Environmental Factors Impacting Women's Health

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Shawana Moore, DNP, APRN, WHNP-BC Related seminars and products

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Shawana S. Moore, DNP, APRN, WHNP-BC, is a nationally recognized, board-certified women’s health nurse practitioner who specializes in providing women’s and gender-related care throughout the lifespan. Dr. Moore is committed to providing women’s and reproductive health care to underserved populations. In her work as a women’s health nurse practitioner with health care organizations, she has cared for women and gender-related populations across the lifespan, mostly in underserved areas, for more than a decade. Dr. Moore is the author of scholarly blogs and numerous peer-reviewed manuscripts and a contributor to national position statements for the National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health. She has helped develop podcasts and video productions focused on the promotion of health equity.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Shawana Moore has employment relationships with Emory University, Daniel Esteves MD Office, and Center for Black Women's Wellness. She receives a grant from NIH-NCI. Shawana Moore receives royalties as a published author. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Shawana Moore is a member of the National Black Nurses Association and the National Association for Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health.

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Objectives

1. Appraise a collaborative initiative that addresses environmental health affecting the women’s health.
2. Determine the environmental factors impacting the health of women.
3. Formulate ways to address environmental factors affecting the health of women.
4. Collect key components of an environmental health history.

Outline

• Introduction to Environmental Health
  • Brief overview of environmental factors impacting women’s health
  • Brief overview of climate-related health impact on women’s health
• Exposure Pathway
  • Extreme heat and rising in temperature
  • Poor air
  • Climate-related disasters
    • Hurricanes, flooding and wildfires
  • Shift rainfall and increase evaporation led to water insecurity
    • Risk waterborne diseases
  • Changes in temperature, precipitation, and ecology
  • Alter the geographic distribution of vector-borne diseases
  • Climate-induced environmental changes push human migration
    • Results in people unable to move from environmentally high-risk areas
• Environmental Health History
  • Work
  • Home
  • Recreation activities
• Recommendation
  • Identify strategies healthcare providers can take to address environmental health
• Take Action
  • Provide an overview of two legislation geared towards environmental factors impact of women’s health
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
  • Discuss reproductive health both male and female
  • Discuss exposures impact on reproductive health
  • Detail research efforts

Target Audience

• Nurses
• Nurse Practitioners
• Physicians
• Physician Assistants
• Midwives
• Doulas