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Location
Online via Zoom
Category
Health and WellnessOpen to the PublicOnline Event
President’s Lecture Series Fall 2024
Co-sponsored with Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, a Point32Health company
Environmental trends pose escalating threats to public health globally. This presentation examines key environmental changes, their wide-ranging health impacts, and the disproportionate effects on vulnerable populations through the social determinants of health in the United States. It concludes by exploring comprehensive prevention strategies, empowering healthcare professionals and the public to address these critical challenges effectively.
Contact Hours: Two
Fee: None
Speaker Information
- Climate Change
Keith Seitter, PhD, Executive Director Emeritus and Senior Policy Fellow of the American Meteorological Society
Topic: Overview of Climate Change and Health in the U.S. - The Impact of Climate Change on Mental Health
Bill Harlan, Vice President, Behavioral Health and Health Engagement, Point32Health
Topic: Impact of Climate Change on Mental Health - Climate Change Health Effects
Lindsey Butler, PhD, Vice President of Sustainability at CREF, former Director of Climate and Health Resilience at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts.
Topic: Climate Change, Air Quality, and More than Respiratory Health - Introduction to Healthcare’s Role in Policy and Community-Level Climate Strategies
Tim Cronin, MPA, Associate Director, Policy and Advocacy, US/National Healthcare without Harm
Topic: Policy and Community-Level Prevention Strategies
Registration Information: You must preregister by 2 p.m. on November 19, 2024.
This activity has been submitted to American Nurses Association Massachusetts, for approval to award contact hours. American Nurses Association Massachusetts is accredited as an approver of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. For more information regarding contact hours, please email presidents.lectureseries@regiscollege.edu.