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Your Health, Your Environment... They Matter!A collaborative series from the Connecticut Nurses' Association (CNA), the Rhode Island State Nurses Association (RISNA), and the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA). This event has been supported in part by a mini-grant from the Nurses Workgroup Initiative at Health Care Without Harm.
Your Health, Your Environment... They Matter! is targeted at healthcare professionals and other individuals interested in the impact of global environmental change on health.
The 4-part series features national and international experts in environmental health and advocacy addressing issues about climate change, safety of consumer products, chemical policy reform, and ways to take action. Participants will become resources for their communities to educate and advocate for green health.
Part 1: Circle of Health: Impact of Climate Change
Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH, Professor, Director of Global Environmental Health, Univ. of Wisconsin
Part 2: Consumer Products: What We Don't Know Hurts Us
Stacy Malkan, Communications Director, Health Care Without Harm, co-founder, Campaign for Safe Cosmetics
Part 3: Policy Matters: Shaping Chemical Policy Reform
Holly E. Carpenter, BSN, RN, Senior Staff Specialist in the American Nurses Association's (ANA) Center for Occupational and Environmental Health and Barbara Crane, BSN, RN, CCRN, President, National Federation of Nurses, Board Member, American Nurses Association.
Part 4: Join Team Green Advocacy
Gary Cohen, Co-founder and Executive Director, Health Care Without Harm
Please contact the Education, Practice and Research Program at NYSNA for further information: 518.782.9400 ext. 282 or by e-mail.
The New York State Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.