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Suggested Citation:"A Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 2006. Rebuilding the Unity of Health and the Environment in Rural America: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11596.
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APPENDIXES

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Appendix A
Workshop Agenda

REBUILDING THE UNITY OF HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN RURAL AMERICA

Sponsored by

The Institute of Medicine’s Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine

The University of Iowa’s College of Public Health

The University of Iowa’s Environmental Health Sciences Research Center Iowa City, Iowa

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2004

8:30 a.m.

Welcome

James Merchant

Member, Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine

Dean, School of Public Health

University of Iowa

8:40 a.m.

What Is Environmental Health?

Donald Mattison

Member, Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine

Senior Adviser to the Directors of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and Center for Research for Mothers and Children, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Suggested Citation:"A Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 2006. Rebuilding the Unity of Health and the Environment in Rural America: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11596.
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9:10 a.m.

Environmental Health in Rural America

Peter Thorne

Director, Environmental Health Sciences Research Center

University of Iowa

9:40 a.m.

The Farm Bill and Environmental Health

Ellen Huntoon

Rural Development Coordinator

Office of Senator Tom Harkin

10:15 a.m.

Break

The Social Environment in Rural America

 

Moderator: Joan Blundall, Director of Community-Based Initiatives, Higher Plain, Inc.

10:30 a.m.

Future of Family Farms

Neil Harl

Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor in Agriculture

Iowa State University

11:00 a.m.

From Young to Old, Immigrants to Long-Time Residents: How Demographics Are Shaping Rural America

Sandra Charvat Burke

Research Scientist

Community Vitality Center

Iowa State University

11:30 a.m.

General Discussion

12:00 p.m

Lunch

1:00 p.m

Language, Culture, and Health

John-Paul Chaisson-Cardenas

Administrator, Commission on Latino Affairs

Iowa Division of Latino Affairs

1:30 p.m.

Rural Infrastructure: Environmental Health and Beyond

Mary Wakefield

Director, Center for Rural Health

University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Suggested Citation:"A Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 2006. Rebuilding the Unity of Health and the Environment in Rural America: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11596.
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2:00 p.m.

Rural Mental Health: A Multifaceted Issue

Cecilia Arnold

Mental Health Director

Ligutti Rural Community Support Program

National Catholic Rural Life Conference

2:30 p.m.

General Discussion

3:00 p.m

Neworking

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2004

8:30 a.m.

Welcome Back

James Merchant

Member, Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine

Dean, School of Public Health

University of Iowa

The Role of the Natural Environment

 

Moderator: David Osterberg, Associate Professor, University of Iowa College of Public Health

8:50 a.m.

Farming Practices: From Soil Erosion to Pesticide

Mark Ritchie

President, Institute of Agricultural and Trade Policy

9:20 a.m.

Water and Air Quality: Challenges for Environmental Health

Jerald Schnoor

Allen S. Henry Chair of Engineering

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

University of Iowa

9:50 a.m.

Ecological Footprint of Iowa Row Crop Agriculture

Ricardo Salvador

Professor, Iowa State University

10:20 a.m.

Break

Suggested Citation:"A Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 2006. Rebuilding the Unity of Health and the Environment in Rural America: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11596.
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10:35 a.m.

Keeping it Clean: Balancing Energy Demand and Air Quality

Erroll Davis

Chairman and CEO

Alliant Energy

11:05 a.m.

Renewable Electricity: America’s New Cash Crop

Michael Noble

Executive Director

Minnesotans for Energy-Efficient Economy

11:35 a.m.

Opportunities for Communities: Nebraska Environmental Partnerships

Jackie Stumpff

Coordinator

Nebraska Environmental Partnerships Program

Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality

12:05 p.m.

General Discussion

12:20 p.m

Lunch

The Built Environment and Health

 

Moderator: Robert Mulqueen, Iowa Environmental Council

1:20 p.m.

Urban Encroachment into Rural Areas

Bernard Goldstein

Dean, School of Public Health

University of Pittsburgh

1:50 p.m.

Environmental Health Issues Associated with Iowa’s Occupied and Abandoned Housing

Rita Gergely

Chief, Bureau of Lead Poisoning Prevention

Iowa Department of Public Health

2:20 p.m.

Opportunities for Rural Health: Bike Trails, Exercise, and the Built Environment

John Lowe

Professor and Head, Department of Community and Behavioral Health

University of Iowa College of Public Health

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2:50 p.m.

Investigation of Environmental Exposures and Chronic Disease in Rural Communities: The Agricultural Health Study

Jane Hoppin

Environmental Epidemiologist

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

National Institutes of Health

3:10 p.m.

General Discussion

3:40 p.m.

Summation

James Merchant

Member, Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine

Dean, School of Public Health

University of Iowa

4:00 p.m.

Adjourn

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Throughout much of its history, the United States was predominantly a rural society. The need to provide sustenance resulted in many people settling in areas where food could be raised for their families. Over the past century, however, a quiet shift from a rural to an urban society occurred, such that by 1920, for the first time, more members of our society lived in urban regions than in rural ones. This was made possible by changing agricultural practices. No longer must individuals raise their own food, and the number of person-hours and acreage required to produce food has steadily been decreasing because of technological advances, according to Roundtable member James Merchant of the University of Iowa.

The Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Environmental Health Science, Research, and Medicine held a regional workshop at the University of Iowa on November 29 and 30, 2004, to look at rural environmental health issues. Iowa, with its expanse of rural land area, growing agribusiness, aging population, and increasing immigrant population, provided an opportunity to explore environmental health in a region of the country that is not as densely populated. As many workshop participants agreed, the shifting agricultural practices as the country progresses from family operations to large-scale corporate farms will have impacts on environmental health.

This report describes and summarizes the participants' presentations to the Roundtable members and the discussions that the members had with the presenters and participants at the workshop.

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