Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit - New England

09/06/2023

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The Community Health Equity Survey helps MA-DPH learn about community health needs so it can plan resources and support near you.

08/16/2023

Please join us for our first Pediatric Environmental Health Grand Rounds of the 2023-2024 academic year. We are kicking off our series with a presentation on WELL WATER.


Title: “The Role Clinicians Play in Protecting the Health of Private Well Owners”
Speaker: Steve Wilson, MS
Date: September 19, 2023
Time: 12 pm to 1pm


Learn more and register at https://bostonchildrens.cloud-cme.com/HHSEPTEMBER or use the QR code

07/21/2023

What do all these wildfires and air quality alerts mean for children this summer? Our own Dr Marissa Hauptman explains in this article in the Atlantic.

Smoke is not only a health hazard. It also cuts into the summer rituals that give children’s days meaning, texture, and fun.

06/05/2023

Attention Nurses!

Please register now for the Boston Children's Hospital 2023 virtual Asthma and Allergy Nursing Conference on Tuesday June 13, 2023 from 4pm to 7pm. Region 1 New England/BCH Pediatric Environmental Health Faculty Dr. Marissa Hauptman and Dr. Shalini Shah will present with Diane Isaac MSN, RN, CPN on “Environmental Asthma Triggers and How to Mitigate Them”.


Register using QR code in the flyer OR https://form.jotform.com/231203568155149

06/05/2023

Attention Nurses!

Please register now for the Boston Children's Hospital 2023 virtual Asthma and Allergy Nursing Conference on Tuesday June 13, 2023 from 4pm to 7pm. Region 1 New England/BCH Pediatric Environmental Health Faculty Dr. Marissa Hauptman and Dr. Shalini Shah will present with Diane Isaac MSN, RN, CPN on “Environmental Asthma Triggers and How to Mitigate Them”.


Register using QR code in the flyer OR https://form.jotform.com/231203568155149

05/23/2023

Join us for our last Pediatric Environmental Health (PEH) Grand Rounds of the academic year on June 20, 2023. CME’s are available. We hope you will join us.


Title: One Size Does Not Fit All: Understanding and Mitigating Heavy Metals in Baby Foods
Speaker: Marissa Hauptman, MD, MPH, FAAP
Date: Tuesday, June 20, 2023
Time: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. (ET)


This session will address the issue of heavy metals in baby foods that has been highlighted periodically in news and media headlines. Dr Hauptman will included useful information on heavy metals in foods as well as strategies to recommend for families to reduce their exposure and special considerations for high risk populations.. More information can be found on the attached flyer and the registration page.


Register now at: https://bostonchildrens.cloud-cme.com/HHJune or using QR code.

05/23/2023

The Western States PEHSU has just released "A Story of Health" a multi-media eBook. "A Story of Health" how our environments interact with our genes to influence health across the lifespan. Check it out.

Our multimedia eBook A Story of Health grounds the science of health in stories of fictional people, their families, and communities to enable readers to explore the risk factors for disease as well as how to prevent disease and promote health and resilience. Using the setting of a family reunion as...

04/05/2023

Attention Public Health Professionals:
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is seeking to hire a Director of the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (CLPPP). (Info below)

We work closely with the CLPPP department and can tell you this is a group of dedicated, smart, and friendly individuals.

Click the link provided to see the complete job description.

04/03/2023

This weekend Health Educator Kim Manning and our Harvard School of Public Health colleague, Ann Backus, attended the NH School Nurses Convention in Concord NH. The pair shared resources for va**ng, lead (Pb), PFAS, arsenic, and more with 60+ dedicated and caring nursing professionals.

Please contact us if you would like more information about educational outreach.

03/27/2023

You don't have to choose between safety and performance with the EPA's Safer Choice label. Products earn the label by meeting EPA's strict requirements for human health, the environment and performance. Learn more....

Safer Choice is a voluntary program that works to advance the mission of EPA to protect human health and the environment by helping product manufacturers choose the safest chemical ingredients possible.

03/23/2023

This week is National Poison Prevention Week (March 20-24)

On Tuesday, we collaborated with the staff of the MA/RI Poison Control Center to share goodies, resources, and tips on how to stay safe from dangerous chemicals and heavy metals

Thank you to all the Boston Chldren's Hospital families, patients, medical personnel, and other hospital staff and visitors who stopped by to say “hi” and picked up some special goodies.