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A Diverse Environmental Public Health Workforce to Meet the Diverse Environmental Health Challenges of the 21st Century [PDF 371 KB] – discusses the need to increase the diversity of the environmental public health workforce and its leadership. This is one in a series of monthly Environmental Health Services Branch columns in the Journal of Environmental Health.
Building Environmental Health Services Workforce Capacity [PDF 85 KB] – description of branch funding and technical assistance to public health agencies, associations, and universities to establish programs for developing a competent and effective environmental health services workforce
Cultural Competency – A Recipe for Improving Environmental Public Health Practices and Related Research in Racial and Ethnic Populations [DOC 5 MB] – cultural competency is an important part of identifying, assessing, monitoring, validating, and conducting surveillance of conditions in many of our racial and ethnic communities. This is one in a series of reports prepared by a graduate of CDC’s Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute.
Developing Environmental Public Health Leadership [PDF 111 KB] – description of the Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute (EPHLI). This is one in a series of monthly Environmental Health Services Branch columns in the Journal of Environmental Health.
Developing the Environmental Health Workforce [PDF 308 KB] – highlights the many programs that EHSB has participated in to promote the environmental health workforce. This is one in a series of monthly Environmental Health Services Branch columns in the Journal of Environmental Health.
Ensuring a Competent Workforce and Sustaining Program Improvements in Environmental Health [PDF 492 KB] – initiative to create workforce development plans and individual professional development plans and annually assess employee competency. This is one in a series of reports prepared by a graduate of CDC’s Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute.
Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute – program to enhance leadership capabilities of state and local environmental public health specialists
Environmental Public Health Performance Standards – standards that can be used to assess local, state, and tribal capability to perform the 10 essential services of environmental public health at all levels
Essential Services of Environmental Health CD-ROM [PDF 823 KB] – CD-ROM training program to help environmental health programs fully integrate the essential services concepts into their own operations through a flexible workshop format. Continuing education credits are available for program completion. This program was developed under an EHSB cooperative agreement.
Improving Public Health Services and Saving Resources: Hiring Graduates from Accredited Environmental Health Programs [DOC 476 KB] – defines the academic competencies acquired by graduates of science-based academic programs and identifies the training requirements needed to bring each of these individuals up to a qualified level. This is one in a series of reports prepared by a graduate of CDC’s Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute.
Increasing Retention of Environmental Health Specialists in Los Angeles County [DOC 606 KB] – assesses reasons for staff departures and explores opportunities available in Los Angeles County to attract experienced environmental health specialists and retain existing staff. This is one in a series of reports prepared by a graduate of CDC’s Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute.
Internship Experiences – brings together writeups from interns who have worked in the Environmental Health Services Branch.
Meeting the Environmental Challenges of the Future by Redesigning the Workforce of Today [DOC 378 KB] – tools to bridge the gap between technical diversity and a holistic, programmatic approach to environmental health. This is one in a series of reports prepared by a graduate of CDC’s Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute.
Military to Civilian Environmental Health Practice [PDF 3 MB] – provides information to environmental health professionals who are retiring or leaving active duty service so they consider careers with state and local environmental public health programs
National Strategy to Revitalize Environmental Public Health Services – a strategy to enhance environmental public health services
Retention of Navy Environmental Health Officers (EHOs) in the U.S. Navy [DOC 238 KB] – project to promote retention of environmental health officers (EHOs) in the U.S. Navy. This is one in a series of reports prepared by a graduate of CDC’s Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute.
Revisiting Revitalization [PDF 262 KB] – outlines the progress to date on the goals and strategies implemented in A National Strategy to Revitalize Environmental Public Health Services. This is the first in a series of monthly Environmental Health Services Branch columns in the Journal of Environmental Health
Saving University Environmental Health Programs [DOC 308 KB] – plan for a sustainable enrollment of at least 40 students in the Environmental Health Program at East Carolina University. This is one in a series of reports prepared by a graduate of CDC’s Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute.
Workforce Development Model: A Comprehensive Strategy for Workforce Development for Environmental Public Health Professionals in South Carolina [DOC 156 KB] – strategy to build a workforce development model for environmental public health professionals in South Carolina. This is one in a series of reports prepared by a graduate of CDC’s Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute.
Careers in Environmental Health [external link] (Association of Environmental Health Academic Programs [AEHAP]) – links to programs that highlight the benefits and importance of teaching environmental health in all geographic and ethnic communities:
Courses and Exercises [external link] (Northwest Center for Public Health Practice) – online and CD-ROM courses, learning modules, and exercises to meet the training and development needs of the public health workforce
Credentials for Success [external link] (Rollins School of Public Health) – distance learning program for Georgia’s public health practitioners
Environmental Health Core Competencies [external link] [PDF 555 KB] (American Public Health Association; CDC) – fourteen core competencies for local environmental health practitioners are identified to improve the effectiveness of their work
Free Online Continuing Education Courses [external link] (NEHA-CERT) – free online CDC environmental health training courses available through the National Environmental Health Association for continuing education credit for environmental health practitioners and students
Innovative Environmental Public Health Workforce Practices Project [external link] (National Environmental Health Association) – recognizes, collects, and disseminates innovative practices to strengthen the environmental public health workforce
National Environmental Health Diversity Recruitment Initiative [external link] (Eastern Kentucky University) – Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) is leading an effort to develop “National Models of Excellence” in diversity
NEHA Educational Series Now Available [external link] – links to continuing education courses for environmental health professionals www.nehacert.org [external link]
Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce [external link] (National Library of Medicine) – links to information about improving and protecting the public's health
Supercourse: Epidemiology, the Internet, and Global Health [external link] (University of Pittsburgh) – links to lectures on environmental health, prevention, epidemiology, microbiology, and hundreds of other topics
Workforce Development Program [external link] (National Environmental Health Association) – supports efforts to build capacity and infrastructure of the overall public health system