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COURSE OVERVIEW |
Enhancing Environmental Health Practice in the 21st Century
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Public Health Training Network Satellite Broadcast & Webcast
Originally aired May 9, 2002
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Environmental health services and sanitation have been the backbone of public
health in the United States for many decades. The emergence of many new issues
and threats such as Cryptosporidium in drinking water, hantavirus, E. coli O157:H7,
West Nile virus, and, most recently, domestic terrorism point to a need for a well-prepared
environmental health services (EHS) system and work force that can anticipate, recognize,
and respond to these types of threats. In recent years, the capabilities of the EHS system at
state, tribal, territorial, and local levels have visibly decreased, which has led to systems
that are not adequately prepared to address such threats. EHS experts will address the six goals
CDC developed in collaboration with its many environmental health partners to revitalize the
EHS system. The program will highlight the issues, challenges, and activities facing the EHS
system in the 21st century. The broadcast will include presentations, discussion,
and audience participation.
Goals
To provide information on
- the need to improve and revitalize the nation's environmental health services (EHS)
system and,
- CDC's strategy and activities to accomplish this task.
Objectives
After this broadcast, Participants will --
- recognize environmental health services (EHS) are critical to public health
- recognize need to improve EHS and practice.
- describe six Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) goals to revitalize the EHS system.
- recognize need to develop strategies to address existing gaps in the EHS system.
Who Should Attend
Environmental health (EH) practitioners and managers; directors of health
departments and other
public health officials; EH program directors and managers; agriculture
program directors and managers; food protection program directors and
managers; public health nurses; environmental protection practitioners;
policy makers; boards of health; academic institutions; national advocacy
organizations; and civic leaders.
Presenters
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Richard J. Jackson, MD, MPH, Director, National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), CDC
- Patrick J. Meehan, MD, Director, Division of Emergency and Environmental Health Services (DEEHS), NCEH,
CDC
- Sharunda Buchanan, PhD, Chief, Environmental Health Services Branch (EHSB), DEEHS, NCEH, CDC
- CAPT Patrick O. Bohan, RS, MS, MSEH, Senior Environmental Health Scientist, EHSB, DEEHS, NCEH, CDC
- CDC partners, representing a variety of agencies and organizations
Registration Instructions
Visit http://www2a.cdc.gov/TCEOnline/
to register online for this course. Site registration began March 21, 2002.
Individual registration began April 9, 2002. Individuals are encouraged to register
for this broadcast. Your registration and evaluation of this broadcast will provide
valuable feedback to CDC and other stakeholders on the strategy and activities to improve
the nation's environmental health services and system. For questions about registration, call 1-800-41-TRAIN.
Continuing Education Credit
Continuing education credit is available from the National Environmental
Health Association (NEHA) for NEHA members at their website, http://www.neha.org
The continuing education form for NEHA members is available at
http://www.neha.org/.
A printout of the broadcast program agenda with the time identified is required
as an attachment.
Webcast Information
This program will have a live webcast and will also be available
for viewing after May 9 at the program website.
Click here
for webcast information.
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This page last reviewed: March 26, 2002
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