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Dear Environmental Health Leaders
Welcome to the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) Environmental Health e-newsletter, "The Greener Side of Local Public Health". My name is Michelle Chuk and I am the Senior Advisor for the Environmental Health Team at NACCHO. Our Environmental Health team is constantly working to improve our capacity to provide local health departments and our partners with the tools and information needed to impact public health practice at the local level. This e-newsletter will provide you with general environmental public health information as well as information regarding current projects of the NACCHO Environmental Health team.
If you would like to be REMOVED from the distribution list, please contact Nausheen Saeed at nsaeed@naccho.org.
We are excited and proud of this new service and we look forward to working with you to make the newsletter beneficial for you.
Thank you for your interest,
Michelle Chuk and the NACCHO Environmental Health Team
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| Spotlight on Two Local Health Departments
Tri-County, Colorado and Hennepin County, Minnesota. 
NACCHO is proud to announce the completion of two Health Impact Assessment (HIA) projects: Tri-County Health Department Derby Redevelopment in Colorado, and the Lowry Corridor in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
The goal of the HIA Pilot Project is to transform and strengthen the capacities and methods employed by local health and planning agencies to protect and improve public health through built environment interventions.
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Becoming the Healthiest Nation: Call for Session Proposals!
The Association of State and Territorial Officials (ASTHO)-National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) Joint Committee is now accepting session proposals for their Joint Conference to be held from September 9-12, in Sacramento, California.
All proposals must be submitted online by January 29, 2008 and address the conference theme, Becoming the Healthiest Nation in a Healthier World.
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Environmental Public Health Tracking Dialogue and Discussion
Building the Connection between State and Local Health
NACCHO, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials(ASTHO), with support from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and in collaboration with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Environmental Health Assessment (MDPH/BEHA) held a presentation and dialogue in October, 2007.
The meeting examined how the Environmental Health Tracking Network provided a forum for enhanced collaboration between state and local public health agencies in order to improve the efficacy of the Tracking program, and network.
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Call to Action! Support Environmental Public Health
Your help is needed now! Please urge your Senators and Representatives to become co-sponsors of Coordinated Environmental Public Health Network Act of 2007(HR 3643/ S.2082).
This bill would authorize the expansion of the Environmental Health Tracking Network. This network will provide valuable information to health officials and communities for use in monitoring where and when chronic diseases occur and assess potential links to environmental hazards. For a sample letter and more information, log onto NACCHO's Public Health Advocacy page.
Partnerships for Environmental Public Health (PEPH)
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is developing a "Partnerships for Environmental Public Health" (PEPH) program, that will support activities to prevent, reduce, or eliminate environmental exposures that may lead to adverse health outcomes.
NIEHS is seeking input from those who have an interest in the effects of environmental exposures on public health to help shape and promote the PEPH program. Individuals are encouraged to answer a series of questions that will help map out a 5-10 year plan.
The complete list of questions and additional information can be found on the NIEHS Web page. Please e-mail your responses to Liam O'Fallon at ofallon@niehs.nih.gov, no later than January 19, 2008
The public comment period for the draft Mosquito and Mosquito Borne Disease Management policy has been extended until February 19, 2008. This draft policy outlines procedures managers will follow in planning and implementing mosquito and mosquito-borne disease management.
The full policy draft report can be found at www.fws.gov/policy/library/E7-20236.pdf. Please email all comments on or before February 19, 2008 to Michael J. Higgins, refugesystempolicycomments@fws.gov.
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Need for Volunteers
Health Officer Needed to Represent Local Public Health in Food Safety.
NACCHO's Environmental Health Team is seeking a Health Officer that has a background in food safety to represent local public health, and NACCHO on CIFOR.
The Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response (CIFOR) is a multidisciplinary working group convened to increase collaboration across country and relevant areas of expertise in order to reduce the burden of foodborne illness. For more information on CIFOR, visit NACCHO's Food Safety project page.
Volunteering for this opportunity requires regular conference calls, and two in-person meetings a year. We are looking for a Health Officer that has experience in food safety and has worked with other public health disciplines involved in communicable and/or foodborne illness.
If you are interested in this opportunity to represent local public health and NACCHO at the national level, please submit your resume to Nausheen Saeed at nsaeed@naccho.org by Friday January 18, 2008. |
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Calendar of Events
January 23, 2008 - Environmental Public Health Tracking Discussion in Tallahassee, Florida
January 31, 2008 - Health Impact Assessment Technical Assistance Call from the NACCHO offices.
February 7-9, 2008 - 7th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth Conference at Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC.
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The National Connection for Local Public Health
NACCHO is the national organization representing local health departments. NACCHO supports efforts that protect and improve the health of all people and all communities by promoting national policy, developing resources and programs, seeking health equity, and supporting effective local public health practice and systems.
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