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Uncovering Environmental Health: An Initial Assessment of the Profession's Health Department Workforce and Practice. 揭露环境健康:对专业卫生部门工作人员和实践的初步评估。

IF 0.8 4区环境科学与生态学

Journal of Environmental Health Pub Date : 2019-06-01

Justin A Gerding, Elizabeth Landeen, Kaitlyn R Kelly, Sandra Whitehead, David T Dyjack, John Sarisky, Bryan W Brooks

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Facilitators and Barriers to Conducting Environmental Assessments for Food Establishment Outbreaks, National Environmental Assessment Reporting System, 2014-2016. 食品企业疫情环境评价的促进因素与障碍，国家环境评价报告系统，2014-2016。

IF 0.8 4区环境科学与生态学

Journal of Environmental Health Pub Date : 2019-04-01

Amy L Freeland, Matthew Masters, David Nicholas, Adam Kramer, Laura G Brown

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A 5-step Land Reuse and Redevelopment Model: Resources to Spur Local Initiatives. 五步土地再用及重建模式:激发地方积极性的资源。

IF 0.8 4区环境科学与生态学

Journal of Environmental Health Pub Date : 2019-02-01

Laurel Berman, Miles Ballogg, Serap Erdal

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Emergency Response Training in California: Piloting the Environmental Health Training in Emergency Response Operations Course in a Local Environmental Health Department. 加利福尼亚州的应急培训:在当地环境卫生部门试行应急行动课程中的环境卫生培训。

IF 0.8 4区环境科学与生态学

Journal of Environmental Health Pub Date : 2018-12-01

Marcy Barnett, Bernice Zaidel, Martin A Kalis

{"title":"Emergency Response Training in California: Piloting the Environmental Health Training in Emergency Response Operations Course in a Local Environmental Health Department.","authors":"Marcy Barnett, Bernice Zaidel, Martin A Kalis","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"NEHA strives to provide up-to-date and relevant information on environmental health and to build partnerships in the profession. In pursuit of these goals, we feature this column on environmental health services from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in every issue of the Journal. In these columns, authors from CDC's Water, Food, and Environmental Health Services Branch, as well as guest authors, will share insights and information about environmental health programs, trends, issues, and resources. The conclusions in these columns are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official position of CDC. Marcy Barnett is the emergency preparedness liaison with the California Department of Public Health Center for Environmental Health. She is the program manager for California's Environmental Health Training in Emergency Response (EHTER). Bernice Zaidel is the assistant director of curriculum development and evaluation at the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP). She is the FEMA/CDP lead for partnering with CDC's Water, Food, and Environmental Health Services Branch and developing EHTER courses. Martin Kalis is a public health advisor with CDC's Water, Food, and Environmental Health Services Branch. He is the program manager for CDC's EHTER.","PeriodicalId":15713,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10191024/pdf/nihms-1777698.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9862335","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Investigating Hazardous Substance Exposures Associated with Mining or Smelting in U.S. Communities. 调查美国社区与采矿或冶炼有关的有害物质暴露。

IF 0.8 4区环境科学与生态学

Journal of Environmental Health Pub Date : 2018-11-01

Mateusz Karwowski

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Land Reuse Site Screening Tool Cohorts: Creating Land Reuse Site Inventories. 土地再利用站点筛选工具队列:创建土地再利用站点清单。

IF 0.8 4区环境科学与生态学

Journal of Environmental Health Pub Date : 2018-09-01

Gary D Perlman, Laurel Berman, Megan Alameda, Erika Arias, Grazyna Pawlowicz, Elizabeth Yogerst

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Measuring Community Vulnerability to Natural and Anthropogenic Hazards: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Social Vulnerability Index. 衡量社区对自然和人为危害的脆弱性:疾病控制和预防中心的社会脆弱性指数。

IF 0.8 4区环境科学与生态学

Journal of Environmental Health Pub Date : 2018-06-01

Barry E Flanagan, Elaine J Hallisey, Erica Adams, Amy Lavery

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Innovative Safe Water Program Improvement E-Learning for Environmental Health Professionals. 创新的安全用水方案改进了环境卫生专业人员的电子学习。

IF 0.8 4区环境科学与生态学

Journal of Environmental Health Pub Date : 2018-06-01

Raquel Sabogal, Martin Kalis, Brian Hubbard, John Oeffinger, Liljana Johnson Baddour, Christl Tate, Charles Shorter

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Rapid Identification of a Cooling Tower-Associated Legionnaires' Disease Outbreak Supported by Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing of Environmental Samples, New York City, 2014-2015. 基于环境样本聚合酶链反应检测的冷却塔相关军团病暴发快速鉴定，纽约市，2014-2015。

IF 0.8 4区环境科学与生态学

Journal of Environmental Health Pub Date : 2018-04-01

Isaac Benowitz, Robert Fitzhenry, Christopher Boyd, Michelle Dickinson, Michael Levy, Ying Lin, Elizabeth Nazarian, Belinda Ostrowsky, Teresa Passaretti, Jennifer Rakeman, Amy Saylors, Elena Shamoonian, Terry-Ann Smith, Sharon Balter

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Organizational Characteristics of Local Health Departments and Environmental Health Services and Activities. 地方卫生部门和环境卫生服务及活动的组织特点。

IF 0.8 4区环境科学与生态学

Journal of Environmental Health Pub Date : 2018-04-01

Shailendra N Banerjee, Justin A Gerding, John Sarisky

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