Engagement of Students via Environmental Section Activities at the 2019 APHA Annual Meeting

项目摘要 美国公共卫生协会（APHA）第147届年会暨博览会 将于2019年11月2日至6日在宾夕法尼亚州费城举行。今年的主题 会议，预计出席人数超过12,000，是“创造最健康的 国家：为了科学。行动。为了健康”。 APHA是一个大型组织，成员总数超过25 000人。因此，虽然有 是吸引更广泛成员的总体会议，其27个部分中的每一个都计划 大多数会议和特别活动。该科组织的会议和 活动侧重于各科成员感兴趣的领域。这27个部分之一 是环境科，重点是环境卫生问题。 环境科2019年APHA年会的目标是培养对以下方面的兴趣： 环境健康，增加学生的参与，并提供教育产品， 广泛的环境健康主题，特别是与环境正义有关的主题。 最终，该科努力提供各种各样的会议，海报，全体会议， 为代表学术界、卫生专业人员、社区 成员和学生，特别是那些代表性不足的群体。为此，我们 这一R13提案的具体目标是： 1)开始培养下一代环境健康领导者， 代表人数不足的学生参加会议的机制; 2)鼓励学生和公共卫生专业人员之间的指导，特别是 围绕环境健康宣传; 3)通过这一机制将接受资助的学生与论坛（即社区）联系起来 实践），以传播有关环境卫生的研究和宣传成果。 在其第108个年度会议的组织届会上，环境科正在重点关注 今年的环境宣传议程，特别侧重于宣传工作 围绕环境正义和气候变化。为此，我们将利用我们广泛的 学术、政府和社区组织及其他组织的国家网络 财团，以帮助促进这一资助机会，以招收学生从 代表性不足的人群。 我们建议让更多的学生参与进来，使他们能够与潜在的学生建立联系。 导师和研究人员，并了解社区环境宣传 倡议和领导人。

PROJECT SUMMARY The 147th Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Public Health Association (APHA) will be held from November 2 - 6, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The theme for this year's conference, with an anticipated attendance of over 12,000 in total, is "Creating the Healthiest Nation: For Science. For Action. For Health". APHA is a large organization, with a total membership of over 25,000. Therefore, while there are overarching sessions to appeal to the broader membership, each of its 27 sections plan the majority of the conference sessions and special events. The section-organized sessions and events focus on the interest areas of the section-specific membership. One of these 27 sections is the Environment Section, which focuses on environmental health issues. The Environment Section's goal for the 2019 APHA Annual Meeting is to foster interest in environmental health, increase student involvement, and to provide educational offerings on a wide range of environmental health topics, especially related to environmental justice. Ultimately, the Section strives to offer a wide variety of sessions, posters, plenary sessions, and special events to a diverse audience, representing academics, health professionals, community members, and students, especially those from underrepresented groups. To this end, our specific aims for this R13 proposal are: 1) To begin to build the next generation of environmental health leaders by providing a mechanism for underrepresented students to attend the meeting and; 2) To encourage mentorship between students and public health professionals, particularly around environmental health advocacy; 3) To connect students receiving funding through this mechanism to a forum (i.e. a community of practice) for dissemination of results about research and advocacy in environmental health. In its 108th year organizing sessions at the annual meeting, the Environment Section is focusing this year's agenda on environmental advocacy, with a particular focus on advocacy efforts around environmental justice and climate change. To that end, we will use our extensive national network of academic, governmental, and community-based organizations and other consortia, to help promote this funding opportunity in order to recruit students from underrepresented populations. We propose to engage and involve more students enabling them to connect with potential mentors, and to researchers, and to learn about community-based environmental advocacy initiatives and leaders.