The Conference Offers Something for Everyone
For Public Health Practitioners, Environmental Health Officials and Children’s Health Clinicians, the conference will examine new findings in the environmental health field; the need to close the gap between research findings and the promulgation of public policies; available resources on children’s health and the environment; ways to increase lead screening; non-housing sources of lead poisoning; case management techniques; and, protocols for conducting an environmental investigation as part of a home visit.
For Health Educators, Community Organizers and Children’s Health Advocates, the conference will examine communication techniques for reaching diverse audiences; ways to use education and outreach for primary prevention; what makes up successful education and outreach programs; collaboration between public agencies and community groups; parents as advocates and educators; how to evaluate educational and outreach programs.
For Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes Program Administrators, the conference will examine primary prevention strategies in housing, schools and day care facilities; low-cost lead hazard control methods; how to conduct an environmental assessment; the anatomy of a Healthy Homes program; funding opportunities; update on state and federal legislative efforts that can impact on the future of lead hazard control and healthy homes programs; and, grant application and management issues.
For Lead, Mold and IAQ Industry Practitioners, Facility Managers, Maintenance Supervisors, and Housing Rehab Specialists, the conference will examine ways to prevent, assess and remediate mold problems in building systems and components; how to incorporate mold control in an O&M program; worker health and safety requirements for mold projects; how to market environmental services and develop business opportunities; how to obtain cost-effective environmental insurances; and, what’s new in hazard remediation technologies.
Meet the Challenges
Environmental health practitioners, health educators, environmental hazard remediation professionals, and building operators face growing challenges. From tight budgets to issues of political and public support to determining appropriate work practices and to questions of environmental science, they all face mounting concerns of how to effectively operate and sustain programs, projects and businesses. The main purpose of the joint conferences is to help attendees explore solutions to the challenges that are encountered each day in efforts to implement success programs.
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