TeamPeds Talks: Conversations on Child Health Equity - The Impact of Air Quality on Child Health

0.5 NAPNAP Contact Hour. This continuing education activity is offered free to NAPNAP Members and for non- members.

The Impact of Air Quality on Child Health

TeamPeds Talks will spotlight Child Health Equity in our first Conversations on Child Health series. This series of recorded conversations will reflect the several key issues that make up the underlying factors in the arena of Social Determinants of Health.

A “place-based” organizing framework, reflecting key areas of social determinants of health (SDOH), was developed by Healthy People 2020. Each of these determinant areas reflects a number of key issues that make up the underlying factors in the arena of SDOH.

Each conversation episode is hosted by National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Executive Board President Jessica Peck, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, CNE, CNL, FAANP.

This conversation episode is related to Neighborhood and Built Environment- Environmental Conditions..

Dr. Peck is joined by Traci Gonzales is a Pediatric nurse practitioner from Houston, TX. In 2013,she joined the Pediatric Pulmonary Division of McGovern Medical School where she served as director of the Outpatient Pulmonary Diagnostic Lab. In 2019,she joined the Complex Care Clinic at Texas Children’s Hospital, where she uses her pulmonary expertise and primary care training to provide primary care to children with medical complexity.She has been a certified asthma educator since 2014. She also serves as a volunteer national spokesperson for American Lung Association which affords her the opportunity to educate and advocate for lung health at a national level.

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Target Audience

Pediatric advanced practice registered nurses, registered nurses, nurse practitioner students

Learning Objectives

  • Identify factors that contribute to air quality
  • Discuss negative effects of air quality on our patient population
  • Review concrete action items that can be utilized to improve air quality. 
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 0.50 Contact hours
Course opens: 
09/22/2020
Course expires: 
01/31/2022
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Guest

Traci Gonzales

Guest Biography

Traci Gonzales is a Pediatric nurse practitioner from Houston, TX In 2013,she joined the Pediatric Pulmonary Division of McGovern Medical School where she served as director of the Outpatient Pulmonary Diagnostic Lab. In 2019,she joined the Complex Care Clinic at Texas Children’s Hospital, where she uses her pulmonary expertise and primary care training to provide primary care to children with medical complexity.She has been a certified asthma educator since 2014. She also serves as a volunteer national spokesperson for American Lung Association which affords her the opportunity to educate and advocate for lung health at a national level.

Host
Jessica Peck DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, CNE, CNL, FAANP; President, National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners

Host Biography

Dr. Peck is an expert pediatric clinician, faculty scholar, and anti-trafficking advocate providing innovative, visionary, and award-winning leadership to develop and lead inclusive, diverse interprofessional teams. She has a history of dedicated service to many state and national organizations. As a mother of four, she has special interest in educating and equipping families to promote physical, emotional, mental, social and spiritual health. She is an accomplished author and frequent guest on radio and television. She is the Texas Nurse Practitioner of the Year. 

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  • 0.50 Contact hours

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