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How and where we live, eat, sleep, work, and play, has huge impacts on our health. These factors have especially large impacts during pregnancy and in early child years, but continue to be vital throughout our lives. Prescriptions for Prevention guide parents and caregivers in the best actions to protect children’s environmental health and prevent future harm. These materials are based off of our clinician-facing Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit (PEHT), featuring evidence-based overviews. Toxin or Exposure includes toxic chemicals like lead and mercury. Sources are where this toxin or exposure may come from, like our food or water.
Use the filters below to search for prescriptions by category such as health issue, toxin/exposure, region etc. Regions 1, 2, 4 and 9 all contribute to the Prescriptions for Prevention program.
Scroll down further for Region 9/WSPEHSU’s animated video series.
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Region 9 (WSPEHSU) Prescriptions for Prevention were developed in partnership with:
This project was led by: James Earl Schier Nolan, MPH (WS PEHSU and EaRTH Center), Stephanie Holm, MD, PhD, MPH, Mark Miller, MD, MPH and Maria Valenti. Graphic design by Steve Burdick.
Contributors and subject authors include: Content contributors include: Anthony Lopez, Bryan Ramirez, Elizabeth Cheung, Erica Chung, Hannah El-Sabrout, Ignacio “Nacho” Santana, Jose Maldonado, Kali Sullivan, Keo Chui, Madeleine Ambrose, Natasha Gonzalez, Nathaniel Tsiperfal, Rachana Mudipalli, Sonja Swenson, Valerie Gallardo, and Zoë Gilbard.
Project supported by: the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and funded (in part) by the cooperative agreement award number 5 NU61TS000296-02-00 from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). Acknowledgement: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) supports the PEHSU by providing partial funding to ATSDR under Inter-Agency Agreement number DW-75-95877701. Neither EPA nor ATSDR endorse the purchase of any commercial products or services mentioned in PEHSU publications.