Target adverse health effects and reduce the risk of

·         enteric disease

o        Campylobacter infections

o        E.coli O157:H7

o        Salmonella infections

o        Shigellosis

o        Giardiasis

·         vector related diseases

o        rabies

o        Lyme disease

o        toxoplasmosis

·         respiratory illness

o        asthma,

o        bronchitis

o        emphysema

o        Legionnaire's disease

o        tuberculosis

o        influenza

·         injuries

o        unintentional injury emergency admissions

o        hospitalizations

o        deaths

·         cancers

o        lung cancer

o        malignant melanomas

o        non-melanoma skin cancers

·         skin and eye problems

o        pseudomonas folliculitis

o        conjunctivitis

·         poisonings

o        accidental poisoning

o        hospitalizations related to lead, medicines, household cleaners, and chemically contaminated food

o        childhood lead poisoning

o        infantile botulism

·         minor health problems due to environmental exposures

o        headaches

o        nausea

o        eye / skin / throat irritations

Risk Reduction and Risk Assessment

·         Follow up on notifiable disease reports relating to enteric and zoonotic diseases

·         investigate occurrences to suppress communicable disease occurrence or injury hazard potential, to

o        protect those who are not yet infected or exposed to the hazard

o        break the chain of disease transmission or multiple injury occurrence, and to

o        remove the disease source or injury hazard.

·         complete health risk assessments of selected issues with the intent to reduce the potential for injury

Inspection / Intervention

·         respond to calls and assess reported incidents

·         investigate communicable disease incidents

·         review and provide information on reportable diseases

·         implement appropriate outbreak response plan

·         monitor reportable diseases

·         assess animal bite incidents and implement control measures

·         provide appropriate and relevant disease and injury information to the public.

 

Application and Practice

Emergency Preparedness

 

Safe Food

 

 
            Goal:    To contribute to the reduction of the incidence of food borne illness.

Health Status Objectives

Target adverse health effects and reduce the risk of enteric disease

·         Campylobacter infections

·         E.coli O157:H7

·         Salmonella infections

·         shigellosis

·         Listeria monocytogenes

·         hepatitis A

·         Norwalk-like disease

·         Giardiasis

Risk Reduction and Risk Assessment

·         identify and correct food establishment violations

·         assess and classify food establishments as high-, medium-, or low-risk

Inspection and Intervention

·         inspect all food establishments to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and/or standards

·         inspect at special events

·         undertake food recalls in accordance with established protocols

Education / Promotion / Advocacy

·         provide or advocate for food handler training

·         provide food safety information to the community

Goal: To contribute to the reduction of adverse health effects resulting from exposure to health hazards in the built environment.

Health Status Objectives:

Target adverse health effects and reduce the risk of

• unintentional injury (fire, scalds, falls)
• emergency admissions
• hospitalizations
• deaths

related to homes, schools, recreation facilities, and institutions

 loss

as indicated by reduction in the incidence of noise-induced hearing loss

 poisonings,

as indicated by reduction of emergency room admissions or hospitalizations for acute poisoning

 diseases

as indicated by reduction of in the incidence of Hepatitis B and C and HIV