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 101 Factsheet
This factsheet covers the basics of children’s environmental health, why it matters, who it impacts, and how we can protect kids’ health.
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
Article
Millions of Preterm Births and Thousands of Infant Deaths Linked to Plastic Chemicals
On March 30th, 2026, CNN published an article titled “Millions of Preterm Births and Thousands of Infant Deaths Linked to Plastic Chemicals,” which highlighted a recent study co-authored by Dr.
Newsletter
The March 2026 ASPIRE Newsletter: Resources on Healthy Eating and Safe Spring Cleaning
In honor of March being National Nutrition Month, the ASPIRE newsletter shared tips and resources on how to get kids to embrace healthier foods. It also shared tips and linked
Research Publication
Prenatal Exposure to Extreme Heat and Autism in Children
This study — which was co-authored by SC-CEHRT Co-Director, Dr. Rob McConnell — examined the associations of temperatures during pregnancy on autism diagnoses across a retrospective birth study cohort that
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