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Sunday, May 02, 2010
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM |
| Session Number: 2950 |
| 3rd Annual Debate on Controversies in Pediatric Environmental Health |
| APA Debate |
| Vancouver Convention Centre ~ 306 |
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| A debate featuring:
Jim Sargent, Professor of Pediatrics and of Preventive Medicine Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH
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Donald Shifrin, Pediatric Associates Bellevue, Washington Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington Former Chair, AAP Committee on Communications
Moderated by:
Bruce Lanphear, Child & Family Research Institute, British Columbia Children’s Hospital Professor of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University British Columbia, Canada
In the last 2 decades, research has emerged linking media exposures to high-risk behaviors in children and adolescents. In 2008, the National Cancer Institute concluded there was sufficient evidence to support a causal relationship between exposure to smoking in movies and youth onset of smoking. Another study, using review criteria developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, found evidence to support a relationship between media use with obesity, tobacco use, poor school performance and sexual behavior. The AAP has advocated for better self-regulation of the entertainment industry, but there has been little impact.
This debate focuses on whether Pediatric Associations should actively assist parents in making media content decisions by sponsoring a ratings board or continue to advocate for better self-regulation within the entertainment industry. |
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Bruce P. Lanphear
Child & Family Research Institute, British Columbia Children’s Hospital Professor of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University British Columbia, Canada |
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James D. Sargent
Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH |
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Donald L Shifrin
Pediatric Associates Bellevue, Washington Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA |
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| Sponsored by Academic Pediatric Association, the APS/SPR Public Policy Council, and the APA Environmental Health Special Interest Group |
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