Topics beginning with 'E'

• CDC Emergency and Terrorism Preparedness for Environmental Health Practitioners
  Information on general preparedness, food protection, water security, hazardous materials, building environment, radiation, vector control, and biologic and infectious waste.
  
  
• CDC Emergency Preparedness & Response
  Information on bioterrorism agents, chemical emergencies, radiation emergencies, mass casualties, natural disasters and severe weather, and recent outbreaks and incidents.
  
  
• Disaster Information Management Research Center
  The aim of the Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC) is to provides access to quality disaster health information to the nation at all stages of preparation, response, mitigation and recovery.
  
  
• EPA Emergencies
  Index of emergencies includes information on accidents, counterterrorism, natural disasters, oil spills, and poisoning.
  
  
• Get Ready
  Resources and tools for individuals, families, and communities in the U.S. to be more prepared for a potential influenza pandemic, outbreak of an emerging infectious disease or other hazard or disaster.
  
  
• National Center for Disaster Preparedness Training Center
  Online courses in disaster preparedness from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
  
  
• Preparedness Peer Assistance Network
  Referral service that pairs local health departments' emergency preparedness practitioners to subject matter experts in other LHDs for guidance and technical assistance on several topics related to preparedness.
  
  
• Public Health Information Network
  Advancing fully capable and interoperable information systems in the many organizations that participate in public health.
  
  
• Ready or Not? Protecting the Public's Health from Disease, Disasters, and Bioterrorism, 2010
  State-by-state health preparedness scores based on 10 key indicators that assess health emergency preparedness capabilities.
  
  
• Resource Guide for Public Health Preparedness
  The New York Academy of Medicine’s searchable database of essential information resources in public health and disaster preparedness.
  
  
• Special Populations: Emergency and Disaster Preparedness
  Links to selected websites featuring emergency preparedness for special populations including people with disabilities, people with visual or hearing impairments, senior citizens, children, and women.

Built Environment links:

• CDC Building Healthy Places
  CDC’s gateway to resources on designing and building healthy environments links to information on social capital, accessibility, and other indoor and outdoor environmental health topics.
  
  
• CDC Healthy Homes Initiative
  The Healthy Homes Initiative website provides a variety of downloadable publications on the indoor living environment including the Healthy Housing Reference Manual.
  
  
• Collaborative on Health and the Environment
  The Collaborative on Health and the Environment is an alliance of individuals and organizations working together to advance knowledge and effective action addressing growing concerns about the links between human health and environmental factors.

Other links:

• CDC National Center for Environmental Health
  Covers a wide range of topics including air pollution, asthma, lead poisoning, cruise ship vessel sanitation, and border environmental health issues.
  
  
• Environmental Health at CDC
  Topics range from natural disasters to manmade environmental hazards and bioterrorism agents.
  
  
• National Environmental Education and Training Foundation
  Projects include the National Strategies for Health Care Providers: Pesticides Initiative; the Pediatric Asthma Initiative; and the Pediatric Environmental History Initiative.

• American Journal of Epidemiology
  Publishes empirical research findings, opinion pieces and methodological developments in the field of epidemiological research.
  
  
• American Statistical Association Section on Statistics in Epidemiology
  Goals of this site are to promote sound statistical practice in epidemiology, develop statistical methods appropriate to epidemiologic research, and to advance substantive issues in public health.
  
  
• CDC Epidemiologic Case Studies
  These epidemiologic case studies, based on real-life outbreaks and public health problems, are interactive exercises developed to teach epidemiologic principles and practices; they can be used for self-study or in a classroom setting.
  
  
• Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)
  CSTE is an organization of member states and territories representing public health epidemiologists. CSTE works to establish more effective relationships among state and other health agencies.
  
  
• Excite! Excellence in Curriculum Innovation through Teaching Epidemiology and the Science of Public Health
  EXCITE! is a collection of teaching and reference materials developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to introduce and excite youth from kindergarten through 12th grade about the knowledge and skills utilized by public health professionals.
  
  
• The Pump Handle
  The Pump Handle is a place for people interested in public health and the environment to discuss issues of interest.
  
  
• Repository of Instructional Materials for Epidemiology
  The Northwest Center for Public Health Practice’s indexed, searchable repository of instructional materials for epidemiology trainers.
  
  
• Weekly Epidemiological Record, World Health Organization
  An instrument for the rapid and accurate dissemination of epidemiological information on cases and outbreaks of diseases under the International Health Regulations and on other communicable diseases of public health importance, including the newly emerging or re-emerging infections.