Incorporating the Essential Services of Environmental Health into Environmental Health Academic Programs

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Description

The Ten Essential Services of Environmental Health help operationalize and communicate the core public health functions laid out by the 1988 IOM Report on the “Future of Public Health.” These Essential Services are being incorporated as the standard of practice for practitioners entering the field of environmental health. This 30 minute presentation provides background and information about the Essential Services and suggestions and tips for how environmental health faculty can incorporate the Essential Services into their curriculum. This presentation is a collaborative effort between the Association of Environmental Health Academic Programs (AEHAP) and the Regional Academic Environmental Public Health Center, Northwest Center for Public Health Practice, University of Washington.

Objectives

After viewing this presentation, you should be able to:

• Communicate the history and value of the Essential Services of Environmental Health
• Incorporate the Essential Services into your environmental health courses
• Describe different modes of transmission
• Successfully access Essential Services resources or tools to help you in the development of Environmental Health curriculum