Module 3: Aligning Environmental Health and Chiropractic Care

This webinar will provide an overview of environmental health considerations for chiropractors. The presenters will share case studies of patients who may seek care in a chiropractic office following an environmental exposure. The presentation will discuss the health impacts of environmental toxins and climate change including neuropathies, headaches and mental health manifestations. The audience will receive educational and advocacy resources to support their patients and communities to reduce negative environmental impacts.

Learning Objectives:

This webinar aims to accomplish the following objectives:

• Participants will recognize the need to screen for environmental causes of patient symptoms.

• Participants will learn how to communicate the connections between the environment and health.

• Participants will be able to identify vulnerable populations.

• Participants will be able to list at least 2 actions that can be used in a chiropractor’s practice or community to reduce negative environmental impacts.

This course is worth 2 CE Credits in PACE-accepted states

PACE ID: 25253

Krista Ward, DC, MPH, CPH

Krista Ward, DC, MPH is a Research Specialist and Research Compliance Officer at Life Chiropractic College West. Her research interests include health disparities, non-pharmacological pain management, quality of life and well-being, and educational effectiveness. She is also an experienced educator in clinical, public health, and academic settings and has developed and implemented public health, epidemiology, and research literacy courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. She earned her DC degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic West in 2003 and then gained skills in epidemiology and biostatistics through the Master in Public Health program at San Francisco State University. Since 2019, she has served on the leadership team of the Chiropractic Health Care Section of the American Public Health Association

Barbara Christine Erny, MD

Barbara Erny, MD, got her BA at Cornell University. She completed her medical school and residency training at Stanford before practicing as a board-certified ophthalmologist for over 25 years. As an Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, Dr. Erny is a founding member of Stanford Climate Learning Initiative in Medical Education (CLIME), leading efforts to integrate climate change education into medical school curricula and all levels of physician training. She complements this work as a steering committee member with The Global Consortium on Climate Change Education. Dr. Erny is on the editorial board of the Journal of Climate Change and Health, and she currently serves on the Steering Committee for the Medical Societies Consortium on Climate and Health representing the ophthalmology. Dr. Erny co-founded and is on the advisory board of EyeSustain, an initiative, website and app for decreasing waste in ophthalmology. She is also a member of the Climate Action Working Group of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness and is a faculty fellow with Stanford’s Center for Innovation in Global Health. She has been volunteering in global health throughout her career and served as the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Foundation Medical Liaison for International Programs.