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The National Environmental Public Health Performance Standards Toolkit

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 505-272-3758 skotchian@salud.unm.edu.

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The National Environmental Public Health Performance Standards Toolkit

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

  2. Sarah B. Kotchian, EdM, MPH, PhD Associate Director, Institute for Public Health University of New Mexico School of Medicine 505-272-3758 skotchian@salud.unm.edu

  3. Tools for Building Capacity • 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

  4. Selected Examples of Resources

  5. Essential Service #1: Monitor Environmental and Health Status • For design of systems: • The CDC Environmental Public Health Tracking Program • http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/tracking

  6. Essential Service #1 • For examples of indicators: - The CDC Environmental Public Health Indicators Project http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/indicators - EH Tracking http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/tracking/ • Working group on using EH indicators: http://www.cste.org/OH/SEHIC.asp

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

  8. Essential Service #1 • Creating a Community Environmental Health Assessment (CEHA) or Profile (CEHP)http://www.naccho.org/topics/environmental/CEHAResourceLibrary.cfm • Example of profile: http://www.bernco.gov/upload/images/environmental_health/reportcard.pdf

  9. Essential Service #2: Diagnose and Investigate Environmental Health Problems and Health Hazards • Example of a foodborne illness protocol: http://www.deh.enr.state.nc.us/ehs/food/Foodborne_Outbreak_Investigation_Guidance.pdf

  10. Essential Service #3 Inform, Educate, and Empower People about EH Issues • For examples of topic fact sheets: Fish consumption guidelines: http://www.idph.state.ia.us/eh/common/pdf/env/fish_health_issues.pdf

  11. Essential Services #3 • For examples of how PACE-EH can be used to inform and empower people: www.naccho.org

  12. Essential Service #4: Mobilize community partnerships • Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships http://mapp.naccho.org/mapp_introduction.asp • PACE-EH www.naccho.org

  13. Essential Service #5: Develop Policies and Plans • State environmental health legislation and statutes data base compiled by National Conference of State Legislatures: • http://www.ncsl.org/programs/environ/envhealth/ehdatabases.htm

  14. #8: Assure a Competent Workforce • Non-technical environmental health core competencies: • http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ehs/Corecomp/Core_Competencies_EH_Practice.pdf • Document also lists: • technical competencies and content areas covered by the NEHA REHS/RS Exam • Other valuable information on competencies of EH practitioners

  15. #8: Assure A Competent Workforce • The National Environmental Health Workforce Consortium Innovative Workforce Practices Project identifies and promotes practices to strengthen the workforce: • http://www.neha.org/research/Workforce_Development/innovativepractices.html

  16. 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 http://www.nwcphp.org/centers-projects/environmental-health-center/index_html

  17. Essential Service #10 Research for new insights and innovative solutions • Model and Promising EH Practices www.naccho.org

  18. Additional Resources • National Center for Environmental Health www.cdc.gov/nceh • National Environmental Health Association www.neha.org • National Association of County and City Health Officials www.naccho.org • American Public Health Association www.apha.org

  19. Additional Resources • www.ncleha.org • Collection of papers on a wide variety of EH topics by Larry J. Gordon

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