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Healthy Housing in Rural Communities

We have partnered with the National Center for Healthy Housing to improve healthy housing and address environmental health hazards that impact the home, including issues that impact the indoor environment, the surrounding outdoor spaces, and ser...

American Indian & Alaskan Native Toolkits

These tools and guides can be used to help support American Indian and Alaska Native environmental health agencies. Browse the list below to find funding opportunities, educational resources, and programmatic support.EPA Tribal Lead GuidebookEP...

Annual Summaries of Foodborne Outbreaks

These summaries help public health practitioners better understand the germs, foods, settings, and contributing factors (for example, food not kept at the right temperature) involved in these outbreaks. They also can help identify emerging foodb...

Informatics Case Studies

Implementing a Software System in Northern MichiganDistrict Health Department Number 4 is a four-county jurisdiction in Michigan. The department serves a population of approximately 76,000 people over a geographic area of 2,600 square miles that...

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Collection of data from interviews and physical examinations on the health and nutritional status of adults and children in the U.S.National Health and Nutrition Examination SurveyResource Type: Open DataSource Description: Studies designed to a...

ACE Adult Survey

This is a survey that can support and assess chemical exposures for adults in relation to disaster response and contains: Survey to develop map of disaster affected areas. Recommended for environmental public health professionals collecting c...

ACE Consent Forms

This is a survey consent form to perform an assessment of chemical exposure among the adolescent population and find information on: Exposure levels communities may have experienced Recommended for environmental public health professionals col...

ACE General Survey

This is a general survey form to assess chemical exposures and collects information to: Location of exposure. Guidance to build exposure map and timeline Recommended for environmental public health professionals collecting community data pos...

ACE Hospital Survey

This is a survey for hospitals to access and evaluate any chemical exposures and measures:Hospital SurgeHospital ResponseHospital DecontaminationRecommended for environmental public health professionals working within a community or hospital set...

ACE Household Survey

This resource assesses any chemical exposures within a household setting and measures: Contact demographics Location/Exposure and Communication Health Status Recommended for environmental public health professionals who may be responsible ...

ACE Pet Survey

This resource records characteristics of a pet within a household and any exposure that they may have had to chemicals and determines: The location and exposure level of a household pet The geographic area of exposure area Recommended for en...

Floods and the COVID-19 Pandemic – A New Double Hazard Problem

This article is a literature review that points out three items to consider, which are preparedness, resiliency, and systems engineering, and contains: Guidance on how to address threats. Assess Challenges between threat multipliers. Em...

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...

Environmental Justice and Natural Disasters/COVID-19 Virtual Town Hall Meetings

The Federal Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice hosted three virtual regional town hall meetings to gain a better understanding of how natural disasters and COVID-19 impact minority, low-income, overburdened, and underserved commu...

FDA COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery and Preparedness Plan Initiative: Summary Report

This report describes ongoing and potential prospective actions to strengthen FDA's COVID-19 response and build resilience to respond to future emergencies. As the pandemic has presented new challenges for the entire healthcare community and gov...

The United States' Response to COVID-19

This report focuses on an assessment of the response to COVID-19 on a national level. This case study assesses the U.S. experience a year into the pandemic unfolding and aims to support a smarter, faster response to the pandemic and to be prepar...

Using Best Practices to Sustain Training Programs During COVID-19 and Other Disasters

This collection of resources from a virtual workshop includes best practices of National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIH) Worker Training Program, awardees, and partnering organizations to sustain training programs during COVID-1...