Speaking with One Voice: Lessons Learned on Effective Communication of Environmental Health Risk

Maida P Galvez¹, Anne Herlache¹, Laura Anderko¹+6

• ¹Dr. Maida P. Galvez is a Professor of Environmental Medicine and Public Health & Pediatrics at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA. Dr. Anne Herlache is a Senior Management and Program Analyst (Social Scientist) at Internal Revenue Service, Washington, District of Columbia, USA. Dr. Laura Anderko is Robert and Kathleen Scanlon Endowed Chair in Values Based Health Care & Professor at School of Nursing & Health Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA; Co-Director, Mid-Atlantic Center for Children's Health and the Environment (Region 3 PEHSU) at M. Fitzpatrick College of Nursing, Villanova University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA. Surili Sutaria Patel is a Director, Center for Climate, Health & Equity at American Public Health Association, Washington, District of Columbia, USA. Carla Azar is a Director of Communications in the Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA. Kevin Ardon Casco is a medical student at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Wendy Mindel Rubinstein is a Public Health Intern in the Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA. Doug Farquhar is a Director of Government Affairs at National Environmental Health Association (NEHA), Denver, Colorado, USA. Suzanne Condon is an Environmental Health Consultant in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA.