4/10/25 Webinar: Rising Temperatures, Rising Risks: Safeguarding Children鈥檚 Health
The聽Mid-Atlantic Center for Children's Health and the Environment (MACCHE)
invites you to an upcoming webinar.
Date: April 10, 2025
Time: 12 noon ET
Webinar participants who complete the evaluation and obtain an 80% or higher on the course post-test will receive a certificate for 1 nursing contact hour.
In recent years the world has seen its hottest summers, and the number of heat related morbidity and mortality has skyrocketed. During this webinar attendees will learn the physiological, environmental, and social factors that increase children's vulnerability to heat-related illnesses. Attendees will also be able to identify actionable steps to protect children and gain insight on ways to advocate for policies and community actions that promote climate resilience and health equity.
About the Presenter
Dr. Joniqua Ceasar, MD, is an internal medicine and pediatrics trained primary care physician who is a current National Clinician Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania. She is passionate about the intersection of climate justice and health equity.
Learning Objectives:
Name at least one physiological, one environmental, and one social factor that increases children's vulnerability to heat-related illnesses.
Describe at least two actionable steps that healthcare providers and caregivers can take to protect children from the effects of extreme heat.
Describe ways to advocate for policies and community actions that promote resilience to extreme heat and health equity for children.