Resources
This page includes a tool kit about the 10 essential services) of environmental public health, additional resources such as web links, and success stories from agencies that have incorporated one or more of the 10 essential services.
CDC established a Web-based collaboration site, which serves an open forum for sharing and posting tools and resources related to EnvPHPS. To access the site, send an e-mail that includes your name and full contact information to ehsb@cdc.gov.
Toolkit
Essential Service 1: Monitor Environmental and Health Status
Design of systems: CDC Environmental Public Health Tracking Program
Examples of indicators: CDC Environmental Public Health Indicators Project
Working group on using environmental health indicators
Creating a Community Environmental Health Assessment (CEHA) or Profile (CEHP)
Example of CEHP [PDF - 5.63 MB]
Essential Service 2: Diagnose and Investigate Environmental Health Problems and Health Hazards
Example of a foodborne illness protocol [PDF - 71 KB]
Essential Service 3: Inform, Educate, and Empower People About Environmental Health Issues
Examples of topic fact sheets: Fish consumption guidelines [PDF - 117 KB]
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 (MAPP)
PACE EH
State environmental health legislation and statutes database compiled by the National Conference of State Legislatures
Essential Service 5: Develop Policies and Plans
State environmental health legislation and statutes data base compiled by the National Conference of State Legislatures:
Essential Service 6: Enforce Laws and Regulations
Essential Service 7: Link People to Services
Essential Service 8: Assure a Competent Workforce
Nontechnical environmental health core competencies: (includes technical competencies and content areas covered by the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA), Registered Environmental Health Specialist/Registered Sanitarian (REHS/RS) exam and other valuable information on competencies of EH practitioners
National Environmental Health Workforce Consortium Innovative Workforce Practices Project: identifies and promotes practices to strengthen the workforce
Essential Service 9: Evaluate the Effectiveness, Accessibility, and Quality of Services
Online training module on program evaluation in environmental health
Essential Service 10: Research for New Insights and Innovative Solutions
Model and promising environmental health practices
Additional Resources
National Center for Environmental Health National Environmental Health Association
National Association of County and City Health Officials
American Public Health Association
The National Conference of Local Environmental Health Administrators: collection of papers by Larry J. Gordon on a wide variety of environmental health topics.
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