Environmental Health Practice Resources
Improve the performance and quality of the services your program offers with our free resources.
Organizational Characteristics of Local Health Departments and Environmental Health Services and Activities – Learn about the association between characteristics of local health departments and delivery of environmental health services in their communities.
Understanding the Needs, Challenges, Opportunities, Vision, and Emerging Roles in Environmental Health (UNCOVER EH) – Learn about our initiative with the National Environmental Health Association and Baylor University to assess the current state and future trends in environmental health.
Why Are Environmental Health Services So Important? – Learn how Environmental Health Services work to protect health in our short video. Also available in Spanish.
Environmental Public Health and the 10 Essential Services – Identify how environmental health programs help deliver the 10 Essential Public Health Services in their communities and link to and support broader public health initiatives such as public health accreditation.
Environmental Public Health Performance Standards (EnvPHPS) – Use our standards and Assessment Toolkit to improve delivery of the 10 Essential Environmental Public Health Services in your community.
Safe Water Program Improvement e-Learning Series (SWPI) – Take CDC’s training for safer well water through stronger public health programs using the 10 Essential Environmental Public Health Services.
Tribal Drinking Water Program Improvement – Learn how CDC and partners worked to build tribal drinking water program capacity using the 10 Essential Environmental Public Health Services.
Vector Control Program Resources and Reports (Public Health Foundation) – Read reports from local vector control programs using the Environmental Public Health Performance Standards to improve their performance (produced in collaboration with CDC).
Vector Control Tools & Resources (VeCToR) Toolkit (National Environmental Health Association) – Find tools and resources for program improvement activities that align with the 10 Essential Environmental Public Health Services (produced in collaboration with CDC).
Improving Environmental Public Health Services Performance to Meet Community Needs [PDF – 1 MB]
Protocol for Assessing Community Excellence in Environmental Health (PACE EH)
Role of Environmental Health Programs in Public Health Accreditation [PDF – 76 KB] (produced in collaboration with the National Association of County and City Health Officials).