EHS Articles in the Journal of Environmental Health

Promoting Health Literacy With Empathetic and Inclusive Communication – Learn about how to improve health literacy with these communication skills.

CDC Tools Can Help Prevent and Control Legionella Growth and Spread – Read about tools to assess Legionella outbreaks that can help improve environmental health decision-making.

Educating Communities, Families and High Schoolers About Lead Exposure as a Public Health Problem – Learn about new social media videos to educate teens and others on lead and how to prevent exposure.

Retail collaborative provides tools and resources to drive food safety – Learn how the Retail Food Collaborative works to create and share tools and resources food safety programs can use to improve food safety.

Equipping educators to empower students with a Tracking Education Kit – Learn about this collection of lesson resources to support curriculum development using tools from CDC’s Environmental Health Tracking Program.

Shine a light on environmental justice issues with the Environmental Justice Dashboard – Learn about this tool to identify community vulnerabilities for addressing environmental justice issues.

Here come the surf venues and artificial swimming lagoons – Read about new recreational water venues and how CDC is working to offer interim guidance on keeping them healthy and safe.

Connecting environmental public health with the revised 10 Essential Public Health Services – Read about key changes in the newly revised 10 Essential Public Health Services and how they relate to environmental public health.

Community resources for contaminants of concern in private wells – Learn about CDC resources on private wells for environmental health practitioners.

Radon outreach: Helping people see an invisible risk – Learn how CDC is working to help build awareness about radon and encourage preventive actions among the public and clinicians.