A resource page compiled by the Public Health Foundation (PHF), with assistance from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), and the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP).
This site is part of a national, public-private effort to provide easy access to information useful in the development of environmental health objectives and for other environmental health planning projects. It focuses on the six major topic areas within the Healthy People 2010 Environmental Health Focus Area: Outdoor Air Quality, Water Quality, Toxics and Waste, Healthy Homes and Healthy Communities, Infrastructure and Surveillance, and Global Environmental Health.
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
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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
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 USA.gov - An interagency Federal Government site developed to give state and local government officials and employees access to federal information.
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Outdoor Air Quality
Healthy People 2010 Objectives
Effective Strategies - Search PubMed
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Water Quality
Healthy People 2010 Objectives
Effective Strategies - Search PubMed
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Toxics and Waste
Healthy People 2010 Objectives
Effective Strategies - Search PubMed
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Healthy Homes and Healthy Communities
Healthy People 2010 Objectives
Effective Strategies - Search PubMed
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Infrastructure and Surveillance
Healthy People 2010 Objectives
Effective Strategies - Search PubMed
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NLM Database Search
Global Environmental Health
Healthy People 2010 Objectives
Effective Strategies - Search PubMed
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NLM Database Search
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