Children’s Environmental Health Week Webinars for Nurses

Monday: Reducing Toxins in Children’s Everyday Lives

This webinar will discuss common toxic chemicals found in children’s lives and ways to reduce their exposures.  Speakers will look at some user-friendly tools to help attendees shop for no and least-toxic products and engage in supporting policies to help create toxic-free environments for our children.

Tuesday: Children’s Health Risks in Day Care Settings

Dr Abbey Alkon (University of California San Francisco) has been studying health and safety risks in daycare centers for many years and will review the most common risks and how to reduce them and make daycare settings safe for everyone.

Wednesday: Children’s Health Risks Associated with Extreme Heat

Infants, children, and adolescents all have specific vulnerabilities to heat exposures. In this session, attendees will learn about the signs and symptoms of heat-related illness and how to protect infants and children.  In addition, speakers will discuss how to keep adolescent athletes safe during extreme heat events.

Thursday: Health Risks to Farmworker Children

Children are exposed to pesticides from multiple exposures – from home applications of pesticides, pesticide residues on produce, and in agricultural communities where pesticides are used on crops.   Speakers will look at some of the clinical implications, as well as policies and practices to decrease exposures.

Friday: Climate Change and Children’s Health

Children are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.  In this session, speakers will look at children’s increased risks for illness and injury associated with climate change.  And discuss policies and practices that will help reduce children’s risks of harm.

Nurses receive continuing education credits by enrolling and attending all of these events.