Healthy Girls Go Green
Description
Women’s health and Mother Nature: there is a connection. The concerns about environmental chemicals are everywhere. We will bring an awareness of these concerns to women and their families giving information on healthier alternatives while encouraging a more eco-friendly lifestyle. This will be an interactive presentation including the opportunity to learn healthy methods to relax and pamper ourselves and those we love.
Course Objectives
- Discuss environmental chemicals affecting women’s reproductive health
- Explain the concerns to menstrual functions with xenoestrogens
- Define the connection between cancer and environmental exposures
- Explain the alternatives to reduce negative chemical effects
- Discuss promotion of cleaner lifestyles
- List resources for information and research on environmental health
Contact Hours: 6.0
Grandview Medical Center (OH-072 2-1-12) is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Ohio Nurses Association OBN-001-91, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Co-Provided by PCEO
Faculty: Donna Walls BSN CPCE IBCLC RN and Anne Brower BSN IBCLC RN
Target Audience: anyone interested in becoming informed on how to improve women’s health while going green.
Date: May 10, 2012
Time: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
(Registration begins: 7:30 am)
Deadline: April 26, 2012
Location: Southview Medical Center, Cafeteria Classroom
