Health Education Kits for Community Environmental Improvement

Health Education Kits for Community Environmental Improvement

Wednesday, March 20th 12:00 - 1:00 PM

→ Participants will learn about interactive community environmental health education kits. These hands-on kits are on topics including lead poisoning prevention (water and housing), water quality (urban and rural), healthy homes, skin cancer, breast cancer, and pesticide use in the home. The kits were developed in partnership with community groups in diverse communities across the country and Science Take-Out, a science education company, Webinar participants will be able to request free kits for use with their own community groups by May 2019, or they can order them online for later use.

Katrina Korfmacher, PhD Associate Professor of Env. Medicine University of Rochester & Dina Markowitz, PhD Professor of Env. Medicine University of Rochester