Trousdale Kristie, McCurdy Leyla E, Witherspoon Nsedu Obot, Alkon Abbey
Children's Environmental Health Network, Washington, D.C., USA.
Children's Environmental Health Committee, American Public Health Association Environment Section, Washington, D.C., USA.
Matern Child Health J. 2023 Jul 19. doi: 10.1007/s10995-023-03756-8.
The complexities of modern civilization, coupled with challenges including systemic racism and climate change-related impacts, compel public health professionals to break down silos and collaborate towards the shared goals of protecting the wellbeing of current and future generations. This article highlights the growing collaboration between the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) and the Environment (ENV) Sections of the American Public Health Association (APHA) as members bring their collective focus to the protection of children's and pregnant people's environmental health.
The MCH Section and the Children's Environmental Health (CEH) Committee of the ENV Section are collaborating on efforts to: inform key stakeholders?including public health and health care professionals, child care professionals, families, and youth?about environmental hazards and climate change impacts to children's and pregnant people's health and wellbeing; and provide tools and guidance about how to best protect these groups and how to advocate for climate action. The CEH Committee embraces a health equity paradigm and intentionally centers environmental, racial, and social justice as integral to effective children's health and climate change initiatives.
Projects to date include multiple joint sessions about children's environmental health and climate change at APHA's annual meetings, publications and various children's environmental health tools and resources, including a toolkit and lesson plan that equips public health professionals to provide guest lectures at their local high schools on climate change and health, and educational materials for caregivers on extreme heat, wildfires, and ticks and mosquitos.
This collaboration could serve as a replicable model that can be applied to other interdisciplinary efforts seeking strategic partnerships to address complex health issues.
现代文明的复杂性，再加上包括系统性种族主义和气候变化相关影响在内的挑战，迫使公共卫生专业人员打破壁垒，为保护当代和后代福祉这一共同目标而合作。本文强调了美国公共卫生协会（APHA）母婴健康（MCH）部门与环境（ENV）部门之间日益加强的合作，因为成员们共同关注保护儿童和孕妇的环境健康。
MCH部门与ENV部门的儿童环境卫生（CEH）委员会正在合作开展以下工作：向关键利益相关者，包括公共卫生和医疗保健专业人员、儿童保育专业人员、家庭和青少年，宣传环境危害以及气候变化对儿童和孕妇健康与福祉的影响；并提供有关如何最好地保护这些群体以及如何倡导气候行动的工具和指导。CEH委员会采用健康公平范式，并有意将环境、种族和社会正义作为有效儿童健康和气候变化倡议的核心。
迄今为止的项目包括在APHA年会上举办的多次关于儿童环境卫生和气候变化的联合会议、出版物以及各种儿童环境卫生工具和资源，包括一个工具包和教案，使公共卫生专业人员能够在当地高中就气候变化与健康问题进行客座讲座，以及为照顾者提供的关于极端高温、野火、蜱虫和蚊子的教育材料。
这种合作可以作为一个可复制的模式，应用于其他寻求战略伙伴关系以解决复杂健康问题的跨学科努力中。
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