Meriden YMCA
9 am - 12 noon

Registration opens at 8:30

Healthy Air, Water and Food

are a Necessity for a Healthy Life!

What health care providers will learn:

• Latest reports out of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the World Health Organization (WHO)

• Specific Environmental changes and impact on acute and chronic health conditions

• Latest thinking on Renewable Energy - Is natural gas out?

• Food, the environment and health

• What health care providers can do!
  

Who should attend:

• Nurses

• APRNs, PAs and MDs

• Nutritionists

• Public

AGENDA

8:30 am                      Registration/coffee

9:00 am - 9:15 am      Welcome

9:15 am - 10:35 am    Panel Presentation : Climate and Health

• Air
• Water
• Extreme Weather
• Vector Borne Diseases
• Food Insecurity

10:45 am - 11:45 am  What can we do?

                                   CT policies addressing climate and why you 

                                    need to be involved!

11:45 am -12:00 pm   Next Steps!

Continuing Nurses Education will be provided for this activity

Connecticut Nurses’ Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education 

by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation

Registration opens at 8:30 am

Parking:
There's a parking lot outside the building and on street parking.

There is also a parking lot a cross the street from the YMCA building - there is a small charge for this lot.