Sustainability

EPA Envirofacts www.epa.gov/enviro

Web tool to provide data and mapping on topics such as on air, land, water, waste, toxic substance, and radiation hazards.

CDC Public Health Indicators https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/healthy_people/ hp2020/hp2020_indicators.htm

The CDC created the Leading Health Indicators are a select subset of 26 Healthy People 2020 objectives across 12 topics

Program Sustainability Assessment

Tool (PSAT) - Washington University https://sustaintool.org/

Sustainability in clinical and healthcare settings is affected by many organizational, financial, regulatory, and political factors. Understanding these factors can help stakeholders build capacity to sustain a clinical practice and position their efforts for long term success.

Sustainability

EPA Creating Equitable, Healthy, and Sustainable Communities Strategies for Advancing Smart Growth, Environmental Justice, and Equitable Development https://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/creatingequitable-healthy-and-sustainable-communities

It provides a menu of land use and community design strategies that bring together smart growth, environmental justice, and equitable development principles and that community-based organizations, local and regional decision-makers, developers, and others can use to revitalize their communities.

International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP) https://www.sustainabilityprofessionals.org/

ISSP is the world’s leading professional association of sustainability practitioners. Great site for collaborations, capacity building, credentialing, and careers

National Registry of Environmental Professionals (NREP) https://www.nrep.org/certifications

The REM® is recognized by many agencies including, but not limited to, U.S. Postal Service, National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service; Resolution Trust Corporation, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Department of Energy, Amtrak, State of Alabama and other state agencies.

National Association of County and City health Officials (NACCHO) https://www.naccho.org

Support health departments, advocate on behalf of local public health, optimize strategic alliances/partnerships, encourage NACCHO member engagement

Trainings Trainings

UNCOVER Environmental Health https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ehs/uncover-eh/index.html

Understanding the Needs, Challenges, Opportunities, Vision, and Emerging Roles in Environmental Health (UNCOVER EH) collected information from more than 1,700 EH professionals in health departments across the nation, the first such assessment of the EH workforce.

CDC Environmental Health Training in Emergency Response (EHTER) https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ehs/elearn/ehter.htm

8-hour course in partnership with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The course addresses the role of environmental health responders in preparing for, responding to, and recovering from emergencies and disasters.

Environmental Health Services Network (EHS-Net) Resources and Trainings https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ehs/ehsnet/ resources/index.htm#nears

Tools from Partner, Study Tools, Consume Foodborne Illness Complaint Forms, National Environmental Assessment Reporting Systems (NEARS), Environmental Assessment Training Series (EATS), Food Manager Certification

Data Into Action for Tribes: Conducting A Community Health Assessment Training Course https://lms.southcentralpartnership.org/ course/viewguest.php?id=322

The purpose of this course is to provide instruction on how to conduct a community needs assessment and how to develop the needs assessment report. This course will provide basics of community assessments, describe several available toolkits for developing a community needs assessment, and describe the basics of writing up the results of the community needs assessment.

CDC Environmental Public Health Online Courses (EPHOC) https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ehs/elearn/ephoc.htm

EPHOC is an e-learning courses for environmental public health practitioners. The goal is to provide access to comprehensive, worthwhile, and affordable workforce development resources for practitioners in environmental public health.