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Student Spotlight: Extreme Heat, Outdoor Activity, and Texas Children's Health

Join us for a presentation highlighting the research of Suzanna Metcalf, a current MPH student, on protecting children's health in a warming climate.

Worsening extreme heat impacts the health of Texas children, who are both uniquely vulnerable and currently falling short of physical activity benchmarks. Strategic adaptations are needed to protect child health and safety in heat while continuing to promote improved physical activity outcomes.

Speaker

Suzanna Metcalf
MPH Student
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health

Moderator

Kevin Lanza, PhD
Assistant Professor of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences
Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Austin

We are pleased to offer 1.0 Entry-Level CHES/MCHES® credits for this webinar! The Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living is a Designated Provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) for Certified Health Education Specialists/Master Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES/MCHES®) through The National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. (NCHEC®).

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