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NEW! March 2007
Presentation to
Environmental Health Tracking Grantees
Program Description
The Loma Linda University School of Public Health provides environmental health technical and
administrative support to state, county, city, and tribal health agencies in an eight-state region in the western United States and Pacific Rim.
Major Accomplishments
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Navajo Nation Environmental Health
Surveillance Capacity Building:
In summer 2005, Loma Linda hosted a Navajo Professor from Diné
College (Navajo Tribal College) for approximately 1 month. The
professor received intensive training in the environmental health
applications of geographic information systems (GIS). Dine College
then hosted a Loma Linda graduate student, who trained the college’s
trainers on the use and applications of GIS. Beneficiary: Navajo
Nation.
California’s County and City Environmental Health Services
Delivery System:
This 165-page report provides a comprehensive description of
environmental health service delivery in California. Policy and
decision makers at the state and local are using the report to
support a more strategic approach to environmental health management
systems. Beneficiary: State of California.
Barriers
Time
Next 18 Months
National Transferability
The model that enumerates financial benefits associated with
environmental health services, efficient methods of assessing
environmental health services, and strategies for enhancing tribal environmental health capacity are
nationally transferable.
Impact