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Learn how to address the environmental health impacts of emergencies and disasters in a hands-on training with operational practice in...
Feb 20, 2020 | Michelle Shapiro
This article from the American Journal of Public Health discusses some perspectives that illuminate how problem areas including...
A new American Journal of Public Health article reviews an in-depth assessment and analysis of the current challenges and emerging...
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) released a case study featuring the Arizona Department of Health...
CDC’s Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases has produced a new video series, “Was It Something I Ate?,” which...
Feb 19, 2020 | Michelle Shapiro
NACCHO is offering technical assistance to help a health department engage in tracking efforts at the local level. NACCHO will provide...
Feb 18, 2020 | Michelle Shapiro
NACCHO held a Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC) Network webinar on Feb. 11, 2020 to discuss the local and regional perspective on...
Feb 12, 2020 | Michelle Shapiro
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network and...
Feb 11, 2020 | Michelle Shapiro
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) is pleased to announce a call for applications for the 2020 Environmental Public...
Learn how to address the environmental health impacts of emergencies and disasters in a hands-on training with operational practice in responding to simulated scenarios. The course is offered at Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston, Alabama. Upcoming Training Dates March 30-April 3, 2020 May 4-8, 2020 Learn more.
This article from the American Journal of Public Health discusses some perspectives that illuminate how problem areas including effective leadership, workforce development, equipment and technology, information systems and data, garnering support, and partnerships and collaboration are affecting the delivery of environmental health services at the state and local levels. Read more.
A new American Journal of Public Health article reviews an in-depth assessment and analysis of the current challenges and emerging issues faced by EH professionals: the Understanding the Needs, Challenges, Opportunities, Vision, and Emerging Roles in Environmental Health (UNCOVER EH) initiative. The article provides results of the assessment, which included more than 1,700 practitioners. Focus...
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) released a case study featuring the Arizona Department of Health Services’ efforts to address lead poisoning through a health in all policies (HiAP) approach. Learn more.
CDC’s Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases has produced a new video series, “Was It Something I Ate?,” which presents stories of people who developed serious enteric (intestinal) infections from food or animal contact. The stories are from families with children who developed Salmonella infection from eating contaminated chicken or contact with backyard poultry, […]
NACCHO is offering technical assistance to help a health department engage in tracking efforts at the local level. NACCHO will provide up to 10 hours of one-on-one support to a local health department in addressing environmental health challenges/barriers relate to tracking. If you are selected, you will be asked to participate in a consultation phone […]
NACCHO held a Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC) Network webinar on Feb. 11, 2020 to discuss the local and regional perspective on integrating the MAHC into operations. Dewey Case, Association Aquatics Director at The Family YMCA of Southeast Mississippi, provided an overview of the YMCA’s aquatic safety guidelines and explained how the MAHC fits into those […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network and Wisconsin Tracking released public health-themed valentines, including several focused on environmental health issues such as radon, food safety, and mosquitoes and ticks. See the valentines.
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) is pleased to announce a call for applications for the 2020 Environmental Public Health Tracking: Tracking Mentoring Fellowship Program. They are seeking proposals from unfunded local public health agencies to work with a tracking program grantee on an environmental health project that utilizes tracking data. Intended to increase capacity at...
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