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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Environmental Health Services

Division of Environmental Health Services

LT Riley Grinnell conducting a food safety survey of a temporary food vendor.
CDR Michael Box testing welding exhaust ventilation at the Alaska Native Medical Center

The Division of Environmental Health Services (DEHS) is part of the Office of Environmental Health and Engineering.

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Through shared decision making and sound public health measures, enhance the health and quality of life of all American Indians and Alaska Natives to the highest level by eliminating environmentally related disease and injury.

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– DEHS Mission

We are Environmental Health Officers, Environmental Health Specialists, Health Care Safety Officers, Institutional Environmental Health Officers, and Injury Prevention Specialists. We provide direct environmental health services and consultation to American Indian and Alaska Native tribal governments and Indian Health Service programs.

To quantify need, DEHS and stakeholders identified five environmental health areas that serve as our national priorities. Strategies, objectives, indicators, performance measures and rough cost estimates needed to make visible progress are detailed for each priority.

National Focus Areas

Rebekah Abangan conducting a food safety survey of a tribal convenience store

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