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NEETF Receives USEPA's 2006 Children's Environmental Health Excellence Award

The National Environmental Education & Training Foundation (NEETF) is a recipient of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's 2006 Children's Environmental Health Excellence Award for outstanding commitment to protecting children from environmental health risks. NEETF received the award on April 20, 2006, for its accomplishments in integrating environmental health into pediatric health care.

NEETF's Health Care Provider Initiative is a long-term program that takes a strategic approach to incorporating environmental health into health professionals' education and practice in order to improve health care and public health, with a special emphasis on protecting children and other populations disproportionately affected by environmental pollutants. By convening experts, developing national agendas and forming strategic partnerships, NEETF creates tools and organizes trainings for health professionals, and facilitates the integration of environmental health into pediatric health care. NEETF's tools for health professionals include Environmental Management of Pediatric Asthma, Guidelines for Health Care Providers, Pesticide Competency and Practice Skills Guidelines for Medical and Nursing Schools, and Pediatric Environmental History Screening Materials.

The National Environmental Education and Training Foundation is a private non-profit organization dedicated to bringing objective and scientifically sound environmental education to America. The Foundation was authorized in 1990 by the U.S. Congress and is governed by a volunteer board of environmental, health, education, and business leaders.

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