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The National Environmental Public Health Performance Standards Toolkit Capacity-Building Resources on the Web

Sarah B. Kotchian, EdM, MPH, PhD Associate Director, Institute for Public Health University of New Mexico School of Medicine

Tools for Building Capacity The National Environmental Public Health Performance Standards are based on the Ten Essential Environmental Health Services The National Environmental Public Health Performance Standards are based on the Ten Essential Environmental Health Services There are many resources available on the Worldwide Web to help you build capacity in the ten essential services There are many resources available on the Worldwide Web to help you build capacity in the ten essential services

Selected Examples of Resources

Essential Service #1: Monitor Environmental and Health Status For design of systems: For design of systems: –The CDC Environmental Public Health Tracking Program

Essential Service #1 For examples of indicators: For examples of indicators: - The CDC Environmental Public Health Indicators Project - The CDC Environmental Public Health Indicators Project EH Tracking - EH Tracking Working group on using EH indicators: Working group on using EH indicators:

Types of indicators on CDC site Topics Topics Air, Ambient (Outdoor) Air, Ambient (Outdoor) Air, Ambient (Outdoor) Air, Ambient (Outdoor) Air, Indoor Air, Indoor Air, Indoor Air, Indoor Disasters Disasters Disasters Lead (Pb) Lead (Pb) Lead (Pb) Lead (Pb) Noise Noise Noise Pesticides Pesticides Pesticides Sentinel Events Sentinel Events Sentinel Events Sentinel Events Sun and Ultraviolet Sun and Ultraviolet Sun and Ultraviolet Sun and Ultraviolet Toxics and Waste Toxics and Waste Toxics and Waste Toxics and Waste Water, Ambient Water, Ambient Water, Ambient Water, Ambient Water, Drinking Water, Drinking Water, Drinking Water, Drinking Indicator Types Indicator Types Hazard Hazard Hazard Exposure Exposure Exposure Health Effect Health Effect Health Effect Health Effect Intervention Intervention Intervention

Essential Service #1 Creating a Community Environmental Health Assessment (CEHA) or Profile (CEHP) nmental/CEHAResourceLibrary.cfm Creating a Community Environmental Health Assessment (CEHA) or Profile (CEHP) nmental/CEHAResourceLibrary.cfm nmental/CEHAResourceLibrary.cfm nmental/CEHAResourceLibrary.cfm Example of profile: environmental_health/reportcard.pdf Example of profile: environmental_health/reportcard.pdf environmental_health/reportcard.pdf environmental_health/reportcard.pdf

Essential Service #2: Diagnose and Investigate Environmental Health Problems and Health Hazards Example of a foodborne illness protocol: Example of a foodborne illness protocol: d/Foodborne_Outbreak_Investigation_ Guidance.pdf d/Foodborne_Outbreak_Investigation_ Guidance.pdf

Essential Service #3 Inform, Educate, and Empower People about EH Issues For examples of topic fact sheets: For examples of topic fact sheets: Fish consumption guidelines: df/env/fish_health_issues.pdf df/env/fish_health_issues.pdf

Essential Services #3 For examples of how PACE-EH can be used to inform and empower people: For examples of how PACE-EH can be used to inform and empower people:

Essential Service #4: Mobilize community partnerships Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships tion.asp Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships tion.asp tion.asp tion.asp PACE-EH PACE-EH

Essential Service #5: Develop Policies and Plans State environmental health legislation and statutes data base compiled by National Conference of State Legislatures: State environmental health legislation and statutes data base compiled by National Conference of State Legislatures: alth/ehdatabases.htm alth/ehdatabases.htm alth/ehdatabases.htm alth/ehdatabases.htm

#8: Assure a Competent Workforce Non-technical environmental health core competencies: Non-technical environmental health core competencies: – ompetencies_EH_Practice.pdf ompetencies_EH_Practice.pdfhttp:// ompetencies_EH_Practice.pdf Document also lists: Document also lists: –technical competencies and content areas covered by the NEHA REHS/RS Exam –Other valuable information on competencies of EH practitioners

#8: Assure A Competent Workforce The National Environmental Health Workforce Consortium Innovative Workforce Practices Project identifies and promotes practices to strengthen the workforce: The National Environmental Health Workforce Consortium Innovative Workforce Practices Project identifies and promotes practices to strengthen the workforce: evelopment/innovativepractices.html evelopment/innovativepractices.html evelopment/innovativepractices.html evelopment/innovativepractices.html

Essential Service #9: Evaluate the effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of services Free, on-line training module on Program Evaluation in Environmental Health developed by Carl Osaki Free, on-line training module on Program Evaluation in Environmental Health developed by Carl Osaki projects/environmental-health- center/index_html projects/environmental-health- center/index_html

Essential Service #10 Research for new insights and innovative solutions Model and Promising EH Practices Model and Promising EH Practices

Additional Resources National Center for Environmental Health National Center for Environmental Health National Environmental Health Association National Environmental Health Association National Association of County and City Health Officials National Association of County and City Health Officials American Public Health Association American Public Health Association

Additional Resources –Collection of papers on a wide variety of EH topics by Larry J. Gordon