Outreach and Partnerships
Public involvement is key to protecting human health and the environment. Citizens and communities need to have information and tools that enable them to take steps toward protecting their children from environmental health threats. Organizations, health professionals, industry and government entities at all levels also need information to help them take child-protective actions. Providing basic information is a key focus of the children’s health program at EPA.
The Child and Aging Health Protection Division efforts to build capacity in children's environmental health protection include:( The following documents are in PDF format - the free Acrobat Reader is required for viewing. )
Providing Information and Tools to the Public:
- Climate Change and the Health of Children
- Fast Facts on Children’s Environmental Health
- Children’s Environmental Health Protection Webcasts
- Trends in Children's Environmental Health (Indicators)
- Live, Learn, Play — Tune Into Your Health and Environment (October 2004) - Available in HTML format or PDF Format [1990K]
- Protect Children, Protect Our Future (September 2003) - Available in PDF format [568K] or Word Format [100K]
- Tips to Protect Children from Environmental Threats
- Children's Environmental Health Yearbook (June 1998) [PDF 1327K]
- Children's Environmental Health Yearbook Supplement (August 2000) [PDF 3710K]
- Child Health Champion Resource Guide (May 1999) [PDF 896K]
Supporting Community Actions to Protect Children:
- Children’s Environmental Health Awards
- 2008 Children's Environmental Health Champions
- List of 2007 winners
- List of 2006 winners
- List of 2005 Winners
- Designing Healthier Communities for Healthier Children
- Child Health Champion Community Pilot Program
- Child Health Champion Environment Monitoring & Education
- Child Health Champion Resource Guide (May 1999) [PDF 896K]
Increasing the Ability of Health Care Providers to
Identify, Prevent,
and Reduce Environmental Health Threats to Children:
- EPA Supports Efforts to Expand the Integration of Environmental Health in to Health Care Provider Education and Practice
- Promoting Pediatric Environmental Health among Pediatric Chief Residents
- Protecting Children from Environmental Threats: Nursing Education
- Supporting the Development of Pediatric Health Fellowships
- Promoting the National Strategies for Health Care Providers: Pesticide Initiative
- Supporting Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units
- Supporting the American Academy of Pediatrics Handbook on Pediatric Environmental Health, Second Edition
- Issuing grants to increase the number of physicians, nurses, and public health workers who are able to address the broad spectrum of children's environmental health issues
- Providing a list of free online resources for health care providers regarding children's environmental health
Working with States to Develop Programs to Address
Children's
Environmental Health Issues:
- Outreach with State Legislators on State and Federal Programs Affecting Children's Environmental Health
- State Profiles of Children's Environmental Health Issues and Programs
- Catching Your Breath – Addressing Environmental Factors that Contribute to Childhood Asthma
- Connecting State Smart Growth Initiatives and Children's Environmental Health Protection