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University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Nursing |
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Director: Dr. Barbara Sattler, RN, DrPH |
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Dr. Barbara Sattler is the Director of the Environmental Health Education Center at the University of Maryland School of Nursing where she is an Associate Professor. The Environmental Health Education Center, a multi-disciplinary center in Baltimore, is engaged in training, education, and research related to environmental health. Dr. Sattler is the principle investigator and co-investigator on several projects including a new “Healthy Homes Initiative” funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and an EPA-funded, continuing education initiative with the American Nurses Association. Dr. Sattler is the PI for “Community Outreach” for the EPA Hazardous Substance Research Center at the Johns Hopkins University Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering. She has just completed a CDC-supported intervention research project for childhood lead poisoning prevention. She just received a grant from Health Services Resource Administration within DHHS to create a graduate degree program in environmental health for nurses at the University of Maryland, the first in the country. Dr. Sattler is on the Education Committee of the Children’s Environmental Health Network where she has help to develop a train-the-trainer program for medical and nursing faculty on children’s environmental health. During the summer, she organizes a summer institute for school-based nurses on environmental health. She is the manager of a Kellogg-funded project for faculty development on environmental health, a project that spans the 16-state southern region and is also currently funded by the Bauman Foundation to improve knowledge and increase advocacy among health care professionals in the area of safe drinking water. Dr. Sattler’s particular areas of interest are community-based environmental health assessments/ interventions, “right to know” issues, and risk communication. Dr. Sattler’s positions in the past have included Director of the National Center for Hazard Communication, Health and Safety Staff to the United Steelworkers of America, and Director of the Maryland Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (COSH). She is a Registered Nurse with both a Masters and Doctorate in Public Health from the John Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health. She holds joint appointments in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and an Adjunct Appointment in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health. |
Program Manager: Robyn Gilden, RN , MS |
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A Registered Nurse and a recent graduate of University of Maryland's School of Nursing Master's of Community and Public Health program. Her prior background is Critical Care Nursing for five years after graduating from Salisbury State University with a Bachelor's of Science degree in Nursing. She is currently pursing her Postmaster's Degree in Environmental Health Nursing. |
Activities |
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Supported Press Conference: Safe Hometowns |
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March 7, 2002 , two reports were released; Protecting Our Hometowns: A Guide For Policymakers and Advocates and The Safe Hometowns Guide. Both reports address the need to reduce chemical hazards through community involvement and policy changes requiring companies to use "inherently safer" technologies and materials. |
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The reports were produced by Maryland Public Interest Research Group (MaryPIRG) and The Safe Hometown Initiative.
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School Siting Work Group, June 11-12, 2002
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Presentation at Society of Environmental Journalists Convention, Baltimore, MD, October 10, 2002. |
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The Society of Environmental Journalists is an organization of journalists dedicated to improvements in environmental reporting with a primary goal of advancing public understanding of critically important environmental issues through more and better environmental journalism. Their annual conference, held this year in Baltimore, was sponsored by University of Maryland System and focused on the environment beat's "blind spots". CHSUE's poster presentation focused on community empowerment at Superfund and Brownfield sites in Region 3, the existing difficulties faced by communities, and suggestions for improving the process. As an illustration of a policy gap, The Center for Health, Environment, and Justice discussed the School Siting Issue. |
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Robyn Gilden (UMBSON), Barb Sattler (UMBSON), and Paul Ruther (CHEJ) |
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American Public Health Association Conference
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Outreach staff were involved in several sessions at the national conference held in Philadelphia, including an all day training for health care professionals in environmental health issues. |
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Brownfield's 2002 Conference
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Outreach staff attended sessions and made contacts with various representatives from Region 3, including state and federal government agencies, technology groups, and community representatives |
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Annual TOSC/TAB/EPA Conference
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| Center Staff hosted and presented at the annual conference for the HSRC's, EPA Community Involvement Coordinators, and Headquarter EPA personnel, which was held in Baltimore. Local community members were also invited to attend the visioning sessions. | |
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EPA 2003 Community Involvement Conference and Training
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| Region 3 Outreach Director and Program Manager presented a session on Health Care Providers Role at Contaminated Waste Sites. | |
Risk Communication Workshops
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| Center staff assisted in developing the curriculum, hosted, and presented at the Risk Communication Workshop sponsored by The International City and County Managers Association (ICMA). Community members, local government officials, and representatives from EPA, ATSDR, and Universities attended. This conference focused on the Northeast. Other conferences are being planned in the South, Midwest, and West Coast. | |
Brownfield's 2002 Conference
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| Outreach staff presented session entitled Health Professional's Roles in Community Involvement at Contaminated Sites | |
American Public Health Association Conference
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| Outreach staff presented two sessions entitled Nursing Opportunities and Challenges in Community Empowerment at Hazardous Waste Sites and New Roles For Nurses: Working With Communities on Land Use Issues | |
Communities |
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| NEW | |
| Cumberland, MD | |
| Elkridge, MD | |
| Frederick, MD | |
| Lamont - Riggs Park, Washington, DC | |
| Princess Anne, MD | |
| Salisbury, MD | |
| ACTIVE | |
| Delaware City, De | |
| Pen Argyl, PA | |
| INACTIVE | |
| Hamilton Park, DE | |
| Little Washington, Upper Marlboro, MD | |
| Middle East Community, Baltimore, MD | |
| Portsmouth, VA | |
