Visit www.healthypeople.gov/Document/HTML/Volume1/08Environmental.htm to see information on the Environmental Health Focus Area.  Use the links in the left sidebar to quickly review the 30 environmental health objectives within the specific topic areas.

Database Searches

The National Library of Medicine offers an array of free, searchable databases, including MEDLINE via PubMed and TOXLINE and HSDB via TOXNET.

To assist with your searches, pre-formulated PubMed searches on Healthy People 2010 Environmental Health objectives have been done for you.   Simply click on the Effective Strategy - Search PubMed option under each topic heading in the left-hand column.  You will then have the option to search PubMed to find information to achieve each listed environmental health objective.

If you want to conduct your own searches in PubMed or other NLM databases, you can. To help you decide where to start, click here.

State Environmental Health Objectives – Online Resources

How have states used the Healthy People environmental health objectives?  Visit www.phf.org/EH/HP2010state.htm to see examples of several states that set objectives to improve environmental health, tailoring the national objectives to meet their needs and assets.

General Planning Resources

Support Links for Healthy People 2010 Environmental Health Objectives by Section and Subject Area - click here.

Search on distance-based courses related to the needs of Environmental Health Professionals at www.train.org.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Green Communities Assistance Kit

National Association of County and City Health Officials - PACE EH - Protocol for Assessing Community Excellence in Environmental Health

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Environmental Health Listserv

Health & Education page at the National Institutes of Health, Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.

Agriculture and Environment at FirstGov.gov  - An interagency Federal Government site developed to give state and local government officials and employees access to federal information.

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