Where the public health community goes to learn
April 10-16th, 2012 is National Environmental Education Week (NEEW). In support of NEEW, CDC Learning Connection is focusing on Environmental Health for its spotlight. This spotlight features environmental health-related learning products and resources for the public health community to maintain and improve the health of the American people.
Learning products featured on the spotlight include
- Environmental Public Health Online Courses -- a series of 15 modules from the South Central Partnership providing access to comprehensive, worthwhile, and affordable workforce development resources for practitioners; these courses are also available through CDC TRAIN
- Case Studies in Environmental Medicine -- designed to increase primary care providers' knowledge of hazardous substances and aid in the evaluation of patients potentially exposed to hazards substance; offers continuing education
- Environmental Assessment of Foodborne Illness Outbreaks -- a brand new course from CDC, EHS-NET grantees, the US FDA, and the USDA, providing training on how to use a systems approach in foodborne-illness-outbreak environmental assessments (FIOEASs)
Resources featured in the spotlight come from a variety of sources including CDC and
- Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry (ATSDR)
- National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF)
- National Environmental Health Association (NEHA)
- United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
View additional information on National Environmental Education Week .