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ANHE Research Forum Monthly Call - March 2023
2023-03-23 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
Date: March 23, 2023
Speaker: Dr. Claire Ann Richards, Assistant Professor, Washington State University College of Nursing
Title: Energy Insecurity and Human Health
Dr. Richards will share her program of research on energy insecurity and its relationship to climate breakdown. Dr. Richards will discuss different approaches to describing and addressing co-occurring power outages, wildfire, and extreme heat in the Pacific Northwest.
Objectives of the talk are:

Attendees can distinguish acute and chronic forms of energy insecurity and what is known about how they relate to structural and social determinants of health
Attendees will understand challenges with available data to conduct surveillance of energy insecurity
Attendees will discuss potential community-based interventions to protect human health in the context of energy insecurity and climate breakdown

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Nursing Continuing Education credit will be provided for participants who complete an evaluation and earn 80% on the post-test.

ANHE Education Forum Monthly Call - April 2023
2023-04-10 17:30 - 18:30 (America/New_York)
When: Apr 10, 2023 05:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this meeting:https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErf-qvrzkjHteV2T6Snft6sZ_IFY0OTD_y

How to Get Involved with ANHE Webinar
2023-04-12 12:00 - 12:45 (America/New_York)
Welcome to the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments
Join us for a webinar titled How to Get Involved with ANHE

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Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS): Health Provider Series: Session 6
2023-04-12 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
4/12/23 – Looking Forward: NASEM Recommendations to Improve Public Health
Overview
Review the NASEM report’s recommendations that include public health surveillance, as well as the critical need to educate health providers on environmental exposures and associated health effects.
About the Speaker
Laura Anderko, RN, PhD
Dr. Anderko is an environmental health nurse consultant and co-director of the Federal Region 3 Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (PEHSU) of Mid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Health and the Environment at the M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing, Villanova University. She has consulted with health providers and communities about potential health effects and risk reduction strategies for PFAS. She was a co-author for the recent National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) report, Guidance on PFAS Exposure, Testing, and Clinical Follow-up (2022) https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/guidance-on-pfas-testing-and-health-outcomes.
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ACCREDITATION AND CONTACT HOURS
Each participant will earn one CE for attending each session. There is no cost for participating in any of the sessions.
Villanova University M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

1st Annual Embracing Health & Equity Symposium: Embarking on the Road to Climate-smart Health Care
2023-04-21 12:30 - 16:45 (America/New_York)
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Environment, Health, and Nursing in San Diego - An Earth Day Conference
2023-04-22 09:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
The California Nurses for Environmental Health and Justice, in collaboration with Point Loma, presents: SD flyer Environmental Health & nursing conference

ANHE Research Forum Monthly Call - April 2023
2023-04-27 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
Speaker: Shirley C. Gordon PhD, RN, NCSN, AHN-BC, HWNC-BC
Professor, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Florida Atlantic University
Title: Exploring Long-term Human Health Effects of Exposure to Harmful Algal Blooms (LEE-HABs)
Summary: Dr. Shirley C. Gordon is a Professor at Florida Atlantic University, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing. Her research areas involve caring for persons experiencing chronic stigmatized conditions; developing theories to guide nursing practice; holistic nurse coaching; and environmental health including exploring long-term health effects of harmful algae bloom exposure. Published widely, Dr. Gordon has also received funding to support research and service related to harmful algae blooms, persistent head lice, nursing delegation, and school nursing. In 2021, Dr. Gordon established an Algae Bloom Biorepository, funded by the Florida Department of Health.
When: Apr 27, 2023 03:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)Register in advance for this meeting:https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAlceisqzstHN0g5MDJ1_CtDzBdbANC42uYAfter registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting

Instagram LIVE - Author Talk with Sarah DiGregorio
2023-04-28 12:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Join us Friday, April 28th at 12pm ET – on Instagram LIVE – for a lively conversation with author Sarah DiGregorio http://sarahdigregorio.com/ on her new book Taking Care!

https://www.instagram.com/we.are.anhe/
Preorder book here
“In Taking Care, Sarah DiGregorio does the nearly impossible; seamlessly weaving together personal narratives and experiences while crafting a well-documented and researched book on the profession of nursing.”
—Monica McLemore RN, PhD, University of Washington School of Nursing
”Taking Care is a revelation! DiGregorio tracks the necessity of caretaking from Neolithic times to our present moment of political struggle and climate change. Through informed hands-on care, patient advocacy, and an ongoing quest for justice, Taking Care shows that nurses make the world a better place.”
—Theresa Brown, RN, The New York Times bestselling author of Healing: When a Nurse Becomes a Patient and The Shift: One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients’ Lives.

Description:
In this sweeping cultural history of nursing from the Stone Age to the present, the critically acclaimed author of Early pays homage to the profession and makes an urgent call for change.
Nurses have always been vital to human existence. A nurse was likely there when you were born and a nurse might well be there when you die. Familiar in hospitals and doctors’ offices, these dedicated health professionals can also be found in schools, prisons, and people’s homes; at summer camps; on cruise ships, and even at NASA. Yet despite being celebrated during the Covid-19 epidemic, nurses are often undermined and undervalued in ways that reflect misogyny and racism, and that extend to their working conditions–and affect the care available to everyone. But the potential power of nursing to create a healthier, more just world endures.
The story of nursing is complicated. It is woven into war, plague, religion, the economy, and our individual lives in myriad ways. In Taking Care, journalist Sarah DiGregorio chronicles the lives of nurses past and tells the stories of those today–caregivers at the vital intersection of health care and community who are actively changing the world, often invisibly. An absorbing and empathetic work that combines storytelling with nuanced reporting, Taking Care examines how we have always tried to care for each other–the incredible ways we have succeeded and the ways in which we have failed. Fascinating, empowering and significant, it is a call for change and a love letter to the nurses of yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

Agriculture & Climate Impacts: A Discussion on the 2023 Farm Bill
2023-05-04 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
The science is clear: If we don’t reduce greenhouse gas emissions from food and farming, we can’t avoid the worst impacts of climate change. Agriculture in America could become the leading source of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Congress recently provided $20 billion in the Inflation Reduction Act to support farmers who adopt “climate-smart” practices, including changes in fertilizer and manure management. Some members of Congress are seeking to divert this funding. The 2023 Farm Bill is a key opportunity to protect that investment and help make sure funding support is going to farmers and ranchers who are committed to reducing their emissions. Tune in for a discussion with Environmental Working Group on how agriculture impacts climate change, why it matters, and how nurses can get involved in climate advocacy around the 2023 Farm Bill.
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https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUof-2qpz8tGNEnSjFnQcsGeLzrzn7ByBmP
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

ANHE Education Forum Monthly Call - May 2023
2023-05-15 17:30 - 18:30 (America/New_York)
When: May 8, 2023 05:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)Register in advance for this meeting:https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErf-qvrzkjHteV2T6Snft6sZ_IFY0OTD_y

2023 ANHE Nursing Summit on Environmental Health - From PFAS to Paris: Honoring our Pasts, Leading our Futures
2023-05-22 11:00 - 2023-05-23 15:00 (America/New_York)
Please join us for the ANHE Nursing Summit on Environmental Health – From PFAS to Paris: Honoring our Pasts, Leading our Futures, which is co-located with CleanMed 2023 in PIttsburgh, PA and is being co-sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Health and the Environment.
Through our partnership with the organizers of CleanMed 2023, Practice Greenhealth and Health Care without Harm, we are pleased to offer ANHE Nursing Summit attendees discounted rates to attend all or part of CleanMed.
Visit the CleanMed registration form here.
At the top of the form, enter the Special access code “ANHE.2023”. (see image below for where to enter this)
Make your selection from among the registration options:

AHNE Summit Only ($149)
AHNE Summit + CleanMed Full Pass ($1029)
AHNE Summit + CleanMed Tuesday Only Pass ($524)
AHNE Summit: Retired/Reduced Income ($75)
AHNE Summit: Student ($50) ** Special student rate only available until May 1st **

Fill in all the information, and press the submit button.
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EPA Climate Change and Children’s Health and Well-Being in the U.S. Report
2023-05-22 14:30 - 15:30 (America/New_York)
Our climate is changing, and the health and well-being of children will continue to be affected in many ways. Children are uniquely vulnerable to climate change due to a variety of physical, cognitive, behavioral, and social factors. Climate change-related impacts in childhood can have lifelong consequences due to effects on learning, physical health, chronic disease, and other complications.
This national-scale, multi-sector report quantifies projected health effects associated with extreme heat, air quality, changing seasons, flooding, and infectious diseases. Where possible, the analyses consider the extent to which these risks disproportionately fall on children from overburdened populations.
U.S. EPA will be hosting a webinar to introduce the EPA Climate Change and Children’s Health and Well-Being in the U.S. Report on May 22, 2023, from 2:30-3:30pm ET.
EPA Climate Change and Children’s Health and Well-Being in the United States Report is a part of the Climate Change Impacts and Risk Analysis (CIRA) project, a framework that quantifies and monetizes the impacts of climate change in the U.S.
For more information, please visit https://www.epa.gov/cira.
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ANHE Research Forum Monthly Call - May 2023
2023-05-25 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
May 25th, 2023 – TENTATIVE

Speaker: Teresa Dodd-Butera, PhD; RN/DABAT

Associate Dean for Research
Professor, Public Health and Doctoral Programs
Azusa Pacific University, School of Nursing
San Diego and Monrovia Campuses

Title: Chronic Exposures in Pregnancy

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1 Nursing Continuing Education credit will be provided to participants who complete an evaluation and earn at least 80% on post-test.

ANHE Research Forum Monthly Call - May 2023
2023-05-25 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
ANHE Research Forum Monthly Call – May 25, 2023 – 3pm ET

Speaker: Teresa Dodd-Butera, PhD; RN/DABAT
Title: Environmental Health Emergencies: Risks to the Maternal-Fetal Dyad
Climate change may contribute, in part, to the intensity and frequency of environmental health emergencies. These disasters are complex events, and require individual, community, and systems level strategies. CO poisoning can occur in the aftermath of environmental emergencies, such as wildfires and winter storms, related to power losses and makeshift heating and cooking appliances. The maternal – fetal environment is particularly vulnerable to CO poisoning. Evidence in the literature will be presented, along with specific case studies from the California Poison Control System. The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction will also be presented, within the context of understanding risk and prioritizing prevention and preparedness, particularly for the health and well-being of the maternal-fetal dyad.
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAkf-ygrjItH93tFQaby5lfq79RDXJZmdCd

Celebración del segundo aniversario de ANHE Latinoamérica
2023-06-05 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
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Beat the Heat: How to help protect your patients from heat illness during the Texas summer
2023-07-12 20:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Join us for a webinar on July 12 at 7pm CT:
Beat the Heat: How to help protect your patients from heat illness during the Texas summer

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This presentation will help primary care clinicians identify patient populations at increased risk for heat-related illness and how to educate patients on fundamental heat stress preventive measures specific to their risk. After this webinar, primary care clinicians will better understand how they can partner with their patients to monitor for heat- related illness and associated health effects during the hot Texas summer. Model written materials for clinician and patient education regarding preventing serious heat illness will be provided as part of the presentation.
Attendees will learn:

Identify populations at increased risk for heat-related illness (HRI),
Understand fundamental methods to prevent HRI,
Be ready to monitor for HRI and associated health effects, and
Further HRI prevention through patient education.

1 Nursing CE credit will be available for attendees who complete the evaluation and receive at least an 80% on the post-test.
Register in advance for this webinar:
https://psr-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hID5HeZRSRqnrhOwaLFkXA
Speaker:
Ronda Brewer McCarthy, MD, MPH, FACOEM is National Medical Director for Concentra’s Medical Surveillance Services , chair of Concentra’s Regulatory, Testing, and Exam Medical Expert Panel and occupational medicine consultant for several worksites in the Central Texas area. Dr. Ronda McCarthy is a graduate of the University of Texas Health Science Center- Houston (MD), Medical College of Wisconsin (MPH), and the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine (occupational medicine). She is board certified in Occupational Medicine and a fellow of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Relevant experience includes municipal and industrial worksite medical directorship, occupational medicine, urgent care, employee health and wellness programs, return to work and fitness for duty exams, ADA accommodation evaluations and medical surveillance programs for chemical, biologic and physical toxic and hazardous exposures. Areas of interest include: heat stress and heat-related illness prevention programs; respirable crystalline silica; health harms of climate hazards; police, firefighter and hazmat exams; OSHA regulated surveillance and screenings; and occupational medicine epidemiology.

ANHE Practice Forum Monthly WEBINAR - July 2023
2023-07-13 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
Join the ANHE Practice Forum and Catherine Toms, MD, MPH to learn about environmental impacts on maternal and infant health and the Green Cars for Kids program.
July 13th at 6pm ET

Speaker: Catherine Toms, MD, MPH
Learners will:

Relate the US’s current state of infant and maternal mortality.
Identify two examples of racial inequities that lead to disparities in perinatal health.
Describe two public health challenges that the Green Cars for Kids program addresses.
Summarize the Green Cars for Kids program.

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Those who complete the webinar evaluation and receive at least an 80% on post-test will be eligible to receive 1 credit of Nursing Continuing Education (CE).
Dr. Catherine Toms is a public health physician. She is senior advisor for climate and health for the international nonprofit, Health Care Without Harm, where she helps Florida’s health systems be more sustainable and resilient. Before joining Health Care Without Harm, Dr. Toms designed programs aimed at reducing maternal and infant mortality. As a steering committee member with Florida Clinicians for Climate Action, she educates other health professionals and the public about the health impacts of climate change and advocates for equitable solutions promoting clean energy and healthy communities. Dr. Toms is especially interested in the health impacts of extreme heat on vulnerable populations, including expectant mothers. Dr. Toms leads a new program, Green Cars for Kids, which provides free transportation to non-emergency healthcare for low-income expectant mothers and kids using an all-electric fleet.
Dr. Toms earned a bachelor’s degree from Duke University, a medical degree from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany, and trained at Buskerud Central Hospital in Drammen, Norway. She holds a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Green Cars for Kids Website and Instagram:

https://greencars4kids.org/
https://www.instagram.com/greencars4kids/

ANHE Fellowship: Impact through Nurse - Community Partnerships Part 1
2023-07-26 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
ANHE Fellowship: Impact through Nurse – Community Partnerships Part 1
The second cohort of the ANHE Environmental Health Nurse Fellowship officially ended on May 31st, 2023. We want to take some time to showcase some of the incredible work the fellows did – and are continuing to do – with their partner community-based organizations. ANHE is hosting a webinar series featuring nurses who participated in the second cohort. Each speaker will share their experience as a nurse fellows, how they focused their partnership work throughout the program, and the success and challenges they faced.
Join us on July 26th at 3 pm ET to learn more about their partnerships and projects and to celebrate their accomplishments.
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Speakers:

LaDonna Gaines, Gloria Barrera, and Joe Bowman

Objectives:
1. Describe the structure and goals of the ANHE Environmental Health Nurse Fellowship in building nurses-community partnerships to address environmental health issues.
2. Discuss three experiences from the Environmental Health Nurse Fellows that participated in the second cohort of the ANHE Fellowship program.
3. Identify barriers, lessons learned, and strategies to overcome challenges in developing and fostering nurses-community partnerships.

NURSES RUNNING FOR OFFICE - ANHE Policy-Advocacy Forum Monthly Call - August 2023
2023-08-03 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
Nurses Running for Office Flyer (1)

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ANHE Fellowship: Impact through Nurse - Community Partnerships Part 2
2023-08-09 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
ANHE Fellowship: Impact through Nurse – Community Partnerships Part 2
The second cohort of the ANHE Environmental Health Nurse Fellowship officially ended on May 31st, 2023. We want to take some time to showcase some of the incredible work the fellows did – and are continuing to do – with their partner community-based organizations. ANHE is hosting a webinar series featuring nurses who participated in the second cohort. Each speaker will share their experience as a nurse fellows, how they focused their partnership work throughout the program, and the success and challenges they faced.
Join us on August 9th at 3 pm ET to learn more about their partnerships and projects and to celebrate their accomplishments.
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Speakers:

Matt Lindsley, Kayla Williams, Christy Haas Howard, and La Vaida Owens White

Objectives:
1. Describe the structure and goals of the ANHE Environmental Health Nurse Fellowship in building nurses-community partnerships to address environmental health issues.
2. Discuss three experiences from the Environmental Health Nurse Fellows that participated in the second cohort of the ANHE Fellowship program.
3. Identify barriers, lessons learned, and strategies to overcome challenges in developing and fostering nurses-community partnerships.

9th edition of the Science Summit around the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA78)
2023-09-12 08:00 - 2023-09-29 17:00 (America/New_York)
ISC and its partners will organise the 9th edition of the Science Summit around the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA78) on 12-29 September 2023.
The role and contribution of science to attaining the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be the central theme of the Summit. The objective is to develop and launch science collaborations to demonstrate global science mechanisms and activities to support the attainment of the UN SDGs, Agenda 2030 and Local2030. The meeting will also prepare input for the United Nations Summit of the Future, which will take place during UNGA79 beginning on 12 September 2024.
Registration
You can see the programme without registering but to JOIN any Virtual or In-Person session you need to register. Registration will allow you to select the sessions you want to attend. Only by selecting the session, you will see the button link to access the Video Stream.
To select a session click on the white circle near the session title. By doing that, you will be creating your own schedule called “My schedule”. Once you have selected your sessions, see your schedule by hovering over your profile picture and selecting “My Schedule”.
For complete details on setting up your account and personalized agenda, visit the Sched Guide for Attendees

Schedule
The programme contains around 300 science sessions on how to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. It is advised to filter them by Type, Date, Venue and Virtual/In-Person to help identifying the sessions you want to attend.
The session capacity is unlimited for Virtual sessions. For In-Person sessions the limit is set up individually in each session.
PROGRAMME DISPLAYS NEW YORK TIME(EDT), use “Timezone” option on the right menu to change to other timezones.
Questions or problems
If you have questions about your account or technical issues please email support@sched.com
For issues related to the event content or sessions, please contact info@sciencesummitunga.com
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ANHE Research Forum Call - September 2023
2023-09-28 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
Join the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments Research Forum on Thursday, September 28th at 3pm ET for a webinar: Climate Readiness: Preparation is Key. Attendees will be eligible for 1 Nursing CE credit upon completion of the webinar evaluation and by earning at least an 80% on the webinar post test.

Speaker: Alex G. Hodges, DNP, MSN, FNP-C, RN, CNE
Clinical Professor at East Carolina University College of Nursing

Climate impacts are striking at an alarming rate within the United States. Fires and Maui, Burning Man in Nevada with rain and sheltering in pace, Hurricane Idalia, and those left in her wake are the tip of the iceberg, so to speak. Nurses can be pivotal in preparation long before the event or disaster strikes. Understanding the risks your patient population may encounter is the first step. Tools such as the ones published by Americares are just one example of timely patient education. This session will discuss how one primary care nurse practitioner approaches climate change and the changes necessary in primary care.

At the end of the presentation, attendees will be able to:

Identify potential climate change impacts on patients and their chronic disease conditions.
Utilize appropriate resources for anticipatory planning for climate-related events.
Describe appropriate education resources for patients, staff, and organizations.

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It's our 15th ANHEversary!
2023-10-26 20:00 - 21:30 (America/New_York)

Hosted by the Texas Physicians for Social Responsibility - How Climate Affects Cancer
2023-11-27 20:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Join the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE) and Texas Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) for Part 2 of a Webinar Series!
Title: How Climate Change Affects Cancer
Date: November 27, 2023
Time: 7-8pm CT / 8-9pm ET
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Speaker: Lakshmi Balasubramania, MD, Physician

Dr. Balasubramanian is a Medical Oncologist who, having witnessed the detrimental and at times, deadly impacts of severe weather events on her patients and family, has transitioned from almost 2 decades in private practice to work on climate change and health. She has a Yale Climate Change and Health certification, ESG certification from Duke Fuqua School of Business, Health Care Management certification from Naveen Jindal School of Management, and is currently pursuing a Diploma in Climate Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
Description: In this session, we will be able to analyze the Interplay between climate change and cancer by understanding how climate change affects our patients with cancer. What a generalist needs to know about cancer prevention and recurrence: Behavioral modification co-benefits. Recall adverse cancer outcomes resulting from health inequity and disparate exposures.
Learning Objectives: At the end of this session, the attendees can determine the complex relationship between climate change and cancer. Recall how climate change affects our patients with cancer. Identify the behavioral healthful living modification that also will serve as climate co-benefits.
Attendees who complete an evaluation and receive at least an 80% on the post-test are eligible for 1 credit of Nursing Continuing Education (CE).
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Research Forum Monthly Call - The Disposal of Medical Waste in West Africa: An Environmental and Occupational Health Challenge
2024-03-28 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
The Disposal of Medical Waste in West Africa: An Environmental and Occupational Health Challenge

Laura Ridge, PhD, RN
March 28, 2024 at 3pm ET
According to the United Nations Environment Programme, in 2020, COVID-associated healthcare waste alone was 3.4 kg per person per day globally. It was about 2.5 kg per bed per day in developing countries. Dr. Laura Jean Ridge will discuss her research on the occupational health of healthcare workers in West Africa, particularly in Liberia and Ghana. Dr. Ridge is an Assistant Professor at the University of Cincinnati’s College of Nursing. She has received funding from the National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety and was a member of the 2023 cohort of the Environmental Health Research Institute for Nurse and Clinician Scientists™. Dr. Ridge is a nurse practitioner who earned her Master’s in Adult Primary Care from Columbia University (2010). She provided primary and HIV-oriented care in New York City for five years before her PhD at New York University.
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1 Nursing Continuing Education (CE) credit will be available for those who complete an evaluation and receive at least 80% on the post-test.

ANHE Education Forum Monthly Call - Building Environmental Health and Climate Change Across the Nursing Curriculum: Earth Day 2024 Topic Planet vs. Plastic
2024-04-16 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
The ANHE Education Forum is back from taking a pause last year. We are thrilled to open 2024 with new co-chairs! Dr. Adrienne Wald and Joanna Fisher-Whilden will serve as the co-chairs for 2024 and Anna Chico Cornel will support until her term as co-chair starts in 2025.
Join the ANHE Education Forum on April 16th at 12 pm ET for “Building Environmental Health and Climate Change Across the Nursing Curriculum: Earth Day 2024 Topic Planet vs. Plastic.” Megan Wolff, Health Policy Director at Beyond Plastics will join us to talk about the topic in general and offer input and perspective. Our guest speaker will be followed by a Forum group discussion on best practices for integration of content across the nursing curriculum. Register here.

Megan J. Wolff, Ph.D., MPH, is a public health historian with an eye to using history to inform policy. After receiving her masters and doctorate in public health from Columbia University, she spent over a decade at Weill Cornell Medical College, where she developed a mental health policy initiative within the Department of Psychiatry. She believes that climate change is the greatest threat to health and well-being in contemporary life, and that overproduction of plastics touches on every phase of the climate fight.

ANHE Practice Forum Monthly Call - April 2024
2024-04-17 18:30 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
Join the ANHE Practice Forum for a presentation and conversation with Dr. Cheryl Holder, MD, FAACP, Co-Chair of Florida Clinicians for Climate Action.
When: April 17, 2024 at 6pm ET
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Research Forum Monthly Call - Epigenetic Age Acceleration Impacts Racial and Neighborhood Disparities in Chronic Low Back Pain
2024-04-25 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
Epigenetic Age Acceleration Impacts Racial and Neighborhood Disparities in Chronic Low Back Pain
Pamela Jackson, PhD, RN
April 25, 2024 at 3pm
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Amplifying Momentum Among the Health Sector for Healthy and Sustainable Communities
2024-05-08 11:30 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Goodman Community Center, 214 Waubesa St, Madison, WI, 53704
Join the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments for a half day symposium. Health professionals are advocates for holistic well-being. With historic progress and investments in clean energy and sustainable communities, it’s an opportune time for nurses and other health professionals in the Midwest to amplify progress by supporting environmental health at a state, local, and community level. This unique program is designed to equip nurses and health professionals with the knowledge, skills, and opportunities needed to amplify leadership towards advancing impactful action for healthy and sustainable communities.

All health professionals and students are welcome! CE will be provided for nurses. Included in the registration fee is lunch (buffet-style catering) and hors d’oeuvres plus 2 complementary bar tickets for those 21 years and older at the reception.

Scholarships are available for general admission and student general admission. Please reach out to cara@envirn.org to request a scholarship.

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Climate Change Committee Monthly Call - FEMA - Office of Resilience Strategy
2024-05-16 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
As a nurse, are you prepared for how climate hazards and extreme weather can impact your patients and communities? We invite you to join ANHE’s Climate Change Committee on Thursday May 16th from 3-4 PM EST to learn about FEMA’s Climate Resilience Integration Branch and Office of Resilience Strategy.
Representatives from FEMA will discuss resources and tools that are available to communities in order to better prepare and anticipate community needs during extreme weather events.
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