Partnerships for Environmental Public Health (PEPH)

Healthy spaces focus more broadly on the non-household built environments where people live and interact (e.g., schools, parks, workplaces) and how factors intrinsic to these spaces affect human health. Designing the built environment to promote human health encompasses discrete but interactive goals, such as increasing physical activity; reducing injuries; improving air and water quality; minimizing the negative effects of climate change; decreasing mental health stressors; and providing fair access to livelihoods, education, and other critical social resources.
Environmental Health Chat Podcasts
- Vapor Intrusion and Your Health - July 19, 2018
- Crumb Rubber in Playgrounds and Children's Health - March 20, 2018
- Healthy Child Care Environments - March 29, 2016
- Environmental Health in the Nail Salon - Aug. 16, 2014
- Protecting Children from Contaminants at School - Jan. 14, 2013
PEPH Grantee Highlights
- Henry Spliethoff - Helping Communities Adopt Healthy Urban Gardening Practices - November 16, 2016
- James Fredrick - Improving Workplace Health and Safety for Immigrant Day Laborers - September 19, 2016
- Kenneth Oldfield and Roy Stover - Building Capacity for Native Americans in Hazardous Chemical Safety and Awareness - Dec. 18, 2015
- Jose Antonio Tovar-Aguilar, Ph.D. - Improving Working Conditions for Farmworkers - June 23, 2015
- Mitchel Rosen, Ph.D. - Keeping Workers and Emergency Responders Safe - Feb. 2, 2015
PEPH Webinars
- Healthy Schools / Healthy Daycares - October 30, 2017
- Green Spaces and Health - September 26, 2016
- Urban Gardening - May 26, 2016
- Disaster Preparedness and Response Webinar (YouTube) - Dec. 13, 2012
Resources
- Cleaning Up Take-home Lead Dust in Your Home and Car (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
- Environmental Health Infographics (University of Southern California)
- Firefighter Safety Alert (University of Cincinnati)
- Idling Vehicles (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)
- Managing PCBs in Schools (University of California, San Francisco)
- Outdoor Air Pollution (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai) (308KB)
- Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in Schools: How Children Are Exposed, Health Risks, and Tips to Reduce Exposure (University of California, San Francisco)
- Protect Your Family From Carbon Monoxide Exposure (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) (303KB)
- PROTECT Yourself in Childcare (Northeastern University) (234KB)
- PROTECT Yourself in Your Garden (Northeastern University) (291KB)
- PROTECT Yourself in Your Home (Northeastern University) (133KB)
- Resources for North Carolina Community Gardeners (Duke University)
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