CHE Café: How states can lead on environmental health
This webinar will feature Susan Kaplan, author of the recently released book A Healthy Union: How States Can Lead on Environmental Health.
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Beyond Silos: Why Community Engagement is Vital to Redefining Health, Environment, and Resilience
Co-hosted by the U.S. National Academy of Medicine (NAM) and the School of Public Health of the University of Hong Kong (HKU), the seminar will feature Dr Nason Tan, NAM-HKU Fellow in Global Health Leadership for the 2023/24 cohort, project conducted as part of his global health leadership fellowship.
Black Maternal Health and Neonatal Equity Conference: Moving Forward
Bringing together healthcare professionals and parent advocates to elevate health equity, inclusion, and accountability, while centering the lived experiences, and solutions of Black birthing and preemie families in challenging times.
PGW LIHEAP DAY
This event will provide on-site assistance to apply for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. Income eligible households will be able to apply for up to $1,000 in assistance. This program is open to homeowners and renters. Applicants do not need to be delinquent to apply.
Urban Wildfires in Los Angeles: Health and Environmental Impacts and Community-Led Solutions
This webinar will ground the issue of urban wildfires in LA within the broader fight for environmental justice, public health, and resilience.
Deeply Rooted models effective community-academic partnership to advance health and environmental justice in Philadelphia
Deeply Rooted has planted over 1,000 trees, greened over 1,000 vacant lots, and funded 79 community grants.
Children’s Environmental Health Day
Children’s Environmental Health (CEH) Day takes place on the second Thursday of October each year. It’s based on the idea that, together, we can create a healthier, safer, more equitable world for all children—where fewer children suffer from preventable health issues.
Newborns Living Near Trees Tend to Be Healthier. New Data Suggests It’s Not Because Healthier People Reside Near Parks.
Using a unique dataset, Drexel researchers measured the number of new trees planted within 100 meters of a mother’s address for the first 10 years before their child’s birth, existing tree cover and road coverage.
Environmental Justice and Children’s Health
The panelists for this webinar will discuss environmental injustice and its effects on children from three unique perspectives.
A large-scale research study of health, wealth, and greening
Drs. Eugenia South and Atheendar Venkataramani teamed up to secure a nearly $10 million grant to study whether certain environmental and financial interventions in specific Philadelphia neighborhoods could move the needle on Black health disparities.
Tips for choosing a healthy home, from an environmental health expert
Whether you are hoping to rent or buy, know what to look for and what questions to ask.
The Overturning of Chevron Deference: Impacts on Environmental Health Decision Making
The June 28, 2024, Supreme Court decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo overturning Chevron deference marks a pivotal shift that could reshape environmental regulation as we know it. The […]
Collaborating for Child Well-being: A Toolkit for Local Health Departments & Early Care and Education Programs
This webinar will introduce the new toolkit which provides practical guidance, tools and real-world examples to help Local Health Departments (LHDs) and Early Care and Education (ECE) organizations build and sustain effective partnerships.
PFAS and Child Development: Webinar Recording
Two perspectives on the impact of PFAS on child development.. A Children’s Environmental Health Day webinar by the Philadelphia Regional Center for Children’s Environmental Health.
Impacts of Extreme Heat on Maternal and Child Health: From Awareness to Action
The 9th Annual Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Symposium will explore the research and evidence on the impacts of extreme heat on maternal and child health and discuss ways families, communities, and governments can take action.
Early Childhood Resource Fair Children and Youth with Special Healthcare Needs
From the Family Impact Initiative, the Philadelphia Department of Public Health and Drexel University.
Beyond Paint – Lead Risks for People and Wildlife: Webinar Recording
As part of the University of Pennsylvania’s celebration of Earth Week 2024, this webinar features a panel discussion on the impact of lead exposure to people, wildlife and the environment.
EPA Mid-Atlantic Virtual Summit: Empowering Communities for Environmental Equity
The EPA Mid-Atlantic Summit is a one-day virtual event that is geared towards addressing environmental health topics relevant to the Mid-Atlantic Region. The summit is held annually and features an […]
PRCCEH 3rd Annual Symposium
The 3rd Annual PRCCEH Symposium brings together researchers, nonprofit organizations, governmental leaders and local residents to discuss and learn about the latest in children’s environmental health. Speakers will discuss the effects of lead poisoning, asthma, air pollution, climate change and toxic chemicals on pregnant people and young children.
Health research on a warming planet
Penn Medicine researchers are adding to a growing body of evidence showing the many ways climate change touches human health.
Penn-CHOP ECHO Cohort and Methodological Innovations: Webinar Recording
This webinar overviews the Penn-CHOP ECHO program model, plans for the future, and how new methodological innovations and interventions will play a role in the ECHO cohort.
Putting Environmental Justice into Practice: Connecting Grassroots Activism, Research, and Community Investment
Panelists will explore practical approaches to integrating environmental justice with grassroots activism and scientific research, emphasizing collaborative strategies and digital media approaches.
The Bureau of Family Health invites you to help influence Pennsylvania’s Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant
The Bureau of Family Health requests your voice to help identify the seven to ten priorities that will drive Pennsylvania’s Title V programs.
Heat, Harvest and Health webinar recording
Recording of the February 2024 webinar by Dr. Daniel Jackson Smith on his research with farmworkers in South Georgia, particularly on heat health and extreme weather.