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News from the ANA

A new feature for NYSNA Members, News from the ANA offers information, announcements and resources provided from the American Nurses Association (ANA), the largest nursing organization in the U.S., and the voice for nurses in Washington.

Recent ANA Announcements

ANA 2010 House of Delegates Wrap-up

Journal profiles emotional toll on children from disaster events

The journal Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness (DMPHP) recently published a special issue devoted to the 5th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina featuring “Children as Bellwethers of Recovery: Dysfunctional Systems and the Effects of Parents, Households, and Neighborhoods on Serious Emotional Disturbance in Children After Hurricane Katrina” by David M. Abramson, PhD, MPH, Yoon Soo Park, MS, Tasha Stehling-Ariza, MPH, and Irwin Redlener, MD. The findings demonstrate that children exposed to the events surrounding the hurricane were nearly 5 times as likely as a pre-Katrina cohort to exhibit serious emotional disturbances. Their research concluded that disasters affect children in different and important ways which can negatively affect a child’s physical, mental, and social development. The article is available under open access online.

Nat'l Conversation on Public Health and Chemical Exposures announces events and opportunities

The National Conversation on Public Health is an 18-month project working to protect the public from chemical exposure. There are many opportunities for involvement within the project, including: expert working groups, regional and local face-to-face public meetings, and web-based discussions. The resulting action agenda will outline steps for the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry and other institutions to take actions to better protect public health from harmful chemical exposures. Six workgroups to support the project; the ANA is represented on the Chemical Emergencies workgroup.