A seminar session looking at the health impacts of air pollution and how causation and mitigation can be better communicated through health professionals.’
Some of the most vulnerable in society are being disproportionally impacted by toxic air on a daily basis. In a recent Asthma + Lung UK survey of people living with lung conditions, almost half of all respondents indicated they avoid exercising outdoors when air pollution is worse and almost a third indicated that they avoid holidays in areas where pollution is worse, while a third don’t leave the house at all. In this session we discussed the impact that poor air quality is having on respiratory health of communities across the UK. as well as Ella’s Law, which is currently being debated by MPs in the House of Commons and, if adopted, could improve air quality for everyone.
Hosted by Professor Frank Kelly, Battcock Chair in Community Health and Policy and Director, Environmental Research Group
Speakers:
Dr Paul Pfeffer, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Barts Health NHS Trust
Dr Abigail Whitehouse, NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer, Queen Mary University of London
Dr Sarah Woolnough, Asthma and Lung UK
Chair: Professor Andrew Bush, Professor of Paediatrics & Paediatric Respirology, National Heart and Lung Institute and Director, Imperial Centre for Paediatrics and Child Health
Special guest: Ms Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah.
Seminar 1: Speaker Recordings
Professor Andrew Bush
Professor Andrew Bush leads the discussions on Asthma and Air Pollution.
Dr Paul Pfeffer
Dr Paul Pfeffer talks about asthma and improving health.
Dr Sarah Woolnough
Dr Sarah Woolnough presents Air Pollution and respiratory health in the UK.
Dr Abigail Whitehouse
Dr Abigail Whitehouse talks about air pollution and asthma exacerbations.
Rosamund Kissi-Debrah
Rosamund Kissi-Debrah talks about the role air pollution played in her daughter Ellas death.
Panel Discussion
Panel discussion at the end of the first seminar in a series on asthma management and air pollution.
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