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EPA Reports and Presentations
Here you will find a collection of reports and fact sheets issued by the EPA or its grantees on various topics related to the environment, aging and health. The reports are organized by topic in alphabetical order and have been identified as either general or technical in nature.
Presentations at annual Conferences | EPA Reports by Topic
Presentations at annual conferences
2009
Symposium on Aging and the Environment
Promoting Environmental Consciousness and Reducing Prescription Drug Misuse Through the Use of a Citizen Mail-Back Program (PDF) (39 pp, 1.4MB, About PDF)
February 3, 2009
Lenard W. Kaye
New Partners for Smart Growth Conference
Excellence In Building Healthy Communities For Active Aging (PDF) (27 pp, 5.5MB, About PDF)
January 2009
Achievement Award Winner
Portland Bureau of Transportation, Donna Green
Commitment Award Winner (PDF) (28 pp, 1.6MB, About PDF)
January 2009
City of Satellite Beach, Florida, Mayor Mark Brimer
2008
Gerontological Society of America 2008 Conference
Implementing a Consumer Pharmaceutical Mailback Program (PDF) (34 pp, 514K, About PDF)
November 24, 2008.
Jennifer A. Crittenden, Lenard W. Kaye, Jason Charland, Stevan Gressit
PSI Dialogue Meeting on Pharmaceuticals in Sacramento, CA, June 2008
Pharmaceutical Take-Back Program Models (PDF) (14 pp, 1.2MB, About PDF)
December 2, 2008.
David Stitzhal, Full Circle Environmental, Inc., Seattle, Washington
Public Comment Background Presentation
Proposed Addition of Hazardous Pharmaceutical Wastes to the Federal Universal Waste Program (PDF) (12 pp, 332K, About PDF)
December 1, 2008.
Lisa Lauer, Office of Solid Waste, EPA
Long Island 2008 Conference Presentation
Intergenerational Programs and Policy: From Vision to Practice Conference (PDF) (38 pp, 6.3 MB, About PDF)
November 7, 2008.
Matt Kaplan, Ph.D. Associate Professor Intergenerational Programs and Aging, Penn State University
American Public Health Association 2008 Annual Conference
Evidence Shows How to Build Healthier Communities (31 pp, 3.2 MB, About PDF)
James Sallis, PhD.
San Diego State University
The Reconstruction of America (PDF) (26 pp, 1.2MB, About PDF)
Arthur C. Nelson, Ph.D., FAICP
Presidential Professor, City & Metropolitan Planning
Director of Metropolitan Research
University of Utah
Impact of theBuilt Environment on the Health of Older Adults (PDF) (28 pp, 1.95MB, About PDF)
Andrew L. Dannenberg, MD
MPH
National Center for Environmental HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
acd7@cdc.gov
American Public Health Association San Diego, October 28, 2008
Getting the Message Out About Brain Health: A Cross Cultural Comparison of Older Adults’Media Awareness and Communication Needs on How to Maintain a Healthy Brain (PDF) (20 pp, 340K, About PDF)
Daniela B. Friedman, PhD, James N. Laditka, DA, PhD, Rebecca Hunter, MEd, Susan L. Ivey, MD, MHSA, BeiWu, PhD, Sarah B. Laditka, PhD, Winston Tseng, PhD, Sara J. Corwin, MPH, PhD, RuiLiu, MPH, and Anna E. Mathews, MS
Society for Human Ecology 2008 Annual Conference, September 11, 2008
Safe Medicine Disposal for Me (PDF) (34 pp, 9.67MB, About PDF)
Lenard Kaye, D.S.W./Ph.D., Director and Professor
UMaine Center on Aging
Discarded Drugs as Environmental Contaminants (PDF) (30 pp, 826K, About PDF)
Ilene S. Ruhoy, MD, PhDChristian G. Daughton, PhD
U.S. EPAORD, NERL, Las Vegas
Prudent Disposal of Unused Medications: Public Policy and Legislation (30 pp, 828K, About PDF)
Kathy Sykes, US EPA, Aging Initiative
2008 Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Annual Meeting
Use of Heat Illness Investigation Data in the Cal/OSHA Regulatory Process (PDF) (26pp, 613K, About PDF)
Amalia Neidhardt MPH, CIH,
DOSH –Cal/OSHA
Dr. Janice Prudhomme,
CDPH Public Health Medical Officer
7th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth: Building Safe, Healthy and Livable Communities Conference: February 7, 2008
Surfing the Age Tsunami: Smart Growth and the Age Wave (PDF) (7 pp, 595K, About PDF)
Brett Van Akkeren, US EPA
Lifelong Communities: A regional approach to aging (PDF) (24 pp, 529K, About PDF)
Atlanta Regional Commission , Kathryn Lawler
Baby Boomers Get Smart: Local Strategie to Prepare for the Aging Boom February 8, 2008 (6 pp, 163K, About PDF)
Kathy Sykes, US EPA
Baby Boomers Get Smart: Local and State Strategies to Prepare for the Aging Population, (38 pp, 680K, About PDF)
Sandy Markwood, CEO, National Association of Area Agencies on Aging.
Elder-Ready and Environmentally-Friendly Communities: The Town od Culpeper and Copper Ridge, (22 pp, 5.44MB, About PDF)
Chuck Stephenson, PE. Town Engineer/Planning Director, Town of Culpeper, Virginia
2007
Gerontological Society of America 2007 Annual Meeting
Older Adults As a Sensitive
Population – Considerations in Risk Assessment (16pp, 894K, About PDF)
Anna M. Fan, Robert A. Howd, George Alexeeff
2007 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting
Symposium: Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging
Learning Network for Active Aging: Challenges and Success to Date (PDF) (16pp, 1.9MB, About PDF)
Marica Ory, PhD, Cathy Liles, MPH, etc.
Effects of the Rural Built Enviornment on Physical Activity (PDF) (26pp, 183K, About PDF)
Stephanie S. Frost, MAOM, R.Turner Goins PhD, Department of Community Medicine, Center on Aging, West Virginia University
Best Practice PA Programs: Findings from the National Impact Study (PDF) (31pp, 282K, About PDF)
Rachel Seymour, PhD; Susan Hughes, DSW; Richard Campbell, PhD; Karumah Cosey, BA
Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging (PDF) (46pp, 795K, About PDF)
Kathy Sykes, Senior Advisor, US EPA Aging Initiative
Symposium: Environment and Aging
Residential Modifications and Physical Decline among Community-Dwelling Elderly: Results of a Survey-Weighted Propensit Model (PDF) (17pp, 72K, About PDF)
Sze Yan Liu, MPH and Kate L. Lapane, PhD, Brown University
National Association of Area Agencies on Aging 2007 Annual Meeting
Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging (PDF) (43
pp, 4.39MB, About PDF)
Kathy Sykes, US EPA Aging Inititiative.
Physical Activity: Exploring This Important Component of Healthy Aging, Across the Continuum (PDF) (68 pp, 2.24MB, About PDF). Mira Trufasiu, MSG, Manager Partners in Care Foundation - Los Angeles, CA and Serena Sanker, MS, Senior Program Assoc. National Council on Aging - Washington, DC
American Planning Association Annual Meeting 2007
Integrating Smart Growth and Active Aging: Promoting Community Planning to Address the Needs of an Aging Population (PDF) (42 pp, 770 K, About PDF). Sandy Markwood, CEO National Association of Area Agencies on Aging
Active Aging: Achievable through Planning. Marcia Ory, PhD. MPH, Active for Life National Program Office (PDF) (28 pp, 770 K, About PDF)
Integrating Active Aging and Smart Growth, Kathy Sykes, Senior Advisor Aging Initiative, USEPA (PDF) (34 pp, 770 K, About PDF)
2006
A State Perspective on the Environmental Health Effects on Older Adults (PDF, 22 pp., 513 kb, About PDF) -- Henry Anderson, MD, Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Health, WI Division of Public Health, June 6, 2006 Annual Conference of the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
2005
Workshop on Pharmaceuticals in the Environment -- EPA National Exposure Research Laboratory, Las Vegas, NV, August 23-25, 2005
Presentations and Abstracts: Workshop on Pharmaceuticals in the Environment -- EPA National Exposure Research Laboratory, Las Vegas, NV, August 23-25, 2005
Effects
of an Aging Population on Ecology and Environmental Quality (PDF) (PDF,
16 pp., 741 K, About PDF)
by Patricia Bradley, US EPA - Presentation at the annual meeting of
the Society for Human Ecology, October 14, 2005
Aging of Atlanta: Preparing for the Region's Future (PDF) (PDF, 26 pp., 4,746 K, About PDF) -- Presentation by Kathryn Lawler, EPA grantee, at the annual meeting of the Society for Human Ecology, Salt Lake City, Utah, October 14, 2005
"Health Effects and What We Know and Can Do About Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease in Older Adults (PDF)" (PDF, 46 pp., 2,370 K). CSTE Annual Meeting 2005, on June 8, 2005, presented by Wayne Cascio, MD, Professor of Medicine and Cheif, Division of Cardiology, The Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University.
Aging Initiative
- Aging Initiative Background Presentation (PDF) (20 pp, 484 K)
- Without Graphics (PDF)
(20 pp, 211 K)
- Without Graphics (PDF)
(20 pp, 211 K)
- What is the EPA Aging Initiative? (PDF)
(1 pp, 39 K)