乐播传媒

July 25, 2024

Denver, CO 鈥� This week the 乐播传媒 (NEHA) was awarded a competitive 5-year cooperative agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The capacity building grant extends from August 1, 2024鈥揓uly 31, 2029, and will support the knowledge, skills, and expertise of the environmental public health workforce that protects the health and safety of communities across the country, with emphasis on historically overlooked rural, frontier, and tribal communities.

The environmental public health workforce is one of the largest professions in the public health sector, second only to nursing. Environmental health professionals work in state, territorial, local, and tribal agencies, community organizations, and industry to protect communities from health risks in the environment, such as wildfire smoke and water contamination.

"This cooperative agreement will significantly enhance our ability to build capacity within the environmental public health workforce," said Dr. David Dyjack, NEHA chief executive officer. "By focusing on leadership development, data modernization, and strategic partnerships, we can strengthen the resilience and effectiveness of our public health system to address complex challenges and ensure equitable health outcomes for all communities."

The activities of the cooperative agreement will focus on three key areas:

• Workforce Development: Provide opportunities to strengthen leadership skills, knowledge, and experience through the NEHA Environmental Public Health Leadership Academy, quarterly grand rounds seminars, and development of disaster readiness and response resources and materials.
• Data Modernization and Informatics: Facilitate a community of practice to advance national strategic goals, provide technical assistance, and develop resources to support environmental public health programs.
• Partnership Development and Engagement: Facilitate rural, frontier, and tribal communities of practice and support strategic planning efforts in the Pacific and Caribbean regions, including collaboration with the Northern Pacific 乐播传媒 Association and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

鈥淭he activities will enhance decision-making skills and the application of best practices among environmental health professionals as well as increase the capacity for data-driven, evidence-based practices and improved disaster readiness,鈥� said Dyjack.

In the past 3 years NEHA has provided capacity building to environmental health professionals in every state, territory, and three freely associated states. The organization has an extensive network of partnerships, including 42 state and regional affiliates, and has produced peer-reviewed publications and practitioner resources for more than 85 years.

The CDC cooperative agreement is part of the Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services through National Partnerships to Improve and Protect the Nation's Health program. The NEHA capacity building activities align with CDC's goal to improve organizational and systems infrastructure and performance across the public health system, ultimately improving health outcomes and reducing health inequities.

-neha.org 鈥�

The 乐播传媒 (NEHA) represents more than 7,100 governmental, private, academic, and uniformed services sector environmental health professionals in the U.S., its territories, and internationally. NEHA is the profession鈥檚 strongest advocate for excellence in the practice of environmental health as it delivers on its mission to build, sustain, and empower an effective environmental health workforce.