Web ResourcesNational Association of County and City Health Officials. Significant resources for PACE-EH practitioners. http://www.naccho.org/topics/environmental/CEHA.cfm
National Association of County and City Health Officials. Online module providing useful tips and strategies for conducting PACE-EH. http://pace.naccho.org/OnlineModule/ Florida Department of Health. A selection of resources associated with the implementation of PACE-EH in a number of Florida communities. http://www.doh.state.fl.us/environment/programs/PACE-EH/PACE-EH.htm
ASTO. Community-based environmental health assessments in the States. August 2005 http://www.astho.org/pubs/PACESummaryUpdate2005final.pdf Northwest Center for Public Health Practice. Essential Services of Environmental Health, A Training Module. http://www.nwcphp.org/training/courses-exercises/courses/essential-services-of-environmental-health Environmental Protection Agency. Community-based Environmental Protection: A Resource Book for Protectiong Ecosystems and Communities. http://www.epa.gov/CARE/publications.htm Washington State Board of Health. Community Environmental Health Assessment Report. http://www.doh.wa.gov/SBOH/Pubs/pubs.htm University of Kansas Community Toolbox. A good resource for defining the community, determining what resources exist in the community and assessing community needs. http://ctb.ku.edu/tools/en/chapter_1003.htm
NACCHO. A guide for engaging the community in a community-driven initiative. http://mapp.naccho.org/EngagementTipSheet.asp NACCHO. MAPP Handbook. MAPP Handbook.PDF
EPA. Community, Culture and the Environment – A Guide to Understanding a Sense of Place. http://www.epa.gov/CARE/publications.htm University of Kansas Community Toolbox. A good resource for defining the community, determine what resources exist in the community and assessing community needs. http://ctb.ku.edu/tools/en/chapter_1003.htm
Assessnow. Provides a web review of sources to assist local communities to define their communities. http://www.assessnow.info/orientation/toolkit/#Competency_3 University of Kansas Community Toolbox. How to encourage involvement in community work. http://ctb.ku.edu/tools/en/chapter_1006.htm
CDC/ATSDR. Good primer on community engagement as it pertains to environmental threats.
NACCHO. A guide for the selection of community participants in public health planning. http://mapp.naccho.org/ofsapd/ofsapd_guidance_for_participant_selection.asp
Association for Community Health Improvement. A number of resources for community leadership to develop healthy communities. http://www.communityhlth.org/communityhlth/resources/hlthycommunities.html U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. A compendium of environmental health definitions. http://www.health.gov/environment/DefinitionsofEnvHealth/ehdef2.htm
National Environmental Health Association. Definition of environmental health. https://www.neha.org/position_papers/def_env_health.html
Oxford University Press. WHO definition of environmental health. http://au.oup.com/content/General.asp?ContentID=1270§ion=preface
NIEHS - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Expanded definition of environmental health.http://www.niehs.nih.gov/oc/factsheets/ead/healthy.htm A general list of environmental health issues affecting children. http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/envtox/kids.shtml
An excellent site to explore environmental health issues with web resources identified for each issue. http://phpartners.org/environmentalhealth.html Martin County, Florida. Gomez CEHAT PACE-EH Project. http://www.doh.state.fl.us/Environment/programs/PACE-EH/Martin/PACE-EH_Martin0504.htm CDC. Environmental Public Health Indicators project. http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/indicators/
IOM. Environmental Health Indicators: Bridging the Chasm of Public Health and the Environment. http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3793/4897/23321.aspx
WHO. Children's environmental health indicators. http://www.who.int/ceh/indicators/en/
Hawaii State Department of Health. Environmental health indicators used for periodic monitoring of environmental health status in Hawaii. http://www.hawaii.gov/health/environmental/env-planning/goals/goalsandindicators.html Northern Territory Government, Australia. Environmental health standards for remote communities in the Northern Territory. http://www.nt.gov.au/health/publications.shtml#policiesstrategies Public Health Data Standards Consortium. A guide for developing data-driven public health standards. http://www.phdsc.org/knowresources/tutorials/tutorials.htm ASTHO. National public health performance standards. http://www.astho.org/templates/display_pub.php?pub_id=1932 CDC. CDC National Public Health Performance Standards (NPHPS) Program http://www.cdc.gov/od/ocphp/nphpsp/ Examples of issue profiles form the Mahoning Valley PACE-EH Project. Microsoft Word - ReportAppendix Final MS Provides a simple comparative risk process for ranking environmental or environmental health threats. http://www.greenlink.org/assess/priority.html
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. Provides a comprehensive, detailed protocol for ranking environmental issues using comparative risks http://www.state.nj.us/dep/dsr/njcrp/Center for Health Improvement. A good resource for information on evidence-based policy development at the local level to support advocacy or local decision-making. http://www.healthpolicyguide.org/ W.K. Kellogg Foundation. A guide for create an evaluation plan based upon logic models. http://www.wkkf.org/Pubs/Tools/Evaluation/Pub3669.pdf
University of Wisconsin – Extension. Using logic models for program evaluation. http://www.uwex.edu/ces/pdande/evaluation/evallogicmodel.html
CDC. Introduction to Program Evaluation for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs. Although using tobacco programs as the example, an excellent primer on program evaluation. http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/tobacco_control_programs/surveillance_evaluation/evaluation_manual/
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