APHA Annual Meeting Sessions

The Children's Environmental Health Committee regularly organizes sessions at APHA's Annual Meetings. Titles, organizing partners, and hyperlinked session descriptions are listed below.

Co-organized with APHA's Center for Climate Health and Equity:

2023  Climate Action Brings Hope: Youth Engagement in Climate Solutions That Bolster Children’s Physical and Mental Well-Being

Co-organized with the APHA Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Section: 

2023    3256.0 - Competencies in Children’s Health: Preparing Public Health Professionals to Protect Children in a Changing Climate  

2022    Climate Justice and Children’s Health: Inspiring Youth to Advocate for Climate Action

2021    The Year of Living Dangerously: Climate Justice and Children’s Health

2020    Deregulation and Inaction Harm Children First: How to Shift the Paradigm to Prioritize Children and Future Generation

2019    Protecting Our Children: Climate Change, Children's Health and Equity

2017    Children At Risk: A Life Course Approach to Environmental Hazards 

The CEH Committee and the MCH Section also organized a networking and engagement meeting at the APHA 2022 Annual Meeting.

COFFEE TALK - What’s Next in Advancing Children’s Environmental Health