ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH TRAINING & EDUCATION: PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
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Industry-Foodborne Illness Investigation Training and Recall Response (l-FITT-RR) Workshop
Do you and your staff know what to do if a foodborne illness or food recall occurs? If not, you need to attend this workshop to get the critical training needed to respond to these issues.
This
* understand the steps for responding to a potential illness outbreak,
* know what to do when you get customer or product complaints,
* learn what's involved in food recalls and what you need to do, and
* be more familiar with the different agencies that work together to help you get through a food-related crisis.
This workshop is designed for retail food stores and food service establishments (restaurants, grocery stores, casinos, etc.); single unit to large chains; mid-level managers and above; and quality assurance/quality control professionals.
Cost to attend is
Springboard to Prevention: The Model Aquatic Health Code, 1st Edition
Over the past six years a group of public health, academic, and industry experts have been working with CDC to develop the first comprehensive public health guidance for swimming pools and aquatic venues in the U.S. This workshop will present the first completed version of the Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC). The MAHC will be a guidance document that can help local and state authorities update or implement swimming pool and spa codes or standards without having to "recreate the wheel." The workshop will cover
* common health concerns at aquatic venues,
* key concepts influencing lifeguarding staffing plans,
* secondary disinfection, and
* a science-based operational and communication support toolkit for aquatic and pool programs.
Cost is free with a full or one-day conference registration to the
INNOVATION & INTERNATIONAL SESSIONS
Building a World of Innovative Ideas for
This year's combined
CHILDREN'S EH
Keeping Children Safe and Healthy Through Comprehensive Child Care Center Regulations
Are your children protected against secondhand smoke, scalding hot water, and shigellosis outbreaks in the child care center where they spend a great deal of time? Are they assured of receiving healthy meals and regular outdoor exercise in a safe playground? Learn in this session how one county developed environmental health regulations to ensure protections against these and other environmental hazards and how you can do the same in your jurisdiction.
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & RESPONSE
Globally, environmental health professionals have a critical role in mitigating public health risks before and after disasters. To build this capacity, IFEH, CDC, and
Incorporating Emergency Preparedness into Retail Food Facility Inspections
What can you do to make food facilities strong and capable of moving forward after a disaster? This session will describe how to efficiently address emergency preparedness with operators during routine food facility inspections and will provide resources for your reference. This approach provides an opportunity for the regulator and operator to partner not only to increase chances of the facility's success after a disaster, but to reduce time spent on post-disaster assessment, and protect the public's health at the same time.
Protecting the Living Environment of Survivors in Congregate Shelters During Disasters: Is Public Health Ready?
Shelters play an important role in providing safety and basic human needs for survival during disaster situations and are an important priority for public health agencies responding to any disaster. This session will describe the current knowledge and use of assessments as well as the importance and benefits of using them as a data collection tool for decision making and occupant protection. Attend this session to see how to implement assessment procedures and tools in your jurisdiction's disaster response.
Disaster Management Challenges From NonCommunicable Diseases: Lessons Learned and Questions Going Forward
Due to population aging and an increase in longevity, there has been a disease transition to non-communicable diseases (NCDs), which are the challenge for the 21st century. This is a new concept for environmental health and disaster management to explore, as the focus has traditionally been on communicable diseases in the disaster setting. Today, damages to public health infrastructure such as food, water, and sanitation place the vulnerable population with NCDs at great risk. Attend this group exercise to discuss and debate possible approaches to and roles environmental health professionals play in mitigating the risks of disaster.
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
101 Ways to Improve Health Equity
IFEH works to disseminate knowledge concerning environmental health and promote cooperation between countries where environmental health issues are transboundary. IFEH recently adopted Policy 10, based on the WHO report "Closing the Gap in a Generation," which aims to improve health equity through action on the social determinants of health. The session will showcase how colleagues around the world are making a difference! What problem are they addressing? What actions have been taken? What outcomes are being delivered? And, how can YOU make a difference where YOU are?
FOOD PROTECTION AND DEFENSE
Foods Without Frontiers
"Farm to Fork" is a great slogan, but how do we really ensure food safety when the farm is in one country, processing in another, and consumers in a third, fourth, or more countries? Using the recent international food safety recall of Karicare Whey Protein Concentrate for a contaminated ingredient, you'll see that simply knowing about an adverse event in your country is no longer enough. This session will identify gaps in international incident notification systems such that attendees will be equipped to act to fill those gaps and respond promptly and efficiently to the next incident that arrives at the shipping dock.
Focusing Disney Magic on Food Safety
This
How to Deliver Effective Food Safety Programs on a Tight Budget
Due to the worldwide economic downturn and its effect on government spending, existing
Catch Me If You Can-Misbranding, Adulterating, and
Recent food fraud incidents involving melamine, horse meat, and rat meat necessitate that local, national, and international government and industry stakeholders have knowledge of response when an incident occurs in their jurisdictions. The newest FDA Food Related Emergency Exercise Bundle (FREE-B) exercise explores such a food fraud scenario. When faced with this situation, what are the risks? Who gets involved? What are the handoffs to different national or international government agencies? This workshop includes live participation of international stakeholders via a web platform. In addition, related multi-lingual educational materials will provide attendees with immediately applicable resources for the stakeholders in their own jurisdictions.
HEALTHY HOMES AND COMMUNITIES
Get an introduction to the
Implementing a Community-Based Child Care Program Utilizing the Healthy Homes Rating System
This session will review a case study of the expansion of the local healthy homes program to home-based and small child care providers. A community organization created a new healthy child care assessment program based on the Healthy Homes Rating System. The program rates 29 environmental, health, and safety hazards for their potential to harm residents and enables those risks to be mitigated. The local fire department even accepts the assessment as equivalent to a fire inspection. Attend this session to learn how a program like this can benefit your community.
LAND USE PLANNING & DESIGN
Outside-the-Box Advocacy: Organizing Public Health's Engagement in Built Environment Advocacy
The buzz phrase "Health in All Policies" has almost become ubiquitous, especially in public health's efforts to come to the land use planning and infrastructure design discussion.
Annoyance and Perception of Noise in Rural and
Traffic, urban, and occupational noises are now described as major environmental problems, which can greatly interfere with health. This session will discuss the results of a survey conducted to identify the perception of noise pollution in occupational and domestic environments. Attend this presentation to identify possible interventions and recommendations that may alleviate health risks from noise pollution.
ONSITE WASTEWATER
Sustainability Is the Name of the Game:
There are small and underserved rural communities across the U.S. in need of first-time and adequate access to water and wastewater infrastructure. Through joint efforts with many government agencies,
Currumbin-A Community Designed Around Environmental Sustainability and Wastewater Reuse in
On the
PATHOGENS AND OUTBREAKS_
Who's Missing From the Table?
Detecting increases in self-reported foodborne illnesses and low report rates by medical providers,
Restroom Infection Control: Chlorhexidine, the Final Frontier
Pioneering, award-winning work at the
RECREATIONAL WATER
Rethinking Recreational Water Monitoring: Can Predictive Modeling Increase Public Health Outcomes?
Canadian recreational water safety practices are put into an international context by comparing them with the
Developing a Drowning Prevention Awareness Program That Works for You (
The
VECTOR CONTROL & ZOONOTIC DISEASES
Get Results! Tools for Managing a Public Health Nuisance Program (Sponsored by
The housing crisis and diminished mental health services have resulted in more complaints and public health nuisance inspections at
Integrated Approach to Malaria Prevention in
This pilot project promoted an integrated approach to the prevention of malaria at the household level in two rural communities where malaria is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality. This project conducted a baseline survey on malaria prevention knowledge and practices, trained community health workers, increased awareness of the population of an integrated approach to malaria prevention, and established study demonstration sites. The integrated approach to malaria prevention was well received by the study communities and work continues to assess health benefits and community perceptions of this approach. Available data will be shared with attendees during the session.
WATER QUALITY_
Tools and Data for Identifying Areas With a High Potential for Private Well Contamination
In many areas there are concerns about private well water quality, but little data on levels of contaminants such as nitrate, arsenic, and uranium. We have compiled extensive groundwater quality data from national, state, and local sources and generated maps spanning the U.S. showing where there is the greatest chance of elevated levels of these contaminants. In this session, you will be shown how to access and interpret these maps and data for application in your jurisdiction.
Attend the Awards Ceremony on
In its second year, this award is presented to an individual, team, or organization for an innovative contribution in the form of a new idea, practice, or product that has had a positive impact on improving environmental public health and the quality of life. Change that promotes or improves environmental health protection is the foundation of this award.
MORE SESSIONS BY TRACK
Acquire comprehensive information from subject matter experts and industry leaders, and learn from your peers as you share.
CHILDREN'S EH
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* Beating the Odds: Eliminating Lead Exposure for Kids in the Nation's Capital
* Association Between Risk of Birth Defects and Arsenic Concentrations in Soils of
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & RESPONSE
Hurricane Sandy: A Complex Environmental Health Communications Challenge
Enhancing Planning and Preparedness: Development of an E-Learning Tool for Chemical Incidents
Public Health Preparedness: Examination of Legal Language Authorizing Responses to Radiological Incidents
Destructive Wildfires and Devastating Floods: EH's Response and Role in Recovery
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FOOD PROTECTION AND DEFENSE
Food Safety Focus Series I: A National Collaborative Effort to Support the FDA National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (Sponsored by Pro metric and Skillsoft)
Food Safety Focus Series II: Local Experiences With the FDA Retail Food Program Standards (Sponsored by Prometric and Skillsoft)
Food Safety Apps Can Improve Food Safety Standards
Applying a Behavior Change Model Proven to be Effective in Child Care Settings to Licensed Food Establishments
Investigation of a Large Foodborne Illness Outbreak in
* Southern Nevada Health District THINK RISK Initiative
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* The Great Food Truck Race...for Food Safety
Flip the Fean How the
Nanotechnology Implications for Food and Food Safety
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES
Burning to Know: Neighborhood Mercury Exposure From Crematoriums
* Lead Poisoning Outbreak Resulting From Construction and Renovation atan
* Smoke and Ash Deconstructed-Not Just Particles
HEALTHY HOMES AND COMMUNITIES
* Hazard Assessment in Houses and Some Clever Software Tools
Multi-Agency Approach in the Closure of a Motel
Fungal Bioburden in Foreclosed Homes Using ERMIsm as an Indicator
The Public Health Challenge of Hoarding
Pesticide Usage and Pesticide Dust Concentrations in Residences of Asthmatic Children Living in
LAND USE DESIGN & PLANNING
Developing Policy to Address Near Roadway Pollution Health Hazards
Annoyance and Perception of Noise in Rural and
Outside-the-Box Advocacy: Organizing Public Health's Engagement in Built Environment Advocacy
Levels of Heavy Metals in Traffic-Related Particulate Matter Along a Major Motorway in
Keys to
Air Quality Assessments Using Satellite Derived High Resolution Aerosol Optical Depth Retrievals
LEADERSHIP/MANAGEMENT
Building Agency Capacity
Characterization of Competencies Required for Successful Environmental Health Work
Building an Environmental Health Program of Excellence in a Time of Austerity
Organizational Culture Change: A Local Experience of Going From Fair to Great
Implications of the Affordable Care Act on
ONSITE WASTEWATER
Transfer of Property Requirements: Training, Certification, and Politics
Market Impacts of Product Testing, Product Acceptance, and Regulations (
* Onsite Wastewater Treatment and the Value of Independent Certification
The Proliferation of Blue-Green Algae: Context, Challenges, and Innovative Solutions
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PATHOGENS AND OUTBREAKS
* Don't Gamble With Norovirus: Prevention, Control, and Containment of a Norovirus Outbreak in a Casino
* Issues and Challenges: Investigation of a Foodborne Outbreak in
* Investigation of a Foodborne Illness Outbreak in
RECREATIONAL WATERS
* Chlorine Resistant Pathogen Treatment Strategies for Recreational Water (
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* Developing a Drowning Prevention Awareness Program That Works for You (
* Hot Tub and Spa Inspection Data: The Power to Prevent Illness and Injury
* Pool and Spa Safety Act Program: Implementation and Findings in
SCHOOLS/INSTITUTIONS
* Food-Safe Schools: Food Safety Beyond the Cafeteria
* School Indoor Air Quality Improvement: Lessons from
* Correcting Corrections: Surviving Jail Inspections and High Risk Inmate Activities
SUSTAINABILITY/CLIMATE CHANGE
* Climate Change and Sustainability: Navigation of Governance, Energy, and Built Environment Opportunities
* Triggers for Change in the
* International Perspectives on Climate Change and the Role of
* Climate Change Impacts and Options: Case Studies in the Northwest Arctic Borough,
TECHNOLOGY AND EH
* Help! Everyone Wants My Data: A Look at Streamlining Data Collection for Environmental Health Programs
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* Environmental Public Health Tracking: Developing Nationally-Consistent Community Environmental Health Profiles
* Public Health Mythbusters
* Using the Lean Program to Improve Efficiency in
* Implementation of GIS for Research on Neural Tube Defects in
* Pick a Favorite Technology To Help You Improve Inspection-Based Hand Washing
VECTOR CONTROL & ZOONOTIC DISEASES (SPONSORED BY ORKIN)
* University Integrated Pest Management Program Success With
* Integrated Approach to Malaria Prevention in
* Hantavirus in
* Stamping Out Bed Bugs: An Organization and Systems Approach in Action
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* Using Heat to Treat for Bed Bugs in a
* Get Results! Tools for Managing a Public Health Nuisance Program
WATER QUALITY
* Tools and Data for Identifying Areas With a High Potential for Private Well Contamination
* Using a Rapid Bacteria Screening Method to Assess Legionella Risk
* Containing an Outbreak of Cryptosporidiosis in Galway: The Role of the Environmental Health Service
* An Innovative Response to Preventing Legionellosis Outbreaks
* Arsenic in
Be a voice.
You Spoke, We Listened...
FROM THE BLOG
* The Great Food Truck Race...for Food Safety
* Restroom Infection Control: Chlorhexidine, the Final Frontier
* Arsenic in
* Triggers for Change in the
* Disaster Management Challenges From NonCommunicable Diseases: Lessons Learned and Questions Going Forward
FROM CONFERENCE SURVEYS
* Inspection technology and use of apps in EH:
» Help! Everyone Wants My Data: A Look at Streamlining Data Collection for Environmental Health Programs
» Enhancing Planning and Preparedness: Development otan E-Learning Tool for Chemical Incidents
» Focusing Disney Magic on Food Safety
» Food Safety Apps Can Improve Food Safety Standards
» Using the Lean Program to Improve Efficiency in
* The Leadership/Management track will address your concerns related to:
» The future of the EH practice
» Demonstrating program effectiveness
» Value and return on investment for environmental health programs
» Building agency capacity under reduced budgets and staffing collaborations/programs
* Hoarding, bed bugs, and rats-we've got them covered in our Vector Control &
* Evaluation of the built environment and its link to public health-check out sessions in the Land Use Planning & Design track!
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