Air pollution, kids and schools

Environment7/19/2024 2:00 AM

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Children are especially vulnerable to air pollution which can have both acute and long-term impacts on their health and wellbeing.

Allergies, asthma and the airborne transmission of infectious diseases are the most visible impacts of air pollution for children under 15 years of age. However, beginning in the womb, children can be exposed to air pollution that impacts their long-term respiratory, cardiovascular, and cognitive health in ways that are less obvious.

Improving air quality in the settings where children spend much of their time—such as schools, playgrounds and in the home—represents an important opportunity for improving health outcomes for Australians across the life course.

In this webinar, we hear from air quality researchers and public health professionals with a particular focus on improving children’s health: Dr Amanda Wheeler, Senior Research Scientist CSIRO, and Associate Investigator at the Centre for Safe Air; Hayley Dyke, Medical Lead for Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response, Centre of Disease Control, NT Health

The webinar and Q&A will be moderated by Dr Sabrina Idrose, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Safe Air and Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne.

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Centre for Safe Air

Centre for Safe Air

Cleaner air, healthier communities. The Centre for Safe Air is an NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in air quality. Our mission is to support the translation of evidence into policy and practice, foster and train emerging researchers, develop novel research datasets, and collaborate with our strategic partners. Subscribe to our monthly newsletter to stay up to date with news events, funding opportunities, resources, publications and more.