|
|
|
Environmental
Health Services
|
|
|
"A healthy environment for healthy people"
A resource for Sanitarians, Environmental Health Specialists,
Environmental Health Officers, Students and other Public Health
professionals. This information is available to anyone in the public interested in the field of Environmental Health
and reducing illness and death due to environmentally-related
disease and injury.
|
|
|
Spotlight |
| |
| |
 |
Environmental Public Health Leadership
Institute
On October 04, 2004, the NCEH/EEHS/Environmental Health Services
Branch in collaboration with the Louisville Metro Health Department,
Louisville, KY, held an orientation session for CDC’s new
Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute, in Louisville, KY.
Applicants to the program were invited to Louisville to participate in
a discussion on the need for leadership in environmental public health
and to submit their application for this new leadership development
program. Following the one day program overview, interview, and
problem-solving session applicants participated in a four day
community based emergency response training program. The first session
of the Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute is scheduled
for the Spring of 2005.
A second cycle of candidates will be considered for admittance into
the program in January 2005. Additional information is available from
Capt John Sarisky at
JSarisky@cdc.gov
|
| |
|
News and Features |
|
| |
|
“A
Systems-based Food Safety Evaluation: An Experimental Approach”
by Capt.’s Chuck Higgins and Barry Hartfield, USPHS, NPS – Public
Health Program, was published in the November edition of the NEHA
Journal of Environmental Health. The development of the
environmental health system approach used in this study is
acknowledged to have come from work done by CAPT Higgins in
collaboration with other branch members during his assignment at CDC’s
Environmental Health Services Branch.
|
| |
|
Beliefs about Sources of Gastrointestinal Illness
An EHS-Net poster on “What Factors are Associated with People’s
Beliefs that a Meal Eaten Outside of the Home Made Them Sick?” was
presented at the IAFP meeting in Phoenix, AZ, August, 2004.
|
| |
|
EHS-Net Program Announcement
A new EHS-Net program announcement has been published in the
Federal Register. The appendices may be found on the EHSB
website.
|
| |
|
New Capacity
Building Partnerships
EHSB has initiated
new capacity building partnerships with five institutions to form
regional environmental public health
academic centers
and nine
environmental public health programs.
|
| |
|
CSTE RWI
Position Paper
The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists have adopted a
position paper requesting CDC to develop a national strategic plan to
address the prevention and control of recreational water illnesses.
|
| |
|
Environmental Health’s Role in Preparedness
The NEHA’s September Journal of Environmental Health features
an excellent article on how Environmental Health programs have
expanded to include preparedness in their communities. It features a
number of interviews with professionals from across the United States
including Environmental Health Services Branch staff.
|
| |
|
MMWR
An Outbreak of Norovirus Gastroenteritis at a Swimming Club Vermont,
2004
This report summarizes the results of a
successful Environmental Health Systems Approach investigation
conducted by VDH and CDC. The findings underscore the importance
of correct pool maintenance for rapid identification of water-quality
problems to prevent outbreaks of swimming pool--associated illness.
|
|
|
"A
Strategy to Revitalize Health Services in the United
States"
We are pleased to present to you the
final document entitled A
Strategy to Revitalize Environmental Health Services in the United
States. This CDC strategy was developed in collaboration with
several internal and external partners, including state and local
health departments and schools of public health.
|
|
|
|
|
|
More
News and Features>>
|
|
