NARPM Presents...Stress and Environmental Contamination: Tips and Tools from ATSDR
Sponsored by: EPA Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation
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
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Presenters:
Pam Tucker, MD, Medical Officer, ATSDR (pgt0@cdc.gov or 770-488-3458)
Ben Gerhardstein, MPH, Environmental Health Scientist, ATSDR Region 9 (bgerhardstein@cdc.gov or 415-947-4316)
Jamie Rayman, M.P.H., Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (fpe7@cdc.gov or 415-947-4318)
Jamie Rayman, M.P.H., is a health educator and community involvement specialist in the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry's Region 9 office in San Francisco, CA. Jamie has experience interacting with communities concerned about air-, soil-, and waterborne exposures to heavy metals and radiation. She uses plain language to develop communications and public education materials that convey environmental health messages to communities affected by contamination. As the Community Engagement Lead for the ATSDR PFAS Multi-site Study Rayman supports community engagement conducted by CDC/ATSDR grantees. She has a Master's of Public Health in behavioral and community health science from the University of Pittsburgh.
Moderator:
Jean Balent, U.S. EPA Technology Innovation and Field Services Division (balent.jean@epa.gov or 202-566-0832)
Ms Balent is on the staff of the EPA's Technology Innovation and Field Services Division where she has worked to collect and disseminate hazardous waste remediation and characterization information since 2003. Ms Balent manages the Clean Up Information Network website and actively supports online communication and collaboration resources available to EPA. She formerly worked with the US Army Corps of Engineers Environmental Engineering Division in the Buffalo District. Ms Balent was also a member of the SUNY-Buffalo Groundwater Research Group where she constructed and tested large scale models of groundwater flow. Ms Balent has also conducted research relating to the Great Lakes, environmental remediation, and brownfields re-development. She holds a Bachelor's degree in environmental engineering from SUNY-Buffalo and a Master's degree in Information Technology from AIU.
Webinar Slides and References:
Webinar Slides and References:
Additional Resources:
Coping with the Stress that Environmental Contamination can Cause fact sheet
- Tips for using the "Coping with Stress" fact sheet
- Additional Reading About Stress
- Stressful Environments: Coping with Contamination in Your Community CDC/ATSDR Your Health, Your Environment Blog Post
- Helping Families Deal with the Stress of Relocation After a Disaster fact sheet
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