Infographic
Using Doormats: Small Step, Big Protection
Infographic in Spanish and English for child care providers with simple, low-cost steps to protect kids’ health using doormats to catch dirt and chemicals.
Infographic
Fragrance Free: Healthy Air for Little Lungs
Infographic in Spanish and English for childcare providers with simple, low-cost steps to cleaner air by reducing exposure to fragrance chemicals.
Factsheet
Eco-Healthy Child Care® Resources
Eco-Healthy Child Care® factsheets and FAQs to help child care providers identify and reduce health hazards in learning environments. Available in English and Spanish.
Factsheet
Children’s Environmental Health State Profiles
Where children live, learn, play, and work can influence their health. This is especially pertinent at the community or neighborhood level, but state level information can be informative as well.
Research Publication
Particulate Matter Levels and Children’s Lung Function in a Rural Cohort Near a Drying Saline Lake
Dr. Jill Johnston, Co-director of the Southern California Center for Children’s Environmental Health Research Translation, recently co-authored an article titled, “Particulate matter levels and children’s lung function in a rural
Article
Home is Where the Health Is
This article features Dr. Carmen Marsit, Director of CHARTER’s development core, and Dr. Amina Salamova, a CHARTER pilot grantee. The article highlights some of the public health triumphs, such as
Article
Protecting Public Health in the Columbia River Gorge
This Oregon State University, College of Health article features OSU Extension Family and Community Health faculty member and ASPIRE Center pilot project awardee, Lauren Kraemer, MPH, associate professor of practice.
Article
Breathe Easier: How Home Ventilation Protects Health and Prevents Disease
In this article, published in Future of Personal Health, Dr. Meredith McCormack, director of BREATHE, reflects on the risk posed by poor indoor air quality and shares tips about how
Article
Toxic Dust from California’s Shrinking Salton Sea is Harming Children’s Lung Growth – Our Study Tracked the Impact in 700 Kids
On April 3rd, the Los Angeles Times published an article titled “For Water and Mining Policy Near the Salton Sea, Keep in Mind Local Children’s Health” and The Conversation published
Research Publication
Prenatal Exposure to Wildfire and Autism in Children
This recent study was also co-authored by SC-CEHRT Co-Director, Dr. Rob McConnell. It utilized a pregnancy cohort from the Kaiser Permanente Southern California Healthcare system to investigate the effect of