Medical Advocates for Healthy Air: Harnessing a Medical Voice for Clean Air.

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Medical Advocates for Healthy Air: Harnessing a Medical Voice for Clean Air

CAC’s Mission To ensure cleaner air quality for all North Carolinians through education and advocacy and by working with our partners to reduce sources of pollution.

Educates medical and health professionals Advocates for strong clean air policies Partners with other organizations Harnesses voice of over 400 medical and health professionals Provides medical/health speakers & references to media How do we communicate air quality? By going through Medical and Health experts.

Who we are Lawrence Raymond, MD, ScM, FCCP Chair, Medical Advocates for Healthy Air Director, Occupational & Environmental Medicine Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte Professor of Family Medicine University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill June Blotnick, MEd Executive Director Clean Air Carolina Rebecca Cheatham Manager Charlotte and Western NC Gayatri Ankem, MPH Manager Triangle and Eastern NC

North Carolina’s main AQ Issue: Ozone Charlotte’s Fs on State of the Air Report: 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010… when will we improve? Source: NC Division of Air Quality

WebsiteWebsite: AQ + Health research, webinars, actions Education

Training program for pediatric residents: Levine Children’s Hospital

How are your patients impacted by air quality? Asthma Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Lung Cancer Pre-term Birth/Low Birth Weight Education

Stay On Top of Air Quality Issues Join newsgroups, environmental health lists, and our listserv! Stay involved! Be an Advocate Participate in sign-on letters and petitions, on-line or on paper. When you wear a white coat, people listen. Contact Your Legislator Write a letter or an . Find out who represents you: Write a Letter to the Editor Find best-practice tips at Education

Advocacy Media Response and Public Comments Public advocacy Expert/Speaker service

Advocacy

Partnership

AQ Flag at Mecklenburg Co. Health Department Current asthma stats from ALA

For More Information Rebecca Cheatham Charlotte and Western NC Gayatri Ankem Triangle and Eastern Join Medical Advocates for Healthy Air