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Pulling Together

Keywords / Description:

"Pulling Together: A Guide to Inter-agency Collaboration" is intended to be used as a flexible tool that can be tailored to each community's needs in regards to not only hazardous waste sites, but also to address other public health issues that necessitate working with external partners. In this case, the tool can be used as a tool for working in the field of the built environment.

Local health officials working on implementing Health in All Policies (HiAP) in their jurisdictions may find this guide useful in learning how to communicate across sectors about the importance of using policy to improve health outcomes.  

Toolkit:

Environmental Health in All Policies (HiAP)

Keyword Area:

Air Quality, Community Assessment, Community Design, Community Environmental Health Assessment (CEHA), Environmental Health, Health Promotion and Health Education, Strategic Planning, Water Quality

Jurisdiction:

Institutional Author:

NACCHO

Submitted:

02/28/2007

Modified:

11/14/2012

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