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Announcements
"Remembering
Childhood" Lecture Series Comes to a Close
The
Fall 2003 lecture series, “Remembering
Childhood: Meet the Authors, Hear Their Stories,”
presented by the Rutgers-Camden Center
for Children and Childhood Studies to
support its ongoing research, educational and community
outreach activities, brought distinguished authors to
the Rutgers-Camden campus. These well-attended public
events provided an opportunity for three award-winning
writers to discuss their views of childhood as reflected
in their work and to take the opportunity to engage
the audience in a dialogue about childhood.
>>> for more information, download brochure
| November
23, 2003 |
| The
Remembering Childhood Series concluded on November
21, 2003 with Michael Chabon, the
award winning novelist and screen writer. He discussed
his book, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier
and Clay, which chronicles the coming of age
of two Jewish cousins who write comic books during
the "Golden Age" in the late 30's. >>>
more |
|
| October
15, 2003 |
| Tanya
Maria Barrientos talks about her novel,
Frontera Street (New American Library Trade 2002).
Ms. Barrientos is an author and a staff writer for
the Philadelphia Inquirer where she writes the column
“Unconventional Wisdom.” A rich story
of friendship and forgiveness, Frontera Street explores
the physical, cultural, and emotional borders that
shaper her characters’ lives. Ms. Barrientos’
fiction has been awarded the prestigious 2001 Pew
Fellowship for the Arts. She has recently published
her second novel, Family Resemblance (New American
Library Trade 2002). >>> more |
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| September
17, 2003 |
| Faith
Ringgold, a renowned African-American painter,
mixed media sculptor, performance artist and writer,
kicks off the series. Her first published book,
Tar Beach (Random House 1991) has won more than
30 awards including a Caldecott Honor and the Coretta
Scott King Award for the best illustrated children’s
book of 1991. Ms. Ringgold is the recipient of more
than 75 awards including 15 honorary Doctor of Fine
Arts degrees. She has also authored Aunt Harriet’s
Underground Railroad in the Sky (Crown Publishers
1995) and My Dream of Martin Luther King (Dragonfly
Press 1998). >>> more |
| |
SEMINAR
at the RUTGERS-CAMDEN LAW SCHOOL
 Professor
Dorothy Roberts of Northwestern Univ. Law School spoke
on her new book, "Shattered
Bonds: The Color of Child Welfare" (Basic Books,
2001), which examines "major shifts in federal and
state policy on child protection, welfare reform, and
criminal justice..." Professor Roberts has written
extensively on race, gender and family policy, and has
some compelling things to say on the destructive effects
on poor and minority families of the Adoption and Safe
Families Act, welfare reform and criminal justice policies.
For more information, please contact Ann
E. Freedman
The
Abbott Pre-School Outreach Initiative:
New Project for the Camden Campaign for Children's Literacy
The Camden Campaign for Children's Literacy is pleased
to announce The Abbott Pre-School Outreach Initiative.
The Abbott Pre-School Outreach Initiative has three primary
goals: 1) to work with key agencies in Camden to get the
word out to families regarding the benefit of the Abbott
pre-school decision; 2) to assist key agencies with the
registration process; and 3) to assist childcare staff
with training and certification in order to meet Abbott
standards...more
Funding
News
The
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has
made a $150,000 grant award to the Center for Children
and Childhood Studies to organize a Campaign
for Children's Literacy in Camden.
Myra Bluebond-Langner (Anthropology), Director of the
Center, is the Principal Investigator, Angela
Connor-Morris (MSW, MPA) is the Project Director.
The
Center for Children and Childhood Studies has received
a $50,000 grant from the Johnson and Johnson Family
of Companies in support of its programs. This
is the third largest grant awarded to a Rutgers University
Department from Johnson and Johnson for this fiscal year.
Good
news! The Center for Children and Childhood Studies
received $90,000 in SROA funding for
our second year. Thanks to all associates and center staff
who contributed to making our first year a great success.
Rutgers
University-Center for the Arts'
summer program received a grant from the Campbell's
Soup Foundation for $25,000. For more information
about the Center for the Arts' summer program, please
contact Noreen Garrity at 856-225-6350.
The
Camden STARR (Sports Teaching Adolescents Responsibility
and Resiliency) program, directed by Dan Hart
and Robert Atkins, received a grant from the Campbell's
Soup Foundation for $7,500. For more information about
STARR, please contact Dan Hart, Associate Dean of Rutgers
University Camden College of Arts and Sciences at 856-225-6515.
The
Science
Preparation Alliance of Rutgers and Camden (SPARC) program
received a $5,000 continuation grant from North
East States Consortium for Air Use Management
to support a second year of the Air CURRENTS program.
This program teaches high school students in Camden how
to monitor the quality of the air we breathe and relate
air quality to issues of health and wellness. Students
from all Camden high schools will design and carry out
projects that they then will report on at an Air CURRENTS
Congress next spring in Newark. For further information,
please contact Bill
Whitlow.
 The
Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal
Justice and the Department of Psychology have
received one of five college-wide grants to
develop a Service Learning Course, "Bridging
the Digital Divide in Camden." The course
will involve a weekly seminar on Camden's history, the
particular problems faced by its schools, and the importance
of technological skills for learning and job preparation.
Students also will engage in service work at community
centers and schools in the city. They will be building
on sociology students' volunteer work in both the spring
and fall 2000 semesters at the Martin Luther King Community
Center's computer labs. Dr. Robert Wood (Sociology) and
Ms. Cathy Dunbar (Director, MLK Community Center) collaborated
in organizing and supervising the Rutgers-Camden students'
technology tutoring activities. For more information on
the new service learning course, please contact Dr.
Bill Whitlow, Professor of Psychology at 856-225-6741.
Previous
Seminar Series
Associates
Seminars
Fall
2000 and Spring 2001
Associates'
Lectures & Presentations
Carol
Singley has
given workshops in the Vineland school district to help
third- and fourth-grade teachers develop and implement
a balanced literacy program, which integrates reading
and writing. (Rutgers
FOCUS, May 31, 2002)
Dan
Hart's newest research project examines what may
cause young people to become involved in their communities
and how social policy can encourage people to participate
in the world around them. Funded by a grant from the William
T. Grant Foundation and submitted under the auspices of
the Rutgers-Camden Center for Children and Childhood Studies,
the project is a joint venture between Hart and Jim Youniss
of the Catholic University of America. Civic
competency in teens to be studies by Rutgers-Camden scholar.
(Rutgers News & Media, May 30, 2002)
Dr.
Kathy Frame (nursing) presented her research
on the effect of a support group on the self-perception
of preadolescents diagnosed with ADHD. >>> more
Dr.
Carol Singley (Associate Professor, CCAS-English)
will delivered a talk, "Women, Movement, Momentum:
Where Are We Going, Where Have We Been, and Do We Need
Nikes to Get There?," to the regional chapter of
the American Association of University Women in Springfield
(PA) on Feb. 4.
Three
CCCS Associates participated in paper sessions
at the American Society of Criminology meetings in Atlanta
during Nov. 7 to 10. Dr. Drew Humphries (professor)
presented a paper titled "Gender and Diversity:
Exploring New Entanglements in Prime Time Crime."
Dr. Jon'a Meyer (assistant professor) chaired
a session on victimless crimes, and Dr. Jane Siegel
(assistant professor) presented a paper titled "The
Impact of Parental Incarceration on Children."
Dr.
Joseph Barbarese (Assistant Professor, English)
gave a presentation, "What Readers Ask For and
What They Find in the Illustrations of Children's Books"
on March 19 at the annual Literacy Conference
sponsored by BookMates held on the Rutgers-Camden campus.
 Dr.
Barbarese also held the first of four workshops
for middle- and secondary-school educators from three
Gloucester Township, NJ schools entitled, "Teaching
Harry Potter." Barbarese also gives workshops
for middle school Potter enthusiasts. The first was
on March 4 at the Glen Landing Middle School. Future
workshops are planned for April 26 at the Mullen School
and May 3 at C.W. Lewis.
Barbarese's
poem, "Teaching the Slider" was published
in the April edition of The Atlantic Monthly.
To read or listen to the poem online, go to http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/poetry/antholog/barbarese/slider.htm.
 Myra
Bluebond-Langner,
Professor II of Anthropology and Director of the Center
for Children and Childhood Studies, was a keynote
speaker at the Fifteenth Annual North American Cystic
Fibrosis Conference. Her presentation was titled:
"Why Don't They Do What We Tell Them To Do?
Dr.
Sheila Cosminsky (Associate Professor, Anthropology)
published an article, "Midwifery Across the Generations:
A Modernizing Midwife in Guatemala," in the journal
Medical Anthropology (20:345-378, 2001).
Dr.
Cosminsky presented a paper, "Obesity, Diabetes
and the Hispanic Migrant Child," at the meetings
of the American Anthropological Association in November
in Washington DC. This paper was based on a study funded
by the RUCCCS through the Rutgers University SROA program.
Dr.
Cosminsky and Dr. Diane Markowitz (Associate
Professor, Anthropology) presented a poster, "Acculturation,
Obesity and Diabetes Risk in Hispanic Migrant Children"
on March 8th at the Society for Applied Anthropology meetings
in Atlanta, GA.
Dr.
Janet Golden (Professor, History) published an article,
"Live Clean, Think Clean, and Don't Go to Burlesque
Shows: Charles Atlas as Health Advisor" in the
Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences,
(57:39-60, 2002).
Dr.
Drew Humphries (Professor, Criminal Justice) and Dr.
Janet Golden (Professor, History) participated in
the panel, "Curriculum Development: Transferring
Addiction Technology into Educational Settings,"
at the Conference on Blending Research and Clinical Practice
held March 13-14, sponsored by the National Institute
of Drug Abuse, NY, NY.
Dr.
Humphries (Professor, Criminal Justice) also gave
a presentation, "Crack Mothers and the Media"
at the Conference of the National Alliance for Pregnant
Women, January 15-17 at Mt. Sinai Hospital, NY, NY.
Nancy
Rosoff (Assistant Dean of CCAS and Associate of RUCCCS)
presented a paper, "Every Muscle is Absolutely Free:
Advertising and Advice about Clothing for Athletic American
Women, 1880-1920" at the Popular Culture Conference
in Toronto, March 16-17. This paper considered the advice
offered to girls and women in the popular press between
1880 and1920 about how to dress for various kinds of athletic
activities.
Dr.
Jane Siegel (Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice)
was an invited presenter at the NJ State Assembly's forum,
Families, Women and Children's Services Committee on March
21 at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women in
Clinton. Siegel gave a presentation, "Filling the
Void: Addressing the Needs of Children with Incarcerated
Parents." Dr. Siegel spoke about research on the
children of incarcerated parents, the implications of
prior findings and Siegel's own current research on children
of female offenders.
Dr.
John Wall (Assistant Professor, Religion) played an
instrumental role in the creation of a PBS television
documentary, "Marriage: Is it Just a Piece
of Paper?" which debuted nationwide on February 14.
Dr. Wall provided guidance into the design of the substance,
message, and content of the documentary. His involvement
arose through his work on the Religion, Culture and Family
Project at the University of Chicago Divinity School.
Dr.
Myra Bluebond-Langner (Professor II, Anthropology,
and Director, Center for Children and Childhood Studies)
delivered the plenary address at the Fifth Annual
North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference on Oct.
27. Her talk was titled "Why Won't They Do What We
Tell Them to Do? Understanding Families and Understanding
Adherence." To
listen to Dr. Bluebond-Langner's presentation, go to http://www.nacfchighlights.com/fifteen/top_nav_frame.htm,
then click on Plenary II on the top of the page. An annotated
transcript for the hearing impaired accompanies each slide
on the bottom of the screen.
Dr.
Sheila Cosminsky (Associate Professor, Anthropology)
published an article in the Journal of Medical Anthropology,
"Midwifery Across the Generations: A Modernizing
Midwife in Guatemala."
Dr.
Joseph Barbarese (Assistant
Professor of English) gave a talk at Rutgers Camden on
February 17, 2001. He enchanted a discussion group at
Rutgers in February with his
insights into the Harry Potter Wizardry that has cast
an international spell over children of all ages.
As
part of the Pediatric Bioethics Research Project,
Dr. Bluebond-Langner presented a paper, "Assent
to Biomedical Research: The Case of Children with
Chronic and Life Limiting Illnesses." The project
is directed by Dr. Eric Kodish, Associate Professor
of Pediatrics, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital,
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine,
and funded by the Greenwall Foundation.
Dr.
Bluebond-Langner presented a paper, "Illness
And Death In The Child's Social World: Contributions
To Child Socialization Theory," at a Mead Centennial
Session of the American Anthropological Association
in Washington DC on Nov. 30.
Dr.
Sheila Cosminsky (Associate Professor, Anthropology)
published a chapter on her studies of Mayan midwives,
"Maya Midwives of Southern Mexico and Guatemala,"
in the Brad R. Huber and Alan R. Sandstrom (Eds.)
book Mesoamerican Healers (University of Texas Press,
2001).
Dr.
Cosminsky (with Diane Diane L. Markowitz) presented
a paper, "Obesity, Diabetes and the Hispanic
Migrant Child," during a meeting of the American
Anthropological Association in Washington
DC on Nov. 28. This paper was based on a study funded
by the RUCCCS through the Rutgers University SROA
program.
Dr.
Daniel Hart (Associate Dean and Professor, Psychology)
co-authored a study, "Does Health Insurance Improve
Children's Lives? A Study of New Jersey's Family Care
Program," which can be viewed with Adobe Acrobat
online at http://camden-nt1.rutgers.edu/hart/hfcywebdocument.PDF.
The research was conducted under the auspices of the
Center for Children and Childhood Studies, and was supported
by a grant form the Johnson & Johnson Family of
Companies.
Dr. Carol Singley (Associate Professor, English)
presented a paper, "Narratives of Salvation and
Damnation: Birth Mothers in 19th-Century American
Fiction," at the Oct. 13 Toronto conference,
"Mothering in Literature" sponsored by the
Association for Research on Mothering.
Dr.
Singley, working through Coaching Connections, helps
primary grade teachers in the Vineland school district
develop and implement a balancedliteracy program.
Dr.
John Wall (Assistant Professor, Religion) recently
had an article, "Animals and Innocents: Reflections
on the Meaning and Purpose of Child-Rearing,"
accepted for publication in the journal Modern Theology.
Dr.
Drew Humphries (Professor, Criminal Justice) presented
a paper, "Gender and Diversity: Exploring New
Entanglements in Prime Time Crime," Dr. Jon'a
Meyer (Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice) chaired
a session on victimless crimes, and Dr. Jane Siegel
(Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice) presented
a paper, "The Impact of Parental Incarceration
on Children" at the American Society of Criminology
meetings in Atlanta Nov. 7-10.
Janet
Golden (History) published "The Politics of
Paternity: Foetal Risks and Reproductive Harm,"
with Cynthia Daniels in Law and Medicine Michael
Freeman and Andre D. E. Lewis, eds. (Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2000) pp. 363-378.
Janet
Golden (History) published "Children's Experiences
of Illness," with Russell Viner in Medicine in
the 20th Century Roger Cooter and John Pickstone,
eds. (London: Harwood, 2000) pp. 575-588.
Drew
Humphries (Sociology) is leading two workshops for
elementary school teachers from Camden, Collingswood and
Swedesboro. The seminar on "Caregiver Addiction" will
provide curriculum development for the teachers and is
funded by the Northeastern Addiction Technology Transfer
Center (U.S. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment); the
"Domestic Violence" workshop will spotlight curriculum
development for elementary school teachers and is funded
through a Rutgers SROA grant.
Bill
Whitlow (Psychology) spoke
at a meeting of the Society for Women Environmental Professionals
about Environmental Justice and Indoor Air Quality. He
discussed the Asthma
Management and Urban Lead Education and Training project.
Carol
Singley (English) delivered a paper, "The Limits of
Nurture: Louisa May Alcott's Adoption Fiction," at two
separate conferences: the American Women Writers Conference
in San Antonio and the International Symposium on Kinship
Studies at Kansas State University. Two of her articles
were published in the "Louisa May Alcott Encyclopedia"
(Greenwood Press, 2001).
Jon'a
F. Meyer (Criminal Justice) delivered a paper "Our
First Education: Traditional Stories as a Source of Education
and Social Control for Native Peoples," during the Feb.
16-18 National Association of Native American Studies
conference in Houston. She also authored an article, "Strange
Science: Subjective Criteria in Parole Decisions," that
will appear in a forthcoming edition of the Journal of
Crime and Justice.
Myra
Bluebond-Langner (Anthropology) chaired a session
at the annual meeting of Cystic Fibrosis on Complex Ethical
Issues in Cystic Fybrosis. Panelists discussed ethical
issues surrounding clinical trials, genetic screening,
transplant and gene myropy.
Drew
Humphries
(Sociology) and her book, Crack Mothers: Pregnancy,
Drugs, and the Media (Ohio State University Press, 1999),
were the focus of an Author-Meets-Critic Session at
a meeting of the American Society of Criminology in
San Francisco Nov. 14-18.
Carol
Singley (English) addressed the Honors Program at
Seton Hall University on Dec 6th, 2000 on the topic, "Identity,
Literacy, and Adoption in American Literature and Culture."
Carol
Singley (English) presented a paper at the Modern
Language Association annual convention, Washington, DC,
on illegitimacy and adoption in a 1920s novella written
by Edith Wharton. The title of the talk is "Popular Magazines,
and the Adoption Debate."
Janet
Golden (History)
delivered a paper on the History of Child Health and Pediatrics
in America. This paper will be published in a forthcoming
book on the history of American pediatrics by the University
of Michigan Press.
Janet
Golden (History) presented a paper, "Children's
Experience of Illness" (with R.Viner) at a Conference
on the History of Childhood in America at the Neustadt
Center (Benton Foundation) in Washington, DC on August
6, 2000.
Myra
Bluebond-Langner delivered the keynote address: "In
the Shadow of Illness: Parents and Siblings of the Chronically
Ill Child" at the International Conference on Family
Nursing, Chicago Illinois, July 20, 2000.
Myra
Bluebond-Langner delivered grand rounds and met with
staff and residents from hematology-oncology and nephrology
services at the IWK Grace Health Centre, Nova Scotia.
She also gave a public lecture, sponsored by the pediatric
palliative care service on May 10-12, 2000.
Students
in the News
RUTGERS-CAMDEN
STUDENTS USE "TREES" AND "FISH" TO PROMOTE LITERACY.
On Dec. 11, a group of Rutgers-Camden Psi Chi (Psychology
National Honors Society) students found time to settle
into the Camden Free City Library to work with city
children on
"The Giving Tree and Rainbow Fish." Sponsored by
the Center for Children and Childhood Studies,
this event had Rutgers-Camden students lead reading
circles with their young friends, who then crafted their
own learning trees and rainbow fish. Every child departed
with a keepsake copy of their circle's book. This activity
is part of the children's center continuing efforts
to promote literacy in Camden. On Saturday, Dec. 16,
students read "Circus Circus" and "Snow Lion." For more
information, contact Angela Connor-Morris at ibconnor@camden.rutgers.edu.
Other
News
The
Center for Children and Childhood Studies
has joined CAMConnect
as a Founding Member. CAMConnect,
funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation,
brings together resources, expertise, interests,
and data from a broad spectrum of groups interested
in helping to empower families and communities
of Camden.
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Stuart
Charme
is one of three Provost's Teaching Excellence Awardees.
The award honors faculty who display commitment to
expanding their teaching abilities. Dr. Charme recently
developed a new freshman seminar series program for
the campus.
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Carol
Singley (Associate Professor, English) has
been awarded the 2002 Rutgers University-Camden
Alumni Association Outstanding Faculty Member
Award. |
|
 J.
William (Bill) Whitlow, PhD
(CCCS Associate Director, Professor
of Psychology) has been selected as a 2002 Dr.
Charles Brimm Medical Arts High School Special Service
Leader. The Dr. Charles E. Brimm Medical Arts High
School was established in 1994 and is named after
Dr. Charles Brimm, an African-American physican and
long-time resident of and practitioner in Camden. The
school focuses on providing students with a full range
of experiences related to health careers.
Myra
Bluebond-Langner gave Pediatric Grand Rounds
on March 21 at Johns Hopkins Medical Center for Children's
Health Week.
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Bluebond-Langner,
Myra; Lask, Bryan; and Angst, Denise (eds).
The Psychosocial Aspects of Cystic Fibrosis.
co-published by Arnold Publishing Co in the UK &
Oxford University Press in New York, 2001. |
Pictures
are now available online from the Sixth
Annual
Allied Health EXPO held at RUTGERS-Camden. On
January 10, 2001 the Science
Preparation Alliance of Rutgers and Camden (SPARC) program,
hosted its annual Allied Health
Sciences Expo, which allowed more
than 500 students from 10 Camden schools to
learn about careers in health care and the allied health
sciences by observing demonstrations, obtaining information
and meeting representatives from hospitals, research
institutions, and other agencies that focus on health.
Approximately 25 organizations, including Coriell Institute
for Medical Research, the Monell Chemical Senses Center,
UMDNJ, Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center, Our
Lady of Lourdes Wellness Center, Virtua Health, and
Kennedy Health System, among others, took part in the
day's events. For more information, email Bill Whitlow
at bwhitlow@camden.rutgers.edu.
Beth
Adelson
(Psychology) was appointed to the Franklin Institute's
Committee on Science and the Arts. This committee selects
the recipients of the Institute's annual research awards.
Myra
Bluebond-Langner's latest book, In
the Shadow of Illness: Parents and Siblings of the Chronically
Ill Child (Princeton), is now available in paperback.
The
Center for Children and Childhood Studies has
joined CAMConnect as a Founding Member. CAMConnect,
funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation,
brings together resources, expertise, interests, and
data from a broad spectrum of groups interested in helping
to empower families and communities of Camden.
Get
Involved for Children
Community Fair at Rutgers-Camden
Date: Thursday, April
18th from 11:30-2:30
Location: Campus Center
The
Rutgers-Camden Center for Children and Childhood
Studies is
hosting the "Get Involved for Children"
Community Fair on Thursday, April 18, 2002 from
11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Rutgers in the Student
Campus Center.
We are looking for community agencies that serve
children and their families to participate by
presenting their agencies and the volunteer
(or internship) opportunities that exist within
their respective organizations. We hope to take
advantage of the recent push for volunteerism
by the current administration.
If you are interested in participating in this
event, please contact
Angela
Connor-Morris at 856-225-6741, Program Coordinator
for the
Rutgers-Camden Center for Children and Childhood
Studies. |
MUSEUM
TOUR on January 26, 2001
The
Center is coordinating a tour of the exhibit KIDS!
200 Years of Childhood at the Winterthur
Museum. The January 26, 2001 tour will be guided
by the exhibit's curator, Tracey Reae Beck.
Participants will leave from campus at 11:00 and
have lunch in the museum café at 12:00 noon. At
1:30, the hour and a half-long tour will begin.
There will be time after the tour for everyone to
visit the other galleries, including the collection
of Campbell Soup Tureens, and we will return to
campus at 5:00 p.m. The Center will provide transportation
and admission to the Museum. Associates, and guests,
will be responsible for their lunches. Due to space
limitations, we are only able to accommodate 25
registrants, and reservations will be taken on a
first-come, first-serve basis.
Please respond to Deanne Farrell at 856-225-6741
by January 8th if you are interested in joining
us for this wonderful tour.
February
8-10, 2002: Youth, Popular Culture, and Everyday Life.
Interdisciplinary, international conference will explore
the multiple ways in which popular culture and everyday
practices have influenced youth, children, and the teenager
as social categories, the ways in which youth people have
responded to these influences, and how the complex interactions
between them have varied over time, location, and social
identity. Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green,
Ohio, USA. http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/ics/ycc/index.html
March
3-7, 2002: "International Conference on Environmental
Threats to the Health of
Children: Hazards and Vulnerability" - Sponsored
by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Chulabhorn
Research Institute in Bangkok, Thailand. The conference
will address new scientific data and research results
on the special vulnerability of children to environmental
hazards. It also aims to increase awareness of different
sectors about children's environmental
health issues. For more information you can contact N.
Osseiran at +(4122)-791-4848 or email:
ceh-conference@who.int
-- Website: http://www.who.int/peh/CEH
March
6-8, 2002: CHILDREN 2002: Making Children a National
Priority. This annual national conference highlights
the policy, practice, and program information needed to
work effectively with children, youth and families, and
to promote a national agenda in their behalf. It also
provides an opportunity to network with a wide variety
of professionals, consumers and advocates. Washington,
DC, Child Welfare League of America, children2002@cwla.org
April
18-19,2002: “Children's Health and the Environment:
A Conference for Great Lakes Clinicians” Hosted by
the Great Lakes Center for Children's Environmental Health
in
collaboration with the International Joint Commission
of Health Professionals Task
Force-Chicago, Illinois, USA. This conference is designed
to provide primary care providers additional skills in
diagnosis, treatment and prevention of environmental illnesses
in children. The format will include plenary sessions
directed by national experts in pediatric
environmental health, as well as interactive, problem-based
learning sessions. For program information contact Jackee
Wuellner at jwuell@uic.edu.
http://www.uic.edu/sph/glakes/ce.
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