10 Essential Services Toolkit

This page includes a tool kit about the 10 essential services of environmental public health, additional resources, and success stories from agencies that have incorporated one or more of the 10 essential services.

Essential Services of Environmental Health Training Module – Training developed to help local and state public agencies integrate the Ten Essential Services of Public Health into environmental health practice. This training can be used to prepare and deliver training on the Essential Services or to train others to deliver the training.

Toolkit

Essential Service 1: Monitor Environmental and Health Status

• Environmental Public Health Tracking Program (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• State Environmental Health Indicators Collaborative (Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists)

Essential Service 2: Diagnose and Investigate Environmental Health Problems and Health Hazards

• Guidelines for Environmental Field Investigations of Foodborne Illness Outbreaks [PDF - 241 KB] (North Carolina Division of Public Health)
• Guidelines for Foodborne Disease Outbreak Response [PDF - 2.5 MB] (Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response)

Essential Service 3: Inform, Educate, and Empower People About Environmental Health Issues

• Community Environmental Health Assessment Resource Library (National Association of County and City Health Officials)
• Health Issues Regarding Fish Consumption [PDF - 117 KB] (Iowa Department of Public Health)

Essential Service 4: Mobilize Community Partnerships

• Environmental Health Legislation Databases Guide (National Conference of State Legislatures)
• Mobilizing for Action Through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP) (National Association of County and City Health Officials)
• PACE EH Development (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / Environmental Health Services)

Essential Service 5: Develop Policies and Plans

• Environmental Health Legislation Databases Guide (National Conference of State Legislatures)
• Repository of Local Environmental Health Policies (National Association of Local Boards of Health)

Essential Service 6: Enforce Laws and Regulations

• Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Repository of Local Environmental Health Policies (National Association of Local Boards of Health)

Essential Service 7: Link People to Services

Essential Service 8: Assure a Competent Workforce

• Innovative Environmental Public Health Workforce Practices (National Environmental Health Association)
• Nontechnical Environmental Health Core Competencies (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Essential Service 9: Evaluate the Effectiveness, Accessibility, and Quality of Services

• Program Evaluation in Environmental Health (Northwest Center for Public Health Practice)
• Evaluation Resources and Logic Models (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Essential Service 10: Research for New Insights and Innovative Solutions

• Model Practices (National Association of County and City Health Officials)

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