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CDC WISQARS
Online interactive database of fatal and nonfatal injury, violent death, and cost of injury data from a variety of sources.CDC WISQARSTMSource Description: Interactive, online database that provides fatal and nonfatal injury, violent death, and ...
Challenges for the Disaster Workforce During a Compound Hurricane-Pandemic
This article identifies how emergency management planning for both the changing dynamics of COVID-19 and hurricane season may change under a compound threat. COVID-19 and the increase of natural disasters occurring pushes new considerations to b...
Changing Vulnerability for Hurricane Evacuation During a Pandemic
This article examines data from workshops involving emergency management and public health experts to support planning for hurricane evacuation and sheltering. This resource includes: Policy integration findings Expanded protections for popula...
Chemical Emergencies
This resource listing is from the ATSDR chemical emergency website provides a list of information and resources for multiple audiences related to how to prepare and respond to chemical emergencies. This resource includes: What to do in a chemic...
Child Health
Environmental health professionals work to support schools, childcare facilities, and local agencies to ensure the health and safety of children in our communities.Lead Exposure Reduction ProjectWe are working with tribal and territorial communi...
Choose Safe Places Toolkit
The Choose Safe Places project is part of a Cooperative Agreement (CoAg), funded by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), entitled "Technical Assistance for Response to ...
CIFOR Resources
The Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response (CIFOR) is a multidisciplinary collaboration of national associations and local, state and federal agencies representing epidemiology programs, environmental health programs, public health labor...
Cimex lectularius Surveillance Method
Bed bugs are small, parasitic insects that are reddish-brown in color and feed on the blood of humans and animals at night. Look for physical signs of bed bugs to identify a possible infestation.When cleaning, changing bedding, or staying away f...
City of Boulder 2013 Flood After-Action Report
This after-action report for the City of Boulder flooding in 2013 is a review and evaluation of actions taken for flood recovery. It provides: Best practices Lessons learnedRecommended for emergency environmental public health practitioners w...
Climate and Health Adaptation and Mitigation Program
The CHAMP program encourages local jurisdictions to progress toward meeting Healthy People 2030 objectives, promotes health equity by raising awareness of how climate change-associated environmental health hazards disproportionately ...
Climate and Health Committee
The mission of our Climate and Health Committee is to be a resource in addressing the environmental and public health impacts from climate change.The committee is comprised of local, state, federal, and industry professionals with environmental ...
Climate Change
Climate for Health PartnershipClimate for Health Partnership's program partners with health associations and institutions to make climate change a top national health priority. ecoAmerica has compiled climate-focused resources to help local heal...
Climate Change and Health Legislation 2023 Sessions
April 14, 2023There are approximately 70 bills in the state legislatures addressing climate change and health. Bills have been introduced in the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, New Jerse...
Climate Change Resources & Tools
General Climate Resources Building Resilience Against Climate Effects (BRACE) Framework, CDC | Webpage Climate and Health, CDC | Webpage Climate Change, APHA | Webpage Climate Change, NACCH...
Code for America Summit
Three day conference focused on strengthening the digital capability of the government, creating new policies with insight from the tech industry, improving the government technology market, and creating community capacity.Code for America Summi...
Compound Natural and Human Disasters: Managing Drought and COVID-19 to Sustain Global Agriculture and Food Sectors
This article describes how droughts and pandemics interact and identifies appropriate policies to address them individually and together. Disasters, both natural and human made disrupt global food supply chains when they occur at the same time a...
Compound Risks of Hurricane Evacuation Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States
This article models how a hurricane evacuation from four different counties in a state would impact COVID-19 case levels. The number of COVID-19 cases produced by the evacuation is influenced by the ability of destination counties meeting the ne...
Compounding Hazards and Intersecting Vulnerabilities
This report discusses study findings that measure how COVID-19 affected extreme heat vulnerability during the summer of 2020. This resource includes: Examination of socio-demographic characteristics and pandemic related factors Examined vulne...
Completing Your Comprehensive Strategic Improvement Plan
About the CSIPA CSIP is a Comprehensive Strategic Improvement Plan. It is considered a multiyear planning document for jurisdictions to use to determine how to obtain and maintain compliance with the Retail Program Standards. CSIPs are living do...
Concurrent Disaster Response Success Story
This success story describes how the Environmental Division of the Town of Addison, Texas faced the challenges of a winter storm during COVID-19 in the context of ensuring food safety, public health, and providing warming stations and power to a...
Concurrent Threats and Disasters: Modeling and Managing Risk and Resilience
This article provides a literature review of how policymakers were prompted to reassess operations and management strategies that support society’s critical functions like infrastructure, healthcare services, supply chains, and emergency respons...
Congress and Congressional Appropriations in the Final Weeks
Date posted: Tuesday, September 22, 2020Blog poster: Doug Farquhar, JDThe new fiscal year begins on October 1 and the Senate has yet to vote—even at the subcommittee or committee level—on any of the 12 regular appropriations bills. Over in the H...
Congress in Negotiations to Finalize the Fiscal Year 2023 Appropriations
Tuesday, December 6, 2022dfarquhar@neha.org With the midterms over, Congress needs to finish their work on the fiscal year (FY) 2023 budgets. Republicans proposed a top-line of roughly $1.65 trillion in discretionary spending, in line with Presi...
Congress Passes the $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill
Date posted: Monday, November 8, 2021Blog poster: Doug Farquhar, JDCongress was busy this weekend by passing the $1.2 trillion bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (HR 3684) and agreeing to act on the $1.85 trillion reconciliation m...
Congress to Approve Fiscal Year 2024 Funding for Several Federal Agencies
March 4, 2024 Congress released the massive $467.5 billion fiscal year (FY) 2024 appropriations package for the Agriculture, Commerce-Justice-Science, Energy-Water, Interior-Environment, Military Construction-VA and Transportation-HUD budgets. T...
Congressional House Appropriations Markup of the Labor-HHS-Education Budget Provides Significant Increases to the Nation’s Public Health Infrastructure
Date posted: Friday, July 16, 2021Blog poster: Doug Farquhar, JDThe House Appropriations Labor-HHS-Education Subcommittee oversees the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) budget and released its markup budget this week. The subcommi...
Congresswoman Lawrence Introduces the Environmental Health Workforce Act
Date posted: Saturday, May 15, 2021Blog poster: Doug Farquhar, JDThe Environmental Health Workforce Act (H.R. 2661) was introduced by Representative Brenda Lawrence (D-Michigan) on April 19, 2021. The act would require the Secretary of the U.S. ...
Coquillettidia perturbans Surveillance Method
Surveillance methods are used to understand local mosquito populations. Surveillance techniques should be targeted at mosquito species that can transmit disease to people. Active surveillance needs to be utilized to identify and control Cq. pert...
County Health Rankings
Ranking of health data from nearly every county in the U.S., including data on high school graduation rates, obesity, smoking, unemployment, access to healthy foods, the quality of air and water, income inequality, and teen births.County Health ...
Courses & Certifications
Courses and certifications can enhance knowledge, skill, and professional growth opportunities. Obtaining professional credentials and certifications displays your dedication to your profession. Difference Between Credentials & Ce...
COVID-19 and Wildfires: Concurrent Disasters and Risk Communication in B.C.
This report is based on a qualitative study examining health communications during concurrent disasters and the connection with decision-making. This resource includes: Research questions Focus area Methods Preliminary Findings Recommended...
COVID-19 Best Practice Information: Continuity of Operations
This is a FEMA resource of key findings and considerations on infrastructure maintenance and services for communities during a pandemic and contains:Key ConsiderationsLessons LearnedInfrastructure ConsiderationsRecommendations for Local Governme...
COVID-19 Best Practice Information: Natural Hazards Preparedness
This FEMA resource shares recommendations and best practices for state, local, tribal, and territorial officials when managing simultaneous risks posed by COVID-19 and natural hazards. This resource includes key considerations around:Public mess...
COVID-19 Crisis Communications: The Challenge for Environmental Organizations
This article examines the ways environmental organizations amended their crisis communications to underscore their relevance to crises and their role in problem-solving. At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. environmental organizations...
COVID-19 Early Care and Education Collaborative
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic response the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) provided support to establish the COVID-19 Early Care and Education (ECE) Collaborative. Collaborative members worked to identify needs and gaps...
COVID-19 Working Groups for Public Health and Social Sciences Research
This webpage shares the resource list of the Natural Hazard’s Center COVID-19 Working Groups for Public Health and Social Sciences. The working groups focus on a variety of issues and advancements in methods, ethics, and empirical topics related...
COVID-19, the Built Environment, and Health
This article discusses features of the built environment that affect the risk of COVID-19 and identify elements of the pandemic response with implications for the built environment and for long-term public health. This resource includes: Influe...
Ctenocephalides canis, Ctenocephalides felis, Xenopsylla cheopis, Echidnophaga gallinacea Surveillance Method
There is not a national surveillance program in place to identify flea species or to gather information such as population counts or disease incidence and prevalence amongst fleas, although there is a program in place to identify flea-borne dise...
Culex pipiens Surveillance Method
Surveillance methods are used to understand local mosquito populations. Surveillance techniques should be targeted at mosquito species that can transmit disease to people. Active surveillance needs to be utilized to identify and control Culex pi...
Culex quinquefasciatus Surveillance Method
Surveillance methods are used to understand local mosquito populations. Surveillance techniques should be targeted at mosquito species that can transmit disease to people. Active surveillance needs to be utilized to identify and control Culex qu...
Culex tarsalis Surveillance Method
Surveillance methods are used to understand local mosquito populations. Surveillance techniques should be targeted at mosquito species that can transmit disease to people. Active surveillance needs to be utilized to identify and control Culex ta...
Culiseta melanura Surveillance Method
Surveillance methods are used to understand local mosquito populations. Surveillance techniques should be targeted at mosquito species that can transmit disease to people. Active surveillance needs to be utlized to identify and control Culiseta ...
Cultural Food Safety App
Downloadable free application providing information on food preparation, handling practices, and considerations for cultural foods organized by region, faith, and processes.Apple Store Google Play Cultural Foods Safety App from the Tennessee Int...
Cultural Food Safety iOS App
Downloadable free application providing information on food preparation, handling practices, and considerations for cultural foods organized by region, faith, and processes.Cultural Foods Safety App from the Tennessee Integrated Food Safety Cent...
Data-Driven Operation of the Resilient Electric Grid: A Case of COVID-19
This article explores the resilience of power grids in the face of pandemics and various machine learning tools that can be helpful to augment human operators are discussed by reviewing the impact of COVID-19 on power grid operations and actions...
Data.gov
Federal government's website to promote open data and accountability. Aims to increase citizen participation, economic development, and improve decision making.Data.govResource Type: Open DataSource Description: Data.gov is the federal governmen...
December 2015
Journal of Environmental Health Volume 78, No. 5 View the IssueAbout the Cover In July 2013, an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease occurred at a long-term care facility in a suburb of Columbus, Ohio. A total of 39 cases were confirmed; of those c...
December 2016
Journal of Environmental Health Volume 79, No. 5 View the IssueAbout the Cover Growing evidence shows that interpersonal skills—such as communication, patience, empathy, respect, and consideration—are essential for conducting regulatory inspecti...