1:00-3:00pm Webinar
NARPM Presents… Stress and Environmental Contamination: Tips and Tools from ATSDR
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern
Instructors:
- Pam Tucker, MD, Medical Officer, ATSDR
- Ben Gerhardstein, MPH, Environmental Health Scientist, ATSDR Region 9
- Jamie Rayman, MPH, Health Educator and Community Involvement Specialist, ATSDR Region
Session Description:
Environmental contamination can disrupt life as usual. Community members may feel stress for several reasons, including health and financial concerns. Join this webinar to learn more about stress, how it can affect health, and why environmental contamination can cause it. We’ll offer practical tips and tools for acknowledging stress with community members and helping them cope. The webinar will wrap up with suggestions for dealing with stress you may feel as a professional working with communities affected by environmental contamination.
Attendees may be interested in Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) stress-focused fact sheets and materials. Please see:
- Coping with the stress that environmental contamination can cause - explains why contamination can cause stress and suggests steps people can take to cope (also available in Spanish)
- Blog post - on using the Stress Fact Sheet in Tucson, AZ
- Stress from Relocation - tips for helping families deal with stress from relocation after a disaster