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Environmental health is defined as "the discipline that focuses on the health interrelationships between people and their environment, promotes human health and well-being, and fosters a safe and healthful environment."

NACCHO offers a wide range of environmental health-related programs and services, as outlined on this page.

PROGRAMS INCLUDE
Identifies, prioritizes, and addresses local environmental health issues.
 
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Enhances the capacity of local health departments (LHDs) to be involved in decision-making processes and otherwise extend their role in issues related to land use.
 
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Provides LHDs with resources to help prevent mercury poisoning, with an emphasis on the cultural uses of mercury.
 
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Provides a framework for developing partnerships among water utilities, LHDs, and medical communities.
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Assists the national Environmental Public Health Tracking network (EPHTN) in communicating how environmental public health tracking can reinforce the work of local public health.
 
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Partners with national organizaions and supports innovative projects that improve state and local food safety programs.
 
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Collaborates with LHDs and health, environmental, agricultural, and mosquito control organizations for state and local mosquito control.
 
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Pulling Together: A Guide to Building Interagency Collaboration at Hazardous Waste Sites is an online tool that provides agencies with a self-evaluating framework to develop strategies for collaborating with other agencies.
 
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Helps LHDs meet the educational needs of communities near hazardous waste sites.
 
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Makes county officials more aware of and knowledgeable about onsite decentralized wastewater systems.

 

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Sacramento, CA

Sept. 9-12, 2008