268281 Stengthening local environmental health services through public health governance

Wednesday, October 31, 2012 : 10:50 AM - 11:10 AM

Carrie Hribar, MA , National Association of Local Boards of Health, Bowling Green, OH
Stephanie Branco, MSEPH , National Association of Local Boards of Health, Bowling Green, OH
     
This session will discuss the key roles and responsibilities that boards of health have related to environmental health and the improvement of core environmental health services. Using the newly published Local Board of Health Environmental Health Primer, 2nd Edition, this session will outline how local public health governance strengthens environmental health services. It will highlight key recommendations for boards of health identified in the Environmental Health Primer. Attendees will learn how boards of health can fulfill the core functions of public health by addressing local environmental health concerns, how to work with boards of health on environmental health issues, the benefits of training board of health members in environmental health topics, and the top questions and considerations related to environmental health services and public health governance. Attendees will come away with concrete ways that health officers, health department staff, boards of health, and other local policymakers can collaborate on environmental health issues. This session will also tie these objectives to larger public health prevention initiatives, such as Healthy People 2020 and the National Prevention Strategy, outlining the ways that local public health governance is linked to the larger public health community.

Learning Areas:
Environmental health sciences
Public health or related laws, regulations, standards, or guidelines
Public health or related public policy

Learning Objectives:
1. Define the key roles and responsibilities of boards of health for environmental health outlined in The Local Board of Health Environmental Health Primer, 2nd Edition. 2. Explain how local public health governance can use the core functions of public health to strengthen environmental health services 3. Identify how boards of health can collaborate with health departments and other local policymakers to address local environmental health concerns

Keywords: Environmental Health, Core Functions

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am NALBOH's Director of Program Planning and Evaluation and I oversee all of NALBOH's governance education and training.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

Back to: 5122.0: Local public health in action: the physical, economic and health benefits of policies and planning