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NCCEH Environmental Health Seminar
Date and time
Location
BC Centre For Disease Control / Online webinar
655 12th Ave W Lane Level Lecture Hall Vancouver, BC V5Z 4R4 CanadaDescription
The National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health invites you to attend the upcoming Environmental Health Seminar, which will highlight three student research projects from the BCIT Environmental Health program. Webinar instructions will be included in the confirmation email. Presentation recordings will be posted on the NCCEH website.
Seminar details
Project 1
Title: Assessing the risk of lead exposure to children from drinking water in Metro Vancouver child care facilities
Speaker: Thomas Quach, BCIT Environmental Health Student
Summary: With the recent elevated lead levels detected in the drinking water of BC schools, greater attention and concern has come to the issue of lead exposure to young children. Water samples were collected from Metro Vancouver-area licensed child care facilities and analysed to assess the risk of exposure to children as well as the efficacy of flushing as a control measure
Project 2
Title: Evaluation of the daycare managers’ knowledge, attitude, and practice on lead in drinking water at daycares licensed by Fraser Health Authority
Speaker: Jill Lin, BCIT Environmental Health Student
Summary: Young children who have been exposed to lead in drinking water at schools and daycares can incur serious health effects, including damage to their cognitive development. Caretakers’ knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) on drinking water can influence how the children consume drinking water and potentially cause adverse health effects. The purpose of this study is to determine the overall KAP level of daycare mangers in Fraser Health region regarding lead in drinking water based on their age, experience and types of daycares in which they work.
Project 3
Title: Potential risks and user preferences of helmet-sharing program provided by Vancouver’s Mobi bike-share program
Speaker: Ali Moore, BCIT Environmental Health Student
Summary: A literature review and subsequent survey were done to determine if any real or perceived risks associated with helmet sharing affected Mobi bike-share users’ decision to wear the helmet provided with each bike. It was determined that although the practice is fairly low-risk, concern for cleanliness of the helmets did affect helmet use for the Vancouver, BC bike-share program. However, the survey also revealed other factors that hindered use of helmets including personal opinions on helmet use and urban cycling in general.
Please note: Citrix GoToMeeting webinar capacity is limited to 100 attendees. To accommodate this, please consider attending the webinar as part of a group. If you are unable to attend after registering, please cancel your registration prior to the event. Thank you!
These sessions are eligible for CIPHI Professional Development Hours. If you would like a letter of credit validation for CIPHI PDHs, please specify this on the registration form. Letters are sent out annually in January.