov/csem/conteduc.html

Online Continuing Education Courses - Continuing medical education credits, continuing nursing education units, and continuing education units are offered by ATSDR in support of the Case Studies in Environmental Medicine.
www2.cdc.gov/atsdrce/

National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF):
A private non-profit organization dedicated to advancing environmental education in its many forms, including this site with information about asthma.
www.neefusa.org/health/asthma/

National Library of Medicine's PubMed
This site includes over 16 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed

National Library of Medicine's Tox Town
An introduction to toxic chemicals and environmental health risks
you might encounter in everyday life, in everyday places.
toxtown.nlm.nih.gov

US EPA: List of Free Online Trainings for Health Care Providers
www2.epa.gov/children/childrens-environmental-health-online-resources-healthcare-providers