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Information and prevention, key factors on children's health

If I had to sum up the conclusions reached during the 3rd Conferences on children's health and environment that took place last January 26th in CaixaForum Madrid, I would not hesitate; I would choose prevention and information. What is more, I am convinced that both lecturers, Dr Manuel Praena and Dr Aaron Bernstein would agree with me, since both concepts appeared over and over during their lectures.

Information is essential for families, so that they can fully understand their own influence on their children's health, as per the environment point of view, but information is also necessary for the professionals working on health, especially for physicians and pediatricians, so that they consider the environmental factors as an additional element when establishing the diagnosis for certain pathologies, such as asthma.

Fundació Roger Torné has no doubts regarding the importance that the role played by pediatricians and nurses has when raising families aware regarding the importance of habits in accordance with environment. With the purpose of having at the professionals' on health disposal two perspectives regarding the influence that environment has on children' health, we have organized this Conferences on children's health and environment that, during its third edition, have counted with Fundacio La Caixa participation together with the Spanish Paedriatic Association for Primary Attention AEPap).

All of us who say we are working for children's health, have one responsibility: informing seriously, without unnecessary alarmism, offering families positive alternatives. With this objective, the serious information, which is rather a commitment, Inspira starts its first edition during 2012, a year full of uncertainties where, probably, the word "cuts" is the most heard and read one in the media.

Prevention is not necessarily linked to cost increase: it can suppose, many times, just a change in our habits, as it is shown in our article named "The air at our homes and its effects on children's health". On it, we thoroughly analyze the first environment we live in, after being born: our homes environment.

We spend most of our lives at home and our health, especially our children's, is influence by the quality of the air breathed within. Besides, two pediatricians, Dr Villena and Dr Praena talk in a useful and enjoyable way, about asthma and about the influence that environmental factors have on our health. All in all, throughout this First Inspira in 2012, you will find serious, exhaustive and rigorous information regarding the things that have an influence on our children's health and the things we can do in order to prevent since, all in all, is the most important thing for us all.

Soledad Román
Directora General de la Fundació Roger Torné		  













































     






































Salut infantil
Determinant environmental factors on children's health
 
Determinant environmental factors on children's health Gloria Valdivia

Interview to Dr Manuel Praena talking to us about his intervention during "Salud infantil y medio ambiente" lectures, which took place in CaixaForum Madrid last January 26th. During his intervention, he tackled the environmental factors that condition respiratory children's health and how they interact. Dr Praena makes also one reflection on the need to organize this kind of meetings.
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The air at home and its effects on children's health
 
The air at home and its effects on children's health Rocío Román

The information we have on the effects caused on health, and specifically on our children's health, by polluted air indoors is large and, in some cases, it is considered conclusive from a scientific point of view. We are offering you an analysis of the said information as well as some advices in order to prevent and avoid the concentration of pollutant substances inside hour homes.
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Fundation activities
Are there different types of asthma? opinion
Are there different types of asthma? Herminia Villena

Nowadays there are many children less than 3 years old who are suffering from asthma. But do they all suffer from the same disease and do they get well the same way? Will they suffer the disease forever? Is always asthma a chronic disease? Pediatrician Herminia Villena, belonging to the medical staff working in "For fathers and mothers" section, talks about all of this questions.
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Respiro: a healthy habit to prevent children's respiratory health
Respiro: a healthy habit to prevent children's respiratory health Soledad Román

"Everything we inculcate to our children during their childhood is a legacy that will be extended throughout their lives and that will perform as a shield in front of the aggressions of environment". Soledad Román, General Director in Fundació Roger Torné, reflects on our responsibilities towards our children's health and the need to inculcate them healthy habits, which is the main objective in Respiro Project; week after week, the project has kept on filling its vacancies during the first quarter of this school year.
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Environment
Durban. Between air and children's health opinion
 
Rocío Román

The air we are breathing is a public asset. This is why the Government takes part in order to guarantee its quality as well as a suitable provision. One of the objectives in the Durban summit last December 9th was having the commitment from the countries which did not sign Kyoto Protocol of reducing within the next years CO2 emissions affecting children's health. Nevertheless Durban finished with no specific agreement that allows protecting the most vulnerable population.
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Sustainable habits which protect children's respiratory health
 
Gloria Valdivia

We have collected some advises in order to contribute to sustainability and children's health on the new year. These are small gestures that are easy to carry out and become a great benefit for society, not only noticed on children's health nowadays, but on their life as adults and on their children in future. In the list of propositos to fulfill during the year that has just begun, we invite you all to add these small habits, and your children's health will be thankful now and in future.
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united world
Xamfrà: Art for integration in Raval neighborhood
Anna Boluda

Xamfrà is a Project set up in Raval and allows children, especially those ones belonging to families will low economic resources, taking theatre lessons, music, dance and even cinema but, above all, they learn what belonging to a team is, within a atmosphere of coexistence and integration, and they develop static and cultural sensitivity.
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LA VANGUARDIA and CADENA SER
01/06/2012
Less tobacco, more health (and less social and sanitary expenses)

COMM
01/18/2012
"This crisis is going to be the opportunity to integrate environmental health in usual medical practice"

FUNDACIÓN VIDA SOSTENIBLE
01/23/2012
Our relationship with consumption is changing: The new sustainable citizen
















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