American Public Health Association ; National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
In February 2000, environmental health experts from 13 national environmental/health organizations came together in Washington to begin the work of defining core competencies for local level environmental health practitioners. APHA's Public Health Innovations Project, with funding from the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), convened the meeting. The expert panel members and several federal agency representatives met for two days to identify the core competencies local environmental health practitioners needed to be effective in their work.Executive Summary -- -- Part I: Setting the Stage -- -- A. Introduction -- B. Background -- C. Terms and target audience -- D. Definitions of competencies -- E. Basic assumptions -- -- Part II: Recommended Competencies -- A. Assessment -- B. Management -- C. Communication -- -- Part III: Traits and Characteristics of an Effective Environmental Health Practitioner -- -- Part IV: Next Steps -- -- Part V: Appendices A-G -- Appendix A: Expert panel members -- Appendix B: Summary of expert panel discussion -- Appendix C: Typical responsibilities of environmental health and protection programs -- Appendix D: Technical competencies covered in NEHA's Registered Environmental Health Specialist/Registered Sanitarian (REHS/RS) exam -- Appendix E: Content areas of NEHA's REHS/RS exam -- Appendix F: Setting the context: environmental health practitioner competencies -- Appendix G: Resources"May 2001.""Revised June 27, 2001."Mode of access: Internet as an Acrobat .pdf file (313 KB, 48 p.).Includes bibliographical references (p. 44-47)
