CHAPTER FOUR: HEALTH EDUCATION AND PROMOTION
Three units opened in FY 1998, and one more began operating in FY 1999.
In addition, a fifth unit--the Southeast Pediatric Environmental Health
Specialty Unit--was being planned at Emory University in Atlanta in FY 1999.
The four units that were operating in FY 1999 are as follows:
Pediatric Environmental Health Center, Children's Hospital,
Boston, Massachusetts, established in 1998, is a regional center for
pediatric environmental health, with support from ATSDR and
AOEC. The center is a joint program of Children's Hospital in
Boston, the Occupational and Environmental Health Program at
Cambridge Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and the Occupational
and Environmental Medicine Program, Harvard School of Public
Health.
Mt. Sinai Pediatric Environmental Health Unit, Mt. Sinai-Irving J.
Selikoff Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine,
New York, New York, was established in 1998 as a regional center for
pediatric environmental health, with support from ATSDR; the
National Center for Environmental Health, CDC; and the American
College of Preventive Medicine.
The Center for Children's Environmental Health, Cook County
Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, established in 1999, is a regional center
for pediatric environmental health, with support from ATSDR, EPA,
and AOEC. The center is a joint program of the Division of
Occupational and Environmental Medicine and the Department of
Pediatrics at Cook County Hospital. It is affiliated with the Great
Lakes Center for Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health
at the University of Illinois and Chicago's Toxikon Consortium. It
works closely with the Illinois Poison Control Center; local, state, and
federal environmental and public health agencies; and local health
care institutions.
Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit, Harborview
Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, was established in 1998 by the
University of Washington Occupational and Environmental
Medicine Program, the Washington Poison Center, and Children's
Hospital and Regional Medical Center. The unit serves as a regional
center for pediatric environmental health, with support from ATSDR,
EPA, and AOEC.
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