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USPHS Scientific and Training SymposiumEnvironmental Health Officer Session
CDC Environmental Public Health
Leadership Institute
May 25, 2010
San Diego, CA
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Environmental Health
Environmental Health Services Branch
Achievements of Public Health
1. Vaccinations2. Motor-vehicle safety3. Safer workplaces4. Control of infectious diseases5. Decline in deaths from coronary heart
disease and stroke6. Safe and healthier food7. Healthier mothers and babies8. Family planning9. Fluoridation of drinking water10. Recognition of tobacco use as a health issue
AccomplishmentsBrookings Institute – Governments’ Greatest Achievements of the Past Half-Century
• Control of Disease • Improved Air and Water Quality• Food and Drinking Water Safety
Challenge
• Environmental antecedents to disease outbreak and emergence
– Global climate change– Global economies, migration and trade– Urban to rural and rural to urban– Alternate forms of energy
Challenge
United States Infant Mortality
per 1000 Live Births and International Rank
1960: 26.0 (12)
2003: 6.9 (28)
Health Disparity ChallengeInfant Mortality / 1000 Live Births
2001-2003
All Races = 6.9
White = 5.7
Black or African American = 13.6
Hispanic or Latino = 5.6
American Indian or Alaska Native = 9.0
Asian or Pacific Islander = 4.8
Challenge
America’s Environmental Health Gap
Environmental connection to disease not understood; fragmentation of public health system hinders response and action
Challenge
Rebuilding the Utility of Health and the Environment: A New Vision of Environmental Health for the 21ST Century
..the local infrastructure for delivering environmental health is not working.
CDC’s EHS Strategy• 31 external workgroups participated
in development
• Over 150 organizations provided comments
• Partners include private and public organizations from all levels including tribal
• 6 major goals with objectives and activities
EPHLI Objective
Enhance and strengthen the national environmental public health services delivery system by strengthening the leadership capabilities of the environmental public health workforce.
Health
Outcomes
Water System Food System Air
Sewage System Solid Waste DisposalVector/animal
Influence
Understanding Environmental Systems
The Public Health SystemThe Public Health System
MCOs
Home Health
Parks
Economic Development
Mass Transit
Employers
Nursing Homes
Mental Health
Drug Treatment
Civic GroupsCHCs
Laboratory Facilities
Hospitals
EMS Community Centers
Doctors
Health Department
Churches
Philanthropist
Elected Officials
Tribal Health
Schools
Police
Fire
Corrections
Environmental Health
Understanding Systems
• A group of interacting, interrelated, or independent elements forming a complex whole
• A system is defined by the specific purpose it serves within a larger system
Science of Complex Systems
• Determines how parts of a system influence the collective behavior of the system and how systems interact
• Understand parts, the whole and relationships
CDC Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute
• Year-long learning experience
• All expenses paid
• 2 onsite seminars
• All other work / learning done by teleconferencing, internet and electronic means
• All educational materials provided by program
• Building teams and partnerships
• Persuading, influencing, and generating support
• Systems thinking
• Problem-solving and decision-making processes
• Project – Outcome measure
Long-term Outcomes
• Enhance leadership capabilities of environmental public health service providers
• Improve the practice of environmental health
• Reduce exposure to environmental public health risk factors
Long-term Outcomes
• Reduce environmentally related morbidity and mortality
• Improve the health of the population
• Reduce health care expenditures
Long-term Outcomes
Opportunity for environmental public health leader to interact and create a lasting network of leaders who will be instrumental in influencing the future direction of environmental public health.